Catherine Hickley
@catherinehickley.bsky.social
Editor for museums & heritage at The Art Newspaper. Arts writer, often for The New York Times. Author of The Munich Art Hoard: Hitler's Dealer and his Secret Legacy. Berlinerin.
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'The Nazis seized tens of thousands of books from the Jewish Theological Seminary in Budapest, but the works are making their way back, including one being returned in New York this week.' @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/a...
Rebuilding a Historic Jewish Library, Book by Book
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September 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
'The Nazis seized tens of thousands of books from the Jewish Theological Seminary in Budapest, but the works are making their way back, including one being returned in New York this week.' @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/a...
Rebuilding a historic Jewish library, book by book. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/a...
Rebuilding a Historic Jewish Library, Book by Book
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September 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Rebuilding a historic Jewish library, book by book. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/a...
I spoke to Marion Ackermann as she takes over the cultural behemoth that is the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, an institution undergoing upheaval with plenty of challenges ahead tinyurl.com/3wm6rjvz
Berlin museums’ first woman leader plans to tackle reforms and construction
The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, now led by Marion Ackermann, is currently undergoing major structural changes
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June 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I spoke to Marion Ackermann as she takes over the cultural behemoth that is the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, an institution undergoing upheaval with plenty of challenges ahead tinyurl.com/3wm6rjvz
Unknown works by the Brücke artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff go on show in a new museum on the outskirts of Chemnitz, where he grew up tinyurl.com/5czd7zm6
Key member of Die Brücke art movement gets museum in hometown
Never-before-seen works by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff will go on show in Chemnitz, which was home to three of the German Expressionist group's founders
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May 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Unknown works by the Brücke artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff go on show in a new museum on the outskirts of Chemnitz, where he grew up tinyurl.com/5czd7zm6
The Bavarian State Painting Collections are in turmoil after the director quit and the prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation. This was all triggered by a newspaper report saying the organisation was hiding research on Nazi-looted art. tinyurl.com/46jp56zk
Turmoil at Bavarian state museums as director quits and state prosecutor investigates
A crisis that began as an uproar over how the Bavarian State Painting Collections handles Nazi-looted art has widened as Bernhard Maaz “clears the way for a new beginning,” according to the state mini...
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April 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The Bavarian State Painting Collections are in turmoil after the director quit and the prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation. This was all triggered by a newspaper report saying the organisation was hiding research on Nazi-looted art. tinyurl.com/46jp56zk
A new chapter has opened in a 17-year dispute over the Guelph Treasure, one of the most valuable troves claimed by the heirs of Jewish victims of Nazi rule, after the discovery of archive documents suggesting it was sold under duress. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/a...
A $300 Million Art Trove and the Labyrinth of Nazi-Era Art Claims (Gift Article)
Claims on the Guelph Treasure stretch back nearly two decades, and Germany’s plans to change how restitutions are evaluated are now adding new wrinkles.
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March 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A new chapter has opened in a 17-year dispute over the Guelph Treasure, one of the most valuable troves claimed by the heirs of Jewish victims of Nazi rule, after the discovery of archive documents suggesting it was sold under duress. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/a...
Facing accusations it is hiding Nazi loot in its collections, Bavaria pledges more transparency and research. tinyurl.com/e7ahpj8k
Facing accusations of hiding Nazi loot, Bavaria pledges more research and greater transparency
The state’s culture minister has responded to an outcry after a newspaper reported that the Bavarian State Painting Collections keeps an unpublished internal list of 200 Nazi-looted works in its posse...
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February 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Facing accusations it is hiding Nazi loot in its collections, Bavaria pledges more transparency and research. tinyurl.com/e7ahpj8k
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Egon Schiele Watercolor, Said to be Nazi-Looted, Set for Auction (Gift Article)
Christie’s, which values the work at more than $1 million, said the proceeds from any sale would be shared with the heirs of an art collector killed in a concentration camp.
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February 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Two new films dealing with Nazi looting: 'The Plunderer' explores the life and lies of Bruno Lohse; 'The Spoils' looks at the legacy of the Jewish dealer Max Stern tinyurl.com/4kryhez7
A looter evades justice, a victim searches for art: new films explore Nazi looting
The stories of Bruno Lohse, the SS officer who oversaw Göring’s store of looted art, and the Jewish dealer Max Stern, whose heirs fought to recover art stolen by the Gestapo, are recreated on screen
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February 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Two new films dealing with Nazi looting: 'The Plunderer' explores the life and lies of Bruno Lohse; 'The Spoils' looks at the legacy of the Jewish dealer Max Stern tinyurl.com/4kryhez7
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier condemns Russia's "war against Ukraine's culture" as 60 paintings evacuated from Odesa go on display at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. tinyurl.com/bdfnatf6
German president condemns Russia’s ‘war against Ukraine’s culture’ as evacuated works go on show in Berlin
The exhibition at the Gemäldegalerie, open to the public from today, shows 60 works brought to Berlin for safety from the Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art
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January 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier condemns Russia's "war against Ukraine's culture" as 60 paintings evacuated from Odesa go on display at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. tinyurl.com/bdfnatf6
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: the artist’s life in Davos
For 20 years, the troubled Expressionist found refuge, respite and inspiration in the Alpine town
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January 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Going to the World Economic Forum? Take a tour through Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's Davos... tinyurl.com/2v29skms