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13.06.2018 Much More Than a Partnership of Convenience Article Is there a common European identity? If so, what exactly does that mean when it comes to politics and culture? Hermann Parzinger, president of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, SPK) and also t

31.08.2017 So Why Is It Taking So Long? Article Hanna Strzoda, provenance researcher in a project examining acquisitions for the “Sammlung der Zeichnungen” made between 1933 and 1945, and Anna Pfäfflin, curator for 19th-century art in the Kupferstichkabinett, describe the typical problems they encou

06.11.2017 “The West was not worthy of such works of art“ Article In the case of European-American art, research into the provenance of works most often examines the question of confiscation during persecution by the Nazis. But what is the situation with regard to East Asian collectibles? In 2017, C

18.08.2017 “In order to return something, you have to know where it comes from“ Article A project to establish the origins of East African human remains starts in October 2017 at the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (MVF) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Bernhard Heeb, curator of the MVF and ma

26.09.2017 PREP: Slashes in a Feininger - tracking their history Article MacKenzie Mallon works as the provenance specialist at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and is a participant of the German-American Exchange program on provenance research (PREP) this year. She told us about her recent research

06.09.2017 PREP: Building a Research Autobahn Article In September, 21 German and American museum professionals will meet in Berlin to learn about issues of provenance research in both countries. Jane Milosch, Director of the Smithsonian Provenance Research Initiative, explains how the German/Americ

08.09.2017 PREP: Secrets / Riddles / Questions on the backs of paintings Article Nancy Karrels is one of this year’s participants to the German-American Exchange program on provenance research (PREP). At the public event in Berlin on 27 September 2017, she will be talking about her exhibition on pro

What is the Guelph Treasure? Article The Guelph Treasure is a former medieval church treasure named after the House of Guelph, which owned it since 1671. Forty-four of the former 82 objects are now owned by the SPK. What is now known as the Guelph Treasure was the reliquary treasure of the former co

What has happened since the 2008 restitution request for the Guelph Treasure? Article Restitution of the Guelph Treasure was first requested in 2008 by heirs to some of the Jewish art dealers in the consortium. The Beratende Kommission (Advisory Commission) concluded in 2014 that there was no basis

Findings of the Provenance Research Regarding the Sale of the Guelph Treasure in 1935 Article The Guelph Treasure (Welfenschatz) was sold in 1935 by a consortium of dealers, some of whom were Jewish. The SPK therefore conducted intensive provenance research to examine the circumstances of the sale i