The Gurlitt collection will be shown in the museums of Bonn and Bern
ARTinvestment.RU   05 апреля 2016

The exhibition will be held in two museums simultaneously in the winter of 2016/2017,

Art Museum of the city of Bern in Switzerland, who is now deceased collector-затворник Cornelius Gurlitt bequeathed his collection, will present legacy collection within its walls in winter 2016/2017. Parallel to the exhibition will be held in the Art Museum Bonn in Germany.

Recall that Cornelius Gurlitt decades hid in his Munich apartment about 1500 works of art from the collection of his father, art-дилера Hildebrandt Gurlitt who collaborated with the Nazis. Accidentally discovered the collection was confiscated from an elderly recluse. After initial resistance he eventually agreed to facilitate the restitution and bequeathed his collection to the Bern Museum. The Museum has agreed to accept the donation of the works, the provenance of which is clean. So far, the Museum received about 1,000 jobs, and another 500 remain in Germany. Investigating the history of their existence by a special Commission, and the case moves very slowly: in the final report in December 2015, the Commission said that so far managed to identify the rightful owners, only 5 works. But the work continues.

Therefore divided the collection will be shown concurrently in two museums in Switzerland and Germany. Museum Directors said they plan to present the collection in the Pushkin Museum in historical and scientific context, including to cover the process of investigating the provenance of some works.

by the Way, collection claimed one of Gurlitt's cousins Uta Werner. She claimed that Cornelius was mentally ill when he took the decision to transfer the collection to the Bern Museum. The first hearing of a relative lost, but her appeal is still pending before the court.

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: artdaily.com, artinvestment.ru