The US needs an independent commission for Nazi loot claims.

‘If an artwork is located in the US, its fate cannot be decided in any other state, and any wrong decisions cannot be corrected elsewhere’

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/08/02/op-ed-us-independent-nazi-loot-claim-commission #art #WWII #NaziLoot

The US needs an independent commission for Nazi loot claims

‘If an artwork is located in the US, its fate cannot be decided in any other state, and any wrong decisions cannot be corrected elsewhere’

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events

"Every criminal conspiracy attempts to operate in the shadows. But art trafficking conspiracies in general -- and the Kornfeld-Kallir Conspiracy in particular -- are different from other trafficking conspiracies. And it is this difference that proves that this Kornfeld-Kallir Conspiracy is still ongoing and, therefore, not time-barred from prosecution."

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#crimenews #Schiele #artinstitute #Holocaust #Naziloot #provenances #crime #networks #prosecution #MastoArt #Chicago

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Is Nazi Loot Amid His 6,000 Oils, Some Grenades and Napoleon’s Toothbrush?

The daughter of an eccentric Swiss collector has asked an independent panel to review whether items in his massive collection were stolen from Jews during World War II.

The New York Times