Restitution
The case for a cross-border approach for recovering Europe's Nazi-looted art
If governments are committed to the Washington Principles, they should create a co-ordinating body
Maqdala shield to be repatriated to Ethiopia
Withdrawn from auction in February, the shield will make a stop at the Toledo Museum of Art before going on public display at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa
Netherlands to return 288 items looted in colonial era to Indonesia
The repatriations show policy continuity despite the new right-wing government, experts say
New California law could reverse outcome in dispute over Nazi-looted Pissarro
The new law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom is intended to resolve a decades-long restitution claim in a California family’s favour
Three looted objects from ancient Egyptian graves returned by the Netherlands
The restitutions are seen as reflective of the way museums are paying closer attention to the provenance of works in their collections
Holocaust-restitution firm Mondex settles legal feud with heir over fees for $24m Chagall painting
"Over Vitebsk" by Marc Chagall hung at the Museum of Modern Art for decades until 2020, when it was restituted to the the heirs of a Jewish-owned art gallery in 1930s Berlin
Cranach portrait will be sold in accord between Pennsylvania museum and Jewish heirs
The portrait of the Duke of Saxony, attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder and his workshop, will be auctioned by Christie’s in New York in January 2025
Jala Wahid confronts the colonial legacy of the British Museum in London exhibition
The Kurdish artist delves into the histories of looted artefacts and questions the ethics of their existence in Western museums
The US needs an independent commission for Nazi loot claims
‘If an artwork is located in the US, its fate cannot be decided in any other state, and any wrong decisions cannot be corrected elsewhere’
Another Schiele work returned to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum
The 1918 drawing had been in the possession of another Austrian Jewish family, which recently became suspicious of the work's provenance and contacted Grünbaum’s heirs directly in order to “do the right thing”
Famed Egyptian archaeologist pledges to ‘join together’ with Italy to secure return of Mona Lisa
The former antiquities minister is also demanding that three Egyptian treasures, including the Rosetta Stone, be sent to his home country
Iowa museum becomes first in US to return looted Benin bronzes to royal ruler
The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has defended its decision to hand back two objects to the Oba rather than the government
Looted Asante treasures find a new palace home in Ghana
Objects from the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum are on loan to the Asante king, while the Fowler Museum has transferred ownership of seven items
‘Like a child in a messy divorce’: Mary Beard and David Olusoga tackle Parthenon Marbles debate in British Museum panel
Complexities of restitution, the relevance of the universal museum and burgeoning collections were all on the event's agenda
Jordaens painting to be sold after settlement with heirs of Jewish bank shareholders
The work, to be auctioned at Sotheby’s today, was one of more than 2,500 held as collateral and sold, shortly before the Nazi invasion, by the Dutch bank Lisser & Rosenkranz
Bührle Foundation’s provenance research is inadequate, report finds
The report by Raphael Gross calls for more research and details how Jewish owners are omitted from the published provenance
Stedelijk Museum restitutes Matisse Odalisque to Jewish arts patrons’ heirs
Albert Stern, the former owner, sold the painting “out of necessity” in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, the Dutch Restitutions Committee says
Rubens sketch illegally sold in aftermath of Second World War returned to museum in Germany
The oil sketch “Saint Gregory of Nazianzus” (1621) is one of five works by the Old Master that were unlawfully taken from the Friedenstein Foundation, with two still missing
Judge dismisses Holocaust restitution claim to Guggenheim’s Blue Period Picasso
Karl and Rosi Adler’s heirs had claimed that “La repasseuse” (1904) had been sold under duress as the couple fled Nazi persecution
Monet to go on sale after Kunsthaus Zurich reaches settlement with Jewish heirs
The collector and textiles entrepreneur Carl Sachs sold the painting after fleeing to Switzerland from Nazi Germany in 1939
Art Institute of Chicago to return 12th-century temple artefact to Thailand
The Krishna palister once stood along the doorframe of the most important monument to the Khmer dynasty in Thailand
After meeting with Pope Francis, Canada’s Justin Trudeau reiterates call for return of Indigenous artefacts from Vatican Museums
Last spring Pope Francis said “this is going on, with Canada”, but since there has been little movement on repatriation
Swiss Bührle Foundation seeks to settle with Jewish heirs on major Impressionist works
Paintings by Courbet, Monet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh and Gauguin are to be removed from display at Zurich’s Kunsthaus
Germany returns looted antiquities in Berlin’s Altes Museum to Italy
As a “thank you” gesture, Italy is reciprocating with loans from Paestum and Naples
US judge rejects Nazi-loot claim to Van Gogh Sunflowers painting owned by Japanese company
After almost two years, the case has been dismissed due to a lack of jurisdiction, so the work will remain at the Sompo Museum of Art in Tokyo
Berlin’s Brücke Museum settles with the heirs of a Jewish collector on Kirchner painting
The work, showing two of Kirchner’s fellow artists playing chess, was sold under duress by the Berlin dealer Victor Wallerstein after he fled to Italy from Nazi Germany
MFA Houston can keep Bernardo Bellotto painting sold to the Nazis, appeals court rules
The lawsuit stems from the accidental restitution of the wrong painting in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War
Cleveland Museum of Art will return ancient statue to Libya
The two-foot-tall artefact, which hails from Ancient Egypt's Ptolemaic Dynasty, will remain on view in Cleveland for "a few years"
Stolen, century-old train-shaped weathervane returned to authorities in Vermont
The 114-year-old iron sculpture of a steam locomotive was stolen from the roof of a train station in 1983
Dispute over a potentially Nazi-looted Egon Schiele goes to trial in New York
Heirs of multiple Holocaust victims have made claims to the drawing, which a member of the Lehman Brothers banking dynasty bought as a gift for his son