Stolen art and restitution policy

Moderna Museet Stockholm, the Goethe Institute and Jewish Culture in Sweden invite you to an international public conference at the Goethe Institute in Stockholm on 20–21 September.

The aim is to highlight the process, perspectives and current challenges and difficulties relating to provenance research and restitution at Swedish, German and other European museums. The existing commissions in Austria, France, Germany and the Netherlands deal with restitution demands in different ways. This is the background against we will attempt to discuss the so-called Limbach Commission’s activities.

This summer, the Swedish media have focused on the insufficient provenance research at Swedish museums. Daniel Birnbaum, director of Moderna Museet, has recommended that the government appoint an independent commission. He and Olle Granath, former director of Moderna Museet and the Nationalmuseum, have drawn up a draft proposal for how this commission could operate.

Welcome!

Participants

Daniel Birnbaum, Director Moderna Museet in Stockholm
Raphael Gross, President Stiftung Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
Catherine Hickley, Journalist
Arne Ruth, Publicist and Journalist
Christian Fuhrmeister, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte
Julia Voss, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Julia Friedrich, Curator Museum Ludwig Köln
Stefan Koldehoff, Deutschlandfunk Köln