How can museums speed up the return of art looted during the Nazi era?
The UK government has announced it will strengthen its commitment to the restitution of Nazi-looted art by indefinitely extending the Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Act of 2009. On 12 September, international experts will debate how the process can be accelerated at London’s National Gallery, which is hosting the conference 70 Years and Counting: the Final Opportunity? We spoke to Anne Webber, one of the panellists and the co-chair of the Commission for Looted Art in Europe, about what has been achieved so far and what needs to be done to secure justice for the heirs of works expropriated by the Nazis.
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