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Sara Sophie Biever
Sara Sophie Biever © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Juliane Eirich

M. A. Sara Sophie Biever


Function

Research Associate (Zentralarchiv)

Institution

Zentralarchiv

Contact

s.biever[at]smb.spk-berlin.de

Focus | Responsibilities | Projects

  • Pilot project for deciphering consignments and locating cultural assets confiscated as a result of Nazi persecution – using the example of auction acquisitions by the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
    Projectwebsite of the Zentralarchiv – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
  • Provenance research about the gift from Christoph Müller to the Kupferstichkabinett
  • Max Ernst to Dorothea Tanning: Networks of Surrealism I Provenances from the Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch Collection, 17.10.2025–01.03.2026, Neue Nationalgalerie, in cooperation with the Zentralarchiv
    Information on the exhibition

Vita

Since 12/2025 Research associate for the pilot project for deciphering consignments and locating cultural assets confiscated as a result of Nazi persecution – using the example of auction acquisitions by the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
02/2025–12/2025 Research assistant in training for provenance research at the Zentralarchiv der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin
10/2022–01/2025 Master of Arts in Provenance Research and History of collection at the Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (University of Bonn)
09/2019–08/2022 Bachelor of Arts in Art History at the University of Vienna

Membership

Since 2025: member of the Arbeitskreis für Provenienzforschung e. V. (Research Association for Provenance Research)

Publications

Hackmann, Lisa/Biever, Sara (ed.): Max Ernst bis Dorothea Tanning: Netzwerke des Surrealismus. Provenienzen der Sammlung Ulla und Heiner Pietzsch, Berlin 2025.

Staff of the Zentralarchiv

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