Museums
According to predatory art debate: from for museum chief Maaz
The debate about the return of predatory art from the Bavarian State Painting Collections has been smoldering for weeks. Now Minister of Art is drawn consequences.
After the unrest in the Bavarian State Painting Collections for the return of predatory art, Bavaria’s Minister of Art Markus Blume (CSU) exchanges the boss. The general director of the State Painting Collections, Bernhard Maaz, clears his post. From now on, his successor will be the former Munich cultural officer Anton Biebl, as Blume announced. He should “bring the ship back on track”.
There are “information and allegations on misconduct and organizational failure,” said Blume. Now “necessary steps” and an internal examination would be initiated. The Minister Thank you Maaz, who has been a museum chief for ten years, for “that he has cleared his way for a new beginning at the State Painting Collections”.
The debate about the dealings with Bavaria – and especially the Bavarian State Painting Collections – with Nazi robbery was recently flamed. D-follow-up of Jewish art owners and their lawyers had sharply criticized the Bavarian state government and demanded that the Free State to work more transparently and faster in provenance research on Nazi robbery. The state paintings, which among other things operate the famous Pinakotheken in Munich, are at the center of criticism.
dpa
Source: Stern
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