Send us a textCover Art from the Afterlives Exhibition by Kurt Schwitters, Opened by Customs, 1937 or 1938, Paper, printed paper, oil, and graphite collaged on paper Tate, London, purchased 1958For more information about the Afterlives exhibition, please visit the Jewish Museum's website.Show Notes:00:02:00 inspiration for Afterlives: Recovering the Lost Stories of Looted Art00:06:30 design of Afterlives 00:10:15 windows metaphor of seeing through to the history of works and events00:11:20 August Sander’s portrait photos of persecuted Jews00:13:00 Jeu de Paume’s “Room of the Martyrs”00:13:40 1942 photograph of Room of the Martyrs includes images of work by Matisse, Picasso, Léger, and Derain who were defamed as degenerate 00:14:15 exhibition reunites large nude by Cezanne, small surrealist Picasso and post-cubist painting Composition by Fédor Löwenstein00:14:52 Cezanne and Picasso looted from Alphonse Kann00:15:00 Composition seizure00:16:20 restution of Composition in process00:17:45 works celebrate history of their creation and document their looting00:18:00 artwork as documentation 00:19:30 Rose Valland00:20:20 Dachau records in ‘Creativity Under Duress’ gallery00:20:50 work by artists in exile00:21:05 work by artists in camps and/or in hiding00:22:00 Nuremberg trial excerpt 00:25:30 Judaica Room includes pieces from Jewish Museum’s collection affiliated with Jewish Cultural Reconstruction (JCR) and community of Danzig and installation by Maria Eichhorn00:28:15 Jewish Museum as temporary storage depot for the JCR 1949-195200:32:00 JCR aluminum tags on objects00:32:20 Hannah Arendt’s work at the core of Eichhorn’s commission00:34:40 Eichhorn’s commission 00:37:50 Arendt’s documents 00:39:30 commissions by Lisa Oppenheim, Hadar Gad, Dor Guez and Eichhorn00:41:30 international perspective from these artists 00:42:15 Oppenheim’s piece deals with work by Jean-Baptiste 00:46:00 historical justice00:49:00 international culture of memory00:50:00 symposium00:52:00 Pechstein's 1912 Paysage and Löwenstein’s 1939 Composition00:54:45 We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz; and upcoming exhibition related to Ephrussi family story 00:57:45 1940 charcoal portrait by Jacob Barosin while in French forced labor camp of fellow prisoner01:00:15 Picasso’s 1929 Group of Characters01:02:50 Pissarro’s 1872 Portrait of Minette01:06:00 Portrait of Minette, Group of Characters and Cézanne’s Bather and Rocks 01:06:50 Kurt Schwitters’ Opened by Customs from 1937/3801:09:35 Afterlives catalog 01:10:30 reactions of visitorsPlease share your comments and/or questions at [email protected] by Toulme.To hear more episodes, please visit Warfare of Art and Law podcast's website.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at [email protected]. Thanks so much for listening!© Stephanie Drawdy [2025]

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