Nazi loot
Oral arguments begin in Supreme Court Klimt case
The Bush administration argues that Austria cannot be sued in a US court because it would interfere with foreign relations
Some progress has been made in restitution of Klimt paintings, but much more needs to be done
Although successful restitutions have been achieved through focused research in individual museums, numerous cases in federal and provincial museums still need to be solved
US Customs art squad reassigned to war on terror
The agents who had investigated stolen art will now work on cases related to terrorism and fraud
Maria Altmann's Holocaust restitution case against Austria will be heard by the US Supreme Court
An American citizen is claiming six Klimts from the Nationalgalerie in Vienna alleged to have been seized from her uncle by the Nazis and then unlawfully retained by Austria after the war
Recent developments in restitution claims in Russia prove that some art theft is 'legitimate'; when it is committed by a government that is recognised by nations around the world
Unlike the heirs of Nazi victims, the descendants of collectors whose art was appropriated by the Bolsheviks are unlikely to have it returned
Dutch government yields Nazi-looted 'NK collection'
Thousands of works in secret collection are now being claimed
Austrian court orders seizure of Nazi-looted Schiele
Heirs will have to sue for the painting, which is currently being held at Dorotheum
German museums commit themselves to provenance research concerning supposed Nazi loot
The younger generation has asked tough questions and come up with some answers
"The AAM guide to provenance research" by Nancy Yeide, Konstantin Akinsha and Amy Walsh
A guide on how to best investigate provenance with specific emphasis on the specialist problems of the Holocaust-era, solvable using provenance research
Art dealer Adam Williams found guilty after 11 years of litigation
Williams will not appeal French court decision, citing health reasons
Austria can be sued in the US in claim that it forced Jew to give Klimts after World War II
Austria is not an adequate forum to resolve Nazi loot claim, says California federal court
Boijmans Foundation and Rotterdam museum disagree over war loot issue
The Boijman’s van Beuningen museum wants to return a looted Toorop
Dealer Adam Williams on trial for selling Nazi war loot
The work was taken by the Nazis from the Schloss Collection
Test case for restitution in Hungarian museums as claim on 11 paintings proceeds to appeal
The paintings seized by the Nazis, then the Communist government, may yet remain with the state
Fair play, not the letter of the law for Tate restitution case
The panel finds Tate has legal title to a war-loot picture but agrees that the claimants should be compensated on ethical grounds
Who should own Nazi-era assets in Jewish museums?
Museums in the US and Israel contain Judaica from pre-World War II European Jewish communities, redistributed by the Allies who thought this the best solution for material taken from people and institutions that no longer existed
Six hundred works of uncertain provenance listed in report on UK museums
This will assist in the identification of looted artworks
London’s National Gallery withdraws from bidding on possible war loot
Metropolitan Monet subject to claim
The World Jewish Congress’s Commission for Art Recovery restitutes works from museums in Hanover and Leipzig
Does this mark a change of direction for initiative, which previously only recorded losses?
“The Jewish people should be heirs to heirless art” says Knesset member, as plans are made to return Nazi-loot to rightful owners
Christie’s and Sotheby’s to help with provenance research projects
Knoedler and Seattle Art Museum settle over Matisse lawsuit
In 1954 Knoedler sold picture stolen from Paul Rosenberg by Nazis
Wildenstein reveal key documents on alleged war loot
While the Kann descendants have solid evidence for their claim, the Wildenstein family are confident enough in their story to share their own documents with The Art Newspaper
How should billionaire Ronald Lauder be understood; philanthropist, restitution advocate, leader or naive temporiser?
The heir to the cosmetics fortune is creating his own museum and would like to see art returned to Holocaust victims, but how effective is he actually?
400,000 pieces of Nazi silver loot sold by US in 1950
British and French authorities dismayed at disposals that they considered illegal
Counsels of very grudging justice: Austrian government divided on restitution claims
The Austrian Parliament decided that full restitution should be made to victims of the Nazis and to those who had been coerced into giving works after 1945 to the museums - but the advisory council has twice taken its own, negative, line
Galerie St Etienne honours Otto Kallir, it's founder and the saviour of “degenerate art”
"Saved From Europe" commemorates the man who brought art condemned by the Nazis to the US and worked for the restitution of looted art
Schiele war loot restitution case continues as MoMA attempts to return disputed works to the Leopold Museum
In the interests of future exhibitions, the New York Court of Appeals rules that Schieles on loan to Museum of Modern Art must be returned to the lender then a federal magistrate seizes one of pictures
Tate acknowledges 'View of Hampton Court Palace' as Nazi war loot, expected to compensate family
An important test case for museums dealing with war loss cases.
Berlin State Museums will restitute two works to family of concentration camp victim
The Van Gogh drawing and Hans von Marées painting were part of a large collection which was forcibly auctioned
Growing unease over looted Lubomirski Dürers
A sheet of paper found in a second-hand book by The Art Newspaper details valuations of the drawings when sold by Colnaghi