Conference Concludes with Feb. 10 Panel, Open to the Public
(New York, February 8, 2017)The Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting the first German/American Provenance Research Exchange Program (PREP), February 6–10, 2017, culminating in a panel discussion on February 10 that will be open to the public.
PREP is a pioneering three-year program that brings together museum and research-institute professionals from both sides of the Atlantic, who specialize in Holocaust-era provenance projects. It gathers 21 German and American grant recipients, the program’s Steering Committee members, and guest speakers twice a year to compare methodologies, ascertain resources, and network among experts. The week-long program at the Met will be the first of six systematic exchanges, followed by Berlin in the fall, Los Angeles and Munich in 2018, and Washington D.C. and Dresden in 2019.
On February 10, 2–4 p.m., the New York PREP week will conclude with a panel open to the public entitled “German/American Exchange on Nazi-Era Provenance Research: A Discussion with Museum Leaders," in the Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall of The Met’s Ruth and Harold D. Uris Education Center. The speakers will be Thomas P. Campbell, Director and Chief Executive Officer, The Met; Lynn Nicholas, independent scholar and author of T
he Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War; Sharon H. Cott, Senior Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel, The Met; Hermann Parzinger, President, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; Richard Kurin, Acting Provost and Under Secretary for Museums and Research, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.; and Thomas W. Gaehtgens, Director, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles.
This program will be livestreamed at facebook.com/metmuseum.
PREP is organized by the Smithsonian Institution (Smithsonian Provenance Research Initiative), Washington, D.C., and the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany, and four partner institutions: The Met; The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles; the Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden; and the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich. The new Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste, Magdeburg, is a consultative participant in the program.
Major support for PREP comes from the German Program for Transatlantic Encounters, financed by the European Recovery Program, and the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Additional funding comes from the seven PREP Partner Institutions, the Smithsonian Women’s Committee, and James P. Hayes.
For more information about PREP: http://provenance.si.edu/jsp/prep.aspx.
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February 8, 2017
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