Reflecting on Legacy

The exhibition honors the collectors for their commitment to modern art and reminds us of the injustice done to them by the National Socialists.

The focus of this event is on the perspectives of the heirs and descendants of the eight Jewish collectors.

On the last day of the exhibition, it allows itself a look back and forward:

Rafael Cardoso, Rebecca Friedman and Jason Osborn - three important protagonists in the context of the exhibition and the associated provenance research - share their impressions and personal experiences with the exhibition project in the Brücke Museum.

The conversation is framed by a welcome from the director of the Brücke Museum, Lisa Marei Schmidt.

Rafael Cardoso is an art historian and author. He is a member of the Postgraduate Faculty of Art History (PPGHA) of the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and a research associate at the Latin American Institute of the Free University of Berlin. He is the author of numerous books, essays and articles on the history of art and design in Brazil in the 19th and 20th centuries: Art and Image, Race and Identity in Brazil, 1890-1945 (Cambridge University Press, 2021).

He has also written four works of fiction, including the historical novel O Remanescente (2016), which was translated into German as The Legacy of the Silkworms (2016).

He is a member of PEN-Berlin, AICA-Germany, the German Association for Art History and Chairman of the Board of the Hugo Simon Foundation. He is currently the holder of the Aby Warburg Visiting Professorship 2024 at the Warburg Haus in Hamburg.

Rebecca Friedman is a Senior Art Claims Specialist in the Holocaust Claims Processing Office (HCPO) of the New York State Department of Financial Services, where she has worked on art restitution claims since 2004. She earned a BA in Art History from Columbia University, an MA in Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, and later a JD from Brooklyn Law School. Before joining the HCPO in 2004, Ms. Friedman worked in the art world for several years.

Jason Osborn is a filmmaker. He has worked with well-known artists such as Dagmar Krause and David Bowie and has been musical director on productions such as The Threepenny Opera and The Seven Deadly Sins. As a composer, he has written music for films and theater, including Couples and Robbers and the BBC production Absolute Hell.

He has worked with renowned actors such as Dame Judi Dench and Bill Nighy and composed for numerous TV documentaries. Since 2009, he has devoted himself increasingly to promoting Georgian cinema, including through the London Georgian Film Festival.

With Rafael Cardoso (Art historian and descendant of Hugo Simon), Rebecca Friedman (Holocaust Claims Processing Office, New York State Department), Jason Osborn (Film maker and descendant of Max Osborn) and Lisa Marei Schmidt (director, Brücke-Museum).

(TALK IN ENGLISH)