Max Stern art restitution. Oil divestment.
Concordia in the news
Posted on December 13, 2016
University affairs
Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution:
- Numerous media pick up coverage of the return of two Dutch Old Masters paintings — 'Ships in Distress on a Stormy Sea,' by Jan Porcellis, and 'Landscape With Goats,' by Willem Buytewech the Younger. The paintings were among some 400 looted by the Nazis during the Second World War. The coverage features the Max Stern Art Restitution Project, which continues to search for missing works of art, and notes that the restitution project is spearheaded by Concordia under the leadership of Clarence Epstein, senior director of Urban and Cultural Affairs, who is widely quoted: Montreal Gazette and Gazette e-edition, Le Devoir, Los Angeles Times (linking to a previous article in The Art Newspaper), Agence France-Presse (picked up by Le Journal de Montréal, The China Post, Times of Israel, The Hindu, i24 News, Marco), Observer, The Canadian Jewish News, The Jewish Press,AMEQ en ligne (behind a paywall), Art Net News, Art Fix Daily, Art Forum (registration required), Die Presse(German language) and NRC (German language). Additionally, Clarence Epstein was interviewed on CJAD's Natasha Hall Show yesterday afternoon (no link available).
- Le Devoir, writing about the worldwide spread of the fossil fuel divestment movement, notes that the divestment campaign in Canada initially was focused on university campuses, and names Concordia and McGill.