Gert-Jan van den Bergh was interviewed for Columbia Law School’s alumni column ‘Lions of Law’ about his art law practice.
The interview includes the Dutch position on restitution of Nazi looted art, colonial looted art and the case of the Crimean treasures for the State of Ukraine.
“𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯,” 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴. “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.”
Read the interview via the link below: https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/portrait-art-lawyer
