Marilyn Henry

Residence : Teaneck, NJ

Biographical information

Marilyn Henry, a journalist for 25 years, is a contributing editor at ARTnews magazine in New York, where she specializes in reporting on the legal, diplomatic and historical aspects of the recovery of Nazi-looted cultural properties. Prior to ARTnews, she reported for the Jerusalem Post from Israel, New York and Europe. She is a recognized authority on the recovery of properties confiscated in Europe during the Nazi and communist eras. Her work also has appeared in the Washington Post, Die Welt and Cicero (Germany), Die Weltwoche and Tages Anzeiger (Switzerland), Jerusalem Report, Aufbau (New York and Zurich), Jewish Chronicle (London) and Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad (Holland). She wrote the lead essay in the 2002 American Jewish Year Book on "Fifty Years of Holocaust Compensation," and her book on the history of the Claims Conference and German reparations to Nazi victims is due to be published by Vallentine-Mitchell (London). She has degrees from Rutgers, Penn State and Columbia universities.

Discussion topics

• The Painting in My Grandmother´s House: The trials and tribulations of Holocaust survivors and their heirs as they try to recover artworks that were confiscated from their family homes in Europe during the Nazi era.
• Portrait of a Double Theft: Why the art world battles so aggressively against returning looted cultural property.
• The D.A.´s master-stroke: How the seizure of an Egon Schiele painting on exhibition in New York turned the art world on its head and created an international revolution in the efforts to recover artworks that were looted during the Nazi era.
• "Making good again": The 50-year history of seeking a measure of justice for the victims of the Holocaust through compensation from Germany and Austria for atrocities committed against the Jews.

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