The heirs of Hugo Simon, a Jewish banker who fled Nazi Germany, first approached the Folkwang Museum about this Franz Marc painting in 2007. Three research projects later, the museum says there is not enough evidence it was lost due to Nazi persecution to return it. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

Switzerland finally gets a Nazi loot commission more than 27 years after endorsing the Washington Principles. It will be led by Simonetta Sommaruga, a former Swiss president. tinyurl.com/uy5mtbdd

Nearly a century after a solo exhibition that Ernst Ludwig Kirchner curated himself at the Bern Kunsthalle, the Kunstmuseum Bern is revisiting that show – with some help from the German chancellor. tinyurl.com/2s3jwwkb

'The Nazis seized tens of thousands of books from the Jewish Theological Seminary in Budapest, but the works are making their way back, including one being returned in New York this week.' @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/a...

Rebuilding a historic Jewish library, book by book. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/a...

I spoke to Marion Ackermann as she takes over the cultural behemoth that is the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, an institution undergoing upheaval with plenty of challenges ahead tinyurl.com/3wm6rjvz

Unknown works by the Brücke artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff go on show in a new museum on the outskirts of Chemnitz, where he grew up tinyurl.com/5czd7zm6

The Bavarian State Painting Collections are in turmoil after the director quit and the prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation. This was all triggered by a newspaper report saying the organisation was hiding research on Nazi-looted art. tinyurl.com/46jp56zk

A new chapter has opened in a 17-year dispute over the Guelph Treasure, one of the most valuable troves claimed by the heirs of Jewish victims of Nazi rule, after the discovery of archive documents suggesting it was sold under duress. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/a...

Facing accusations it is hiding Nazi loot in its collections, Bavaria pledges more transparency and research. tinyurl.com/e7ahpj8k

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/a...

Two new films dealing with Nazi looting: 'The Plunderer' explores the life and lies of Bruno Lohse; 'The Spoils' looks at the legacy of the Jewish dealer Max Stern tinyurl.com/4kryhez7

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier condemns Russia's "war against Ukraine's culture" as 60 paintings evacuated from Odesa go on display at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. tinyurl.com/bdfnatf6

Going to the World Economic Forum? Take a tour through Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's Davos... tinyurl.com/2v29skms