Bavarian State Painting Collections Shake Up

April 11 2025

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Picture: monopol-magazin.de

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

News from Germany that the director of the Bavarian State Paintings Collection Bernhard Maaz has recently quit. Maaz, who was in the post for a decade, faces allegations of failures including those regarding priorities given to aspects such as transparency in WWII provenance research. Click on the link above to read more.

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