Reference list / clients

Selection

• Federal Office for Central Services and Unresolved Property Issues (BADV), Berlin.
• Christie’s, New York.
• Freie Universität Berlin, Research Center “Degenerate Art.”
• Kulturforum Witten, Märkisches Museum.
• Kunstmuseen Krefeld.
• Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen.
• Lange & Schmutz, Biel, Switzerland.
• Museum Folkwang, Essen.
• Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf.
• Museumsverband Rheinland-Pfalz e.V., Ludwigshafen am Rhein.
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
• Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation, Aachen.
• University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität), Institute of Art History.
• Rose Valland Institute, Bonn.
• Toussaint LLC, New York.
• University of Hamburg, Department of Art History.
• University of Cologne, Institute of Art History.
• Wallraf-Richartz-Museum – Fondation Corboud, City of Cologne.

Consulting

• Unresolved ownership issues concerning art and cultural property.
• Handling of Nazi-looted art, war loot, and “Degenerate Art.”

Dr. Katja Terlau studied art history, history, archaeology, and prehistory and early history in Münster and Cologne (Magister 1995; PhD 1998 at the University of Cologne).

Since 1999 she has worked as a freelance provenance researcher on research projects and consulting related to Nazi-looted art for public institutions, private collections, and the media.

Since 2015 she has also been a lecturer at the University of Cologne, Institute of Art History, in the field of art market studies with a focus on provenance research.