The Times of Israel, The Art Newspaper, The Local, Art Daily and Expatica report the recent recovery 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 — which had been looted by the Nazis during the Second World War. The article references the Max Stern Art Restitution Project, headed by Concordia under the leadership of Clarence Epstein, senior director of Urban and Cultural Affairs. Epstein is quoted.
Epstein was also quoted in The Globe and Mail, 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, DallasArtDealers.org, Art Net News, Art Fix Daily, Art Forum, Die Presse (German language) and NRC (German language).
Additionally, he was interviewed on CJAD's Natasha Hall Show on December 12.