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The Max Stern Art Restitution Project

Norbert Middelkoop (left), Curator of Paintings, Prints and Drawings, Amsterdam Museum, and Clarence Epstein, Director of Special Projects and Cultural Affairs at Concordia, proudly flank the returned painting.
Norbert Middelkoop (left), Curator of Paintings, Prints and Drawings, Amsterdam Museum, and Clarence Epstein, Director of Special Projects and Cultural Affairs at Concordia, proudly flank the returned painting.

Concordia, acting on behalf of the executors of the Estate of Dr. Max Stern, announced the restitution of “The Masters of the Goldsmith Guild in Amsterdam in 1701,” a painting by Juriaen Pool II looted by the Nazis. Coverage appears in Bloomberg, Canoe, The Globe and Mail, Montreal Gazette, National Post, Radio-Canada, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Ottawa Citizen, The Province, Vancouver Sun, StarPhoenix, Regina Leader Post, Victoria Times Colonist, Global Montreal, Arts Artists and Artworks News, Terranet, Gentside, Expatica.com, Big Pond, AllVoices, Sky News and Dwan.com.

International coverage appeared on Radio Canada International, Jerusalem Post, Business Week, The San Francisco Chronicle, the Jewish Journal, New York Jewish Week, Les Echos (France), Alliance, Yahoo France, JTA, Jewish News Weekly, Le Télégramme (France), Agence France Presse (AFP), Le Parisien (France), RTL.be (France), PR Newswire (U.K.), The Local (Germany), El Mundo and dozens of papers from Latin America and Europe, as well as wallstreet-online. Parool, an Amsterdam-based paper, and The NRC, a prestigious Netherlands paper, also featured this story. This story was mentioned on and Radio-Canada Le Téléjournal and Le Radiojournal on October 24. Clarence Epstein, director of special projects and cultural affairs in the Office of the President, was interviewed on CBC’s As it Happens and Homerun on October 25 and on CJAD Radio’s The Ric & Suzanne Show on October 31.                    


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