France’s president pledged to return 26 items seized in the 19th century by the French military

An Austrian army officer took the 2,000-year-old objects from a war-damaged museum in the port of Temryuk at the end of the Second World War

Suggestions from controversial Savoy-Sarr report were all-but buried at a conference held in Paris

The Dutch still-life heads back to the Florence museum after bold campaign by director

The case 'shouldn't be heard in a US court', argues the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

Study reveals that up to 8% of museum acquisitions were looted from private citizens

Case of Ethiopian tabots shows that trustees' hands are not tied when it comes to the disposal of certain items from the collection

Serious roadblocks remain for claimants looking to reclaim works looted by Nazis

Restitutions Committee recommends return of two Golden Age works to heirs of Jacob Lierens

Country has requested return of 11 tabots held in sealed storeroom that the Ethiopian Orthodox Church believes should only be viewed by its priests

The judge says the work should have raised suspicions, but that he must apply Spanish law

Official argues that its return could help boost tourism in an area that has suffered economically from earthquake damage

Sotheby's assisted the return of the books, including 11 medieval manuscripts, which were found in Belgium

Thousands of illegally removed items—including human bones—were discovered on collector’s farm

Australia is pursuing further repatriations from Germany, ambassador says

In the second part of a new series, Adrian Ellis examines the issue of post-colonial restitution

Painting acquired for Oslo's National Gallery was bought at auction from heirs of Jewish dealer persecuted by the Nazis

Questions are being raised about how the work ended up in the US and why such a public seizure is being pursued now

German advisory commission on Nazi-looted art says paintings in government collection should be restituted to the descendants of Max James Emden

During president Xi Jinping's visit to Rome, Italy announced that it will return 796 artefacts to China

The British Museum's ownership of the statues is only guaranteed within the UK—things get more complicated on an international level

The two locks will be buried at the monastery where emperor Tewodros' body was interred

Dutch Square is one of many paintings the Bavarian state returned to the families of the looters instead of the original Jewish owners after the war

Grandchildren of muse depicted in 1908 painting exhaust their US appeals

Restitution discussions with descendants of Jewish owner are underway

Joint declaration is “a statement of historical responsibility,” says Culture Minister Monika Grütters

Rijksmuseum opens talks with Sri Lanka, ethnology museums publish guidelines

Didier Claes, who was consulted for the restitution report commissioned by French president Emmanuel Macron, says it has invigorated the market for African art

Hair was cut from the emperor Tewodros's body after he committed suicide following defeat at the battle of Maqdala in 1868

A rush to judgement has resulted in notable errors, with some "Nazi-looted" art having been purchased legally