"Cultural property protection law" : A difficult word that does not immediately reveal the full scope to the uninformed reader. Behind it is there a controversial idea, through the content of which the art world is currently on the barricades.

The extent of the current debate clearly shows the importance of which this planned amendment to the law is and can be followed live #Kulturzutzgesetz
The planned cultural property protection law of Minister of Culture Grütters is basically a modernization of the Cultural Heritage Protection Act . Although the idea behind the law is actually a good thing in the opinion of BR journalists and art experts Stefan Mekiska, it puts the art scene in violent riot and encounters great resistance from dealers, collectors and artists.
It aims to keep cultural assets of national importance in the country. But it threatens that the freedom of cross -border exchange is circumcised.
The following articles bring the topic and its explosive closer to you and summarize the most important points:
1) Tagesschau.de: Dispute over Cultural Protection Act - Exodus for the German art scene?
Exhaustion of artists - or necessary protection of national cultural assets? The spirits differ on the planned reform of the Culture Protection Act.
If one of the most renowned German artists of the present reclaims his loans to German museums, the trouble must be great. The painter Georg Baselitz does exactly that, other artists and art patrons want to follow his example - in protest against the planned reform of the cultural nutrition law. They fear losing the rights to their works.
The triggers are the plans of Minister of Culture Monika Grütters (CDU), who wants to adapt the cross-border trade in art and cultural goods to strict rules and EU law.
Minister of Culture Grütters has now defended her plans. […]
Tagesschau.de explains what the dispute is about.
Click here for the original article: tagesschau.de/inland/kulturgutzutzgesetz-101.html
2) Bayrischer Rundfunk: Culture Protection Act-art dealer in panic
It is a political statement: the painter Georg Baselitz withdraws his loans from the German museums. The reason is the modernization of the Cultural Heritage Protection Act. It moves the art scene in turmoil - also in Bavaria.
A "violation of the constitution", a "cold expropriation" and a "sky -screaming injustice". Konrad Bernheimer, one of the best -known European art dealers, does not take a leaf out of his mouth when he talks about the planned change in the Cultural Protection Act. […]
Click here for the original article: Br.de/nachrichten/kultur-gut-schutz-gesetz-102.html
3) RP Online: Analysis - the draft law is outraged by the art scene
The planned cultural property protection law encounters resistance from dealers, collectors and artists. It wants to keep cultural assets of national importance in the country. But it threatens that the freedom of cross -border exchange is circumcised. […]
Click here for the original article: rp-online.de/kultur/Stellt-dempoert-die-kunstszene-Aid-.1.5236950
4) FAZ: Cultural property protection law - Who is damaged?
The art world is head. Because a cultural protection law is planned, Georg Baselitz pulls out works from German museums. Gerhard Richter and the descendants of Max Beckmann consider similar steps. How important are permanent loans? […]
Click here for the original article: FAZ.net/aktuell/feuilleton/kunst/schgespenst-kulturgutschutz-gesetz-13703026.html
5) Süddeutsche Zeitung: Cultural property protection law - all -clear for artists and collectors
Minister of State Monika Grütters rejects criticism of the cultural nutrition law. However, there are initial changes: the state will not control apartments.
The new Culture Protection Act, currently a draft of a speaker in the phase of the so -called departmental tuning, has triggered a huge, almost bubbling excitement. Minister of Culture Monika Grütters, who has been campaigning for the amendment to the law for weeks, obviously does not take the protests easily.
At a press conference on Wednesday, she once again defended the law and, despite all the determination, showed how much she made the criticism. […]
Click here for the original article: sueddeutsche.de/kultur/kulturstaatsgesetz-gescht-tarft-entwarung-fuer-Kuenstler-and-Sammler
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