Max Stern Restitution Project

On Tuesday, October 29, at the Canadian embassy in Berlin, Van Ham Fine Art Auctions returned an 1837 painting by Andreas Achenbach to the estate of Max Stern. This is the 11th painting returned as part of the Max Stern Art Restitution Project, which is piloted by Concordia and led by Clarence Epstein, Director of Special Projects and Cultural Affairs in the Office of the President. The story is featured in many national and international media outlets, including: Le Figaro, Bloomberg, Business Week, The Montreal Gazette, Le Huffington Post Québec, La Liberté, RTL, La Meuse, Le Soir and Le Devoir (see attached).

On Wednesday, October 30 The Montreal Gazette features the story on their front page. CBC Radio As it Happens (7 minutes and 10 seconds) discusses the restitution and replays an interview with Epstein from their archives. Le Journal de Montréal (see attached) also features a full-page story in its hard copy.

The story is also featured in many national and international media outlets, including: CBC News, Big News Network, Yahoo! News Canada, The Vancouver Sun, The StarPhoenix, The Huffington Post Canada, Artfix Daily, The Algemeiner, Prince Albert Now, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Artkabinett, Breaking News, Whzon, Blouin Artinfo, Alpha Omega Arts News, Canadian Headlines, Entorno Inteligente, WN, Zeit Online (German), Berliner Zeitung (German), Online Focus (German), Die Welt (German), Der Westen (German), T-Online (German), Ruhr Nachrichten (German), Sächsische Zeitung (German), Schwarzwaelder-Bote (German), Die Glocke (German) and Volksfreund (German) and Sudinfo.

On Thursday, October 31 The Canadian Jewish News interviews Epstein about the project.