Christel H. Force

Christel H. Force, PhD, is an independent scholar, formerly associate curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Her recent publications include "Otto Feldmann" in Les artistes et leurs galeries (2020); Pioneers of the Global Art Market (2020); The Brummer Galleries (2023); "Etienne Bignou" in The Art Market and The Museum (2025).

Anna-Carolin Augustin, PhD, is a research fellow at the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C. Her expertise is modern German-Jewish history, Judaica, and provenance. Her publications include Berliner Kunstmatronage (2018) on women collectors around 1900, articles in academic journals, and the forthcoming Jewish Relics.

Katharina Weiler, PhD, is curator for Applied Arts of Europe at the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt am Main. Her expertise is decorative arts and provenance. She curated the museum’s exhibition The Collection of Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (2023), co-edited its catalog, and published extensively on the subject.