Bern museum announces acceptance of Gurlitt’s art collection
Speech by President of the Kunstmuseum Foundation, Christoph Schäublin, at live press conference in Berlin. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
The Kunstmuseum will not touch any art that is suspected of being stolen. It won’t even enter Switzerland. On the other hand, Bern has agreed to work closely with the taskforce researching the provenance of the paintings with the aim of establishing their authenticity and restituting any stolen art.
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