Looted art
The Greeks on display in Venice and hidden war booty at the Hermitage
Palazzo Grassi's “Greeks in the West” exhibition is pulling in the visitors
Correction: Michael Ward Gallery
An amendment to an article published in the March issue of The Art Newspaper (No. 57, p.26), with our apologies
War loot surfaces far from Weimar as Tischbein portrait turns up at Sotheby’s
The consignor of the piece remains unknown
Iraq's cultural heritage continues to be depleted as museums and archaeological sites plagued by smugglers
In a lecture given at London's Institute of Archaeology, Dr Lamia al Galiani-Werr drove home the urgency of the issue
War loot funded Quedlinburg GI’s double lifestyle
Former acquaintances in Dallas’s gay scene report war booty on show in his apartment
Daniel Wildenstein in fight to recover a Boldini stolen by the Nazis
Would Italian law allow this picture to revert to the original owner?
Germans give way to gloom on restitution prospects as gulf becomes apparent at Dessau conference
Leading museum directors pessimistic
Museums in Magdeburg and Leipzig publish lists of their missing art
Two museums in search of their history end up at the door of the Pushkin Museum
Global registry of looted art established
A commercial company has logged 34,000 looted objects so far
US indicts war booty sellers
Brother and sister of the US soldier who stole the Quedlinburg treasure to face possible imprisonment
Souren Melikian on collectors coming to the rescue in preservation crisis: The International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art's London Conference
The scholar of Iranian culture and International Herald Tribune art journalist says dealers could be the solution to recent archaeological disasters
Looking at the findings of the “Spoils of War” conference
The meeting produced revelations, but little hope that the return of looted art will be eased
Why has the Germano-Russian war loot question still not been resolved?
Even after treaties have been signed, legal wrangles between Germany and Russia persist
Pillaged Cambodian art sold at Sotheby’s and displayed in the Met
Despite being published last year by the International Council of Museums, severed stone heads are circulating in London and New York
What future for the looted Krebs Collection?
Rumours of a Sotheby’s valuation have encouraged talk of auction
“The world cannot afford many more collectors with a passion for antiquities”
As the Getty Museum opens an exhibition of the Fleischman collection of antiquities, Ricardo Elia, professor of archaeology at Boston University, argues that showcasing private collections only encourages the looting of archaeological sites.
Where is the real Van Gogh’s “White House at Night”?
Fears are growing that the version in the St Petersburg is a replica
Stolichny bank buys war booty
Russian bank revealed as major investor in the art market
From the archive (1993): Where is the looted Kwer'ata Re'esu, the most revered icon of the Ethiopian empire?
As a touring exhibition, African Zion—The Sacred Art Of Ethiopia, opened in the United States in 1993, a scholar of Ethiopian history asked what had become of the country's most important painting of all
The creation of a Russian-German Commission for the return of works of art: The Russian will to return war booty exists, the necessary laws do not
Long delays are foreseeable as approaches to restitution vary in both countries
Looted Bremen drawings on show at the Hermitage in June
About 150 items from the collection will be displayed at the exhibition
Hermitage to exhibit Bremen Old Master drawings
Director does not foresee restitution to Germany
Germany celebrates the return of the Quedlinburg Gospels from the secret hoard of a Texas G.I.
The looted manuscript has now been fully reproduced and described
US returns bell taken as trophy of war to Japan
The temple bell was taken from a Japanese island by American marines at the end of World War II
How forces invading Iraq neglected to make provisions for heritage sites
Unlike in World War II, no commission exists to advise the military
French war booty surfaces in East Berlin
The Musées de France knew about it for nearly twenty years
Iran imposes capital punishment for illicit exportation of antiquities
This legislation may come to late, as several archaeological sites have already been looted, and their content distributed throughout the international market