10
October 2024

The Inside Story of Nazi Looted Art

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Thursday, October 10, 2024 - 10:30
Churchill College, Cambridge
Storey's Way Cambridge CB3 0DS
Online Event

This lecture examines the art world in Nazi Germany and the motivations behind the National Socialist movement to rid Germany of modern art.

The Nazis used propaganda to show that some artists contributed to the decline of German culture and staged an exhibition of what they dubbed ‘Degenerate Art’. Some of the artists featured at this exhibit included modern masters such as Emil Nolde, Oskar Kokoshka and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. This lecture will examine the art world in Nazi Germany and the motivations behind the National Socialist movement to rid Germany of modern art.

Shauna Isaac
Shauna Isaac has been active in World War II art restitution for several years and has worked with families and government organisations to recover Nazi looted art. She set up the Central Registry on Looted Cultural Property and served as a member of the Working Group for the Holocaust Era Assets Conference in Prague. Shauna studied at the Courtauld Institute of Art in the UK and Smith College in the USA. She is a regular lecturer at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Her publications include articles for The Art Newspaper, The Times Literary Supplement and Art Quarterly. She is a contributor to the book Insiders/Outsiders: Refugees from Nazi Europe and their contribution to British Visual Culture.