BERLIN (AP) – Experts say more work is still needed to confirm the past of hundreds of works from the art trove hoarded by the late collector Cornelius Gurlitt, and Germany’s culture minister is pledging to get to the bottom of where they all came from.
A special task force that has been checking Gurlitt’s trove – more than 1,200 works found at his Munich apartment, plus around 250 at his property in Salzburg, Austria – submitted its final report Thursday after two years’ work. So far, five works have been conclusively identified as having been looted under Nazi rule.
Research into the trove will be continued by the government-backed German Lost Art Foundation. Culture Minister Monika Gruetters said the effort will be led by a senior task force member, assuring continuity.