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CFP: ‘Looted Art and the Art Market: Nazi Art Theft in Belgium, Europe, and its aftermath’ (Brussels, 11-12 June 2026)
Looted Art and the Art Market:
Nazi Art Theft in Belgium, Europe, and its aftermath
We invite scholars, researchers, and cultural professionals to submit proposals for papers to be presented at the international conference organised in the context of the Belgian federal research project ProvEnhance (Enhancing the provenance data of the collections of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (RMFAB) since 1933. Scientific study, digital valorisation and narrative in context).
Anchored in a dual research approach, the ProvEnhance project simultaneously examines the trajectories of a selection of artworks from the collections of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and the roles of participants within the Belgian art market between 1933 and 1960, situating both within the broader dynamics of cultural dispossession and the post-war approach. Integrating provenance research, art market studies, and data science, the project—and by extension this conference—advances an interdisciplinary framework for analysing the movements of cultural objects and their connections to actors and power structures shaped by the Nationalist Socialist era and its aftermath.
While the conference has a broad international scope, submissions linked to the Belgian context—including case studies, institutional practices, or regional histories, based on Belgian traces in archival sources— are especially encouraged. However, the organisers welcome contributions from all disciplines that aim to foster (interdisciplinary) dialogue and advance research in the fields of Nazi-era provenance research and art market studies, museum collections, and the actors involved in cultural dispossession in the context of National Socialism.
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