The Louvre and Sotheby’s are Teaming Up to Identify Works for Restitution

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The auction world and the museum world are closely interlinked, so it’s only natural when a partnership emerges: this week, the Louvre and Sotheby’s announced that over the next three years, a joint effort and sponsorship deal geared towards potential restitution would play out between the two institutions. Specifically, the project is centered around work that was acquired by the Louvre between 1933 and 1945, a period which obviously includes the art that was obtained during the Second World War. The Louvre has already been making an ongoing effort to determine whether Nazi-looted paintings exist within their permanent collection, and there’s a lot to weed through.