“SPURENSICHERUNG, The Story(s) Behind the Works” – Akademie der Künste

Provenance research has been a much-discussed topic for over 20 years and is high on the social and cultural policy agenda. A particular challenge of provenance research is to research the buried and also suppressed stories about the origin of artworks and their owners and to bring them back into consciousness.

 Image caption: Remains of Alfred Kerr’s estate library in the Akademie der Künste, Berlin © Akademie der Künste, Berlin Photo: Oliver Ziebe