If you care about software #traceability #provenance #compliance #safety critical... you must learn about software intrinsic identifiers. This is an outstanding opportunity to learn about the most promising one, #SWHID https://www.fair-impact.eu/events/fair-impact-events/meet-software-hash-identifier-do-one-thing-and-do-it-well?utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=FAIR%20Implementation%20Workshop%20-Meet%20the%20SoftWare%20Hash%20Identifier

Events! April 8, 2025 online: "Wikidata for Provenance Research" with Ruth von dem Bussche, Laurel Zuckerman, Achim Raschka , panel moderated by Meike Hopp.
What provenance data is available in #wikidata How can it be retrieved and used in provenance projects? Get to know people who are involved in wiki projects that create and use data for provenance research.

Starts 7 pm French time
Starts 1 pm NY time
https://www.arbeitskreis-provenienzforschung.org/tdp/kuwiki-ag-wikipedia-arbeitsgemeinschaft-kunstwissenschaften/

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Mark your calendar! July 12th I’m doing a Q and A with the World Jewish Restitution Restitution Organization. https://my-property-story.wjro.org.il/series/ #Jewish #ArtHistory #Provenance #holocausteducation #documentary

"A vast collection of art and art books plundered by the Nazis from a Jewish Estonian art historian and never returned to his family is probably mostly located in Belarus, according to research published today by the World Jewish Restitution Organization and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany." #ArtLooting #Provenance https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/12/a-major-estonian-art-collection-looted-by-the-nazis-is-probably-in-belarus-new-report-finds

“The report also noted that, while Bing had received more than 1.5 million francs in postwar compensation from the French government for items seized by the Germans, the painting had not been listed among them.” #provenance #LootedArt https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/arts/courbet-nazi-restitution-cambridge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Provenance Research: History, Theory, Practice, International Workshop, University of Zagreb, Croatia, 3 March and 10 March 2023. #provenance https://www.lootedart.com/VWWGTK575401

“Stefanini said she hopes Raschèr’s new panel will encourage open discussion in Switzerland. “We want to be courageous and talk about things that are not talked about,” she said. “If we push the themes of #provenance and ownership, then we strengthen that discourse around museums.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/arts/bruno-stefanini-collection-looted-art.html

“art law professionals from the UK and the USA to discuss the current status of policies
and approaches in both countries relating to claims by individuals for the
restitution of artworks and other property.”

When the Past Resurfaces: A Transatlantic Comparison on Approaches to Private Claims for Restitution of Looted Art

#provenance #ArtRestitution https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScl6EBl18FszMlkDfZ-9Iv8TQjhl_PpWQAyh0593ibwWzuZvQ/viewform?mc_cid=d001212c13&mc_eid=febc64f1b4

“The heirs of Fritz Grünbaum, whose art collection was looted by Nazis before he was murdered in the Holocaust, are suing the Santa Barbara Museum of Art to reclaim the drawing “Portrait of the Artist’s Wife” by Egon Schiele.” #provenance #LootedArt #ArtHistory
https://www.independent.com/2023/01/17/santa-barbara-museum-of-art-sued-over-nazi-looted-drawing/

“Penelope Jackson is the author of a book that considers how illicit activity differs when undertaken by women”
#ArtCrime #provenance https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/16/art-crime-specialist-honoured-by-new-zealand-for-services-to-field?fbclid=PAAabvGfg27S_aS0Eg9NSnXXXhqz4dXx0AnOQmaEyL7ZrMG8nfE9r_oDwYPq8

“Touring Kherson’s museums now is depressing. Virtually all of the thousands of oil paintings that had been stowed in the art museum’s basement — and the computer records documenting them ­— are gone.” Cultural #looting in Ukraine. #museum #provenance #StolenArt #ArtHistory https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/14/world/asia/ukraine-art-russia-steal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

James Rorimer was a leading figure in the art recovery unit (the Monuments Men) in WWII. This book is his first hand account of
his journey. Originally published in 1950, this edition contains lots of additions from his family. #provenance #LootedArt #WWII #ArtHistory

In this @notesfrompoland news story, the Polish government calls upon UNESCO to return cultural artifacts taken during WWII. I always find this ironic given the Polish government's stance on returning looted art in their possession. #LootedArt #Provenance #WWII #Holocaust
https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/12/17/poland-seeks-unesco-help-in-returning-art-looted-by-germany-in-wwii/

“A Tokyo-based insurance company is alleged to have recklessly or purposefully ignored the history of the painting it has owned since 1987.”
#ArtHistory #Provenance #ArtNews
https://www.courthousenews.com/heirs-to-jewish-bankers-estate-sue-owner-of-painting-sold-amid-nazis-rise/

“Six precious artefacts – together estimated to be worth more than €3 million – will be returned to the heirs of German Jewish woman Emma Budge from museums in Amsterdam and The Hague.”
#LootedArt #NaziLootedArt #HolocaustEraLootedArt #ArtNews #provenance #ReturnedArt #MuseumNews
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/12/precious-objects-lost-in-nazi-germany-to-be-restored-to-rightful-heirs/