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ART LAW
ART THEFT
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ART TERMS
ART LINKS
BOOKS
COLLECTING CONTEMPORARY
DAMAGED ART
DETERMINING THE VALUE OF
DONATED ART

INVESTING IN ART
INSURING FINE ART

ART THEFT LINKS

HOLOCAUST ERA
NAZI-ERA PROVENANCE INTERNET PORTAL PROJECT
Provides a searchable registry of objects in U.S. museum collections that changed hands in Continental Europe during the Nazi era (1933-1945)

ArtLoss Register
A database of looted art on behalf of Holocaust survivors and their heirs.

Commission for Art Recovery
Reuniting works of art looted by the Nazis during World War II with their rightful owners and/or heirs.

Getty Museum Provenance Research (1933-45)
Research on the history of ownership of works in the collection during the Nazi Era (1933-1945).

Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the US
Conducts research on the fate of assets taken from Holocaust victims that came into possession of private, corporate, state and federal organizations of the U.S. and advises the President on policies to make restitution to the rightful owners of stolen property or their heirs.

Livingheirs.com
Helps heirs of Holocaust victims recover family assets unjustly confiscated by the Third Reich.

National Archives and Records Administration
Holocaust-Era Assets, Records and Research

Object-ID
An international standard for describing cultural objects. Developed through the collaboration of the art community and law enforcement agencies.

Museum Security Network
An index of Cultural Property Loss websites that list losses and recoveries.

RECOVERY
IFAR - International Foundation for Art Research
Offers information on authenticity, ownership, theft, legal and ethical issues concerning art.

LAPD- Art Theft Unit
Investigates thefts and burglaries of fine art as well as fakes, frauds, and forgeries involving art.

FBI's National Stolen Art File
A partial listing of the objects registered in the National Stolen Art File.


PROVENANCE
International Foundation for Art Research
Information on authenticity, ownership, theft, and other artistic, legal, and ethical issues concerning art objects.

National Gallery of Art
World War II Provenance Research




RECOVERING ART
Holocaust Art Restitution Project together with the Washington DC - based National Jewish Museum, the Holocaust Art Restitution Project (HARP) serves as a research and development engine for documenting Jewish cultural losses suffered during World War II.

Anyone with information or questions about lost or stolen art should contact HARP or call (202) 857-6672.

For more information regarding stolen objects and recovery, please read "Limits on Ownership" in our Art Law series from Artful Ownership by Aaron M. Milrad.