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Lawmaker seeks support of Parliament to decolonise Swiss museums - Expat Guide to Switzerland

Lawmaker seeks support of Parliament to decolonise Swiss museums Published on Share On February 23, a parliamentary committee will discuss whether Switzerland should investigate the origins of artefacts in their collections that were acquired in a colonial context, with the goal of returning them if appropriate. The motion follows similar debates in other European countries that aim to set up structures and guidelines to address the issue. The motion was put forward by Carlo Sommaruga, a Social Democrat member of Parliament, and will be debated by the Parliament’s committee for science, education and culture. It calls for technical and financial support for museums to conduct provenance research, a central system of mediation with countries of origin for disputed objects, and logistical support for repatriations or alternative solutions agreed with source communities. Sommaruga aims to gain support from other parties including centrist and rig

As Swiss museums decolonise , a lawmaker seeks the support of Parliament

Lawmaker seeks support of Parliament to decolonise Swiss museums A 17th/18th century mask from Benin, currently in the collection of the Rietberg museum. Museum Rietberg On February 23, a parliamentary committee will discuss whether Switzerland should investigate the origins of artefacts in their collections that were acquired in a colonial context, with the goal of returning them if appropriate. The motion follows similar debates in other European countries that aim to set up structures and guidelines to address the issue. This content was published on February 22, 2021 - 14:30 February 22, 2021 - 14:30 Catherine Hickley The motion was put forward by Carlo Sommaruga, a Social Democrat member of Parliament, and will be debated by the Parliament’s committee for science, education and culture. It calls for technical and financial support for museums to conduct provenance research, a central system of mediation with countries of origin for disputed objects, and logistical supp

Lawmaker seeks support of Parliament to decolonise Swiss museums

Museums partner to grow Asian art provenance researcher community

Museums partner to grow Asian art provenance researcher community Lecture by Christine Howald (provenance researcher Asian Collections of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) at the PREP event in 2017 at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin © SPK/photothek.net/Florian Gärtner. BERLIN .-The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution in the United States will cultivate an international network of provenance researchers focused on Asian art. SI is represented by and through the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art. In SPK, the Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Asian Art Museum) and the Zentralarchiv (Central Archive) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin) will be responsible for the cooperation. The initiative includes expert exchanges, networking activities and public programs. It is following a three-year German/American Provenance Research Exchange Program for museum professi

Smithsonian and Berlin museums join forces to investigate Asian art provenance

The Smithsonian s National Museum of Asian Artm, the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, houses more the 42,000 items of Asian art including this Qing dynasty scroll © Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery The Smithsonian Institution and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, the organisation which runs Berlin’s museums, have joined forces to establish an international network of provenance researchers focussed on Asian art, including expert exchanges, webinars and a public programme of events. Starting this year, the two organisations are hosting a series of webinars called Hidden Networks: the Trade in Asian Art, examining important dealers and collectors. The first, on 3 December, focussed on the Chinese dealer C. T. Loo, who maintained galleries in Paris and New York and according to an article published in the

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