Press & Appearances
Best-Selling author of “The Monuments Men” speaking in West Texas
September 26, 2022
CBS7
Robert M. Edsel, best-selling author of “The Monuments Men,” will be in town September 27th for a free community lecture hosted by the Shepperd Leadership Institute.
Revamped Shepperd Leadership Institute Reviving Lecture Series
September 15, 2022
Odessa American
Number 1 bestselling author and leading art preservation advocate Robert M. Edsel will be the speaker Sept. 27 at the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center.
Dallas author, philanthropist passes baton to new Monuments Men and Women program
August 12, 2022
The Dallas Morning News
The initiative aims to build a new generation of officers to preserve cultural treasures in conflict.
Buried Secrets of the Nazis
June 1, 2022
"Expeditions Unknown" with Josh Gates
Josh Gates hunts for Third Reich secrets as he searches for stolen art in a flooded tunnel complex, tries to decode an officer's diary pointing to tons of plundered Nazi gold and visits the ruins of a city burned to ashes in the final days of WWII.
Museum of Fine Arts Houston locked in legal battle over Bernardo Bellotto painting.
March 30, 2022
KHOU-11
The museum says they possess it rightfully while grandchildren of a previous owner say it should be returned due to the way it left their heir.
This MFAH painting was purchased by Hitler's art dealer. Should it be returned to Jewish owner's family?
March 27, 2022
Houston Chronicle
Russia’s War Rages, Putting Ukraine’s Cultural Sites at Risk
March 15, 2022
The Wall Street Journal
Museum leaders look for ways to protect or move icons; debate brews over whether to keep them in the country
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Must End Its Head-in-the-Sand Approach to Justice When It Comes to Restitution
August 31, 2021
artnet
The head of the Monuments Men Foundation on the pain-staking research into the real history behind a Bellotto painting at the MFAH.
Restitution Experts Blast Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts for Refusing to Return a Painting Once Purchased for Hitler’s Museum
August 18, 2021
artnet
The Monuments Men Foundation is squaring off against the MFAH in the court of public opinion.
What Constitutes Art Sales Under Duress? A Dispute Reignites the Question
August 17, 2021
The New York Times