Restitution

Painting in Gurlitt hoard identified as Nazi loot—thanks to a tiny repair hole

Portrait by Thomas Couture belonged to a French politician who opposed the Nazis

Looted Benin bronzes to be lent back to Nigeria

Pledge by European museums to set up “permanent display” of rotating loans in Benin City could pave way for restitution

Christie’s to auction long-lost painting by Mannerist artist Spranger

German private owner reaches settlement with Jewish art historian’s heirs

UK’s restitution powers to be extended indefinitely for Nazi-era loot

New legislation will remove legal restrictions that prevent many museums from deaccessioning works

Anne Webberinterview

How can museums speed up the return of art looted during the Nazi era?

Conference at London's National Gallery this week looks at how the process can be accelerated

Interview by Catherine Hickley

Nazi-looted Pissarro case can go ahead, says US appeals court

New law provides basis for Cassirer family to pursue 16-year legal battle over painting

Old Master landscape looted by Nazis comes back on the market

The sale at Sotheby’s comes after a restitution agreement was reached between the heirs of the original owners and the trust of the most recent one

Pissarro painting in Gurlitt trove returned to heir of Max Heilbronn

German government researchers say another 150 works in the collection may have been looted

Dr. Oetker compensates Jewish heirs for silver windmill cup in collection

German baking company agrees settlement with heirs of Emma Budge in fourth restitution in a year

Lawnews

Germany can be sued for the return of Guelph Treasure, US court decides

A Washington, DC judge’s decision, and the new Hear Act, clear the path for further claims on alleged Nazi loot from the heirs of Holocaust victims

Heirs of Jewish publisher team up with German museums to track down Nazi-looted art

The Mosse Art Research Initiative aims to recover thousands of missing works

Ancient bronze statuette lost after the Second World War returns to Berlin

Etruscan warrior figure was consigned to London dealer who contacted British Museum

Menzel drawing and Pissarro painting in Gurlitt trove are restituted to heirs

Four art works from the controversial collection have now been returned to the families of their original owners

Bern and Bonn schedule first exhibitions of Cornelius Gurlitt’s art for November

Bern to focus on “degenerate” art while Bonn focuses on Nazi looting in show that will move on to Berlin

Montreal’s Max Stern Foundation gets its Bacchus back

The FBI recovered the work when it was offered for sale at the 2015 Spring Masters fair in New York

Dr Oetker returns Van Dyck portrait looted by Göring

German food company makes restitution to heir of Jewish dealer Jacques Goudstikker

German baking company Dr Oetker returns painting sold due to Nazi persecution

Heirs’ lawyer says firm “sets a standard of best practice” for private collectors

Nazi-loot panel asks Sprengel Museum to return Schmidt-Rottluff work to heirs

Feather entrepreneur most likely sold windmill painting under duress, Limbach Commission finds

Bern inherits Gurlitt collection as court rejects cousin's challenge to will

Munich Higher Regional Court concludes that Gurlitt was mentally capable of articulating his final wishes

Two Dutch Old Masters returned to estate of Jewish dealer Max Stern

Max Stern Foundation recovers paintings consigned to German auction houses on tips from anonymous informer and police

Heirs of Jewish dealer sue Bavaria in US court

Alfred Flechtheim’s descendants say paintings by Beckmann, Gris and Klee were sold under duress after the Nazis seized power

Berlin returns Nazi-looted sculpture to Jewish publisher’s family

Susanna by Reinhold Begas will remain on loan to the Alte Nationalgalerie

Looted Constable returned by Tate heads to auction at Christie’s

Heirs of Hungarian baron are selling Beaching a Boat, Brighton

German baker Dr Oetker finds possible Nazi loot in company art collection

The maker of baking products, muesli and pizza, promises to return any plundered art to heirs of Jewish owners

Anita Halpin among beneficiaries of Neue Galerie restitution

The New York museum paid the Hess family “fair market value” to keep Nude in its collection

Cologne to return Menzel drawing sold in 1939 to Hildebrand Gurlitt

City says drawing was sold under duress, probably to fund escape to US by couple persecuted by the Nazis

Munich museums sold art looted from Jewish families to Nazis after war, new research shows

Paintings recovered by Monuments Men and entrusted to Bavaria were instead sold, in some cases to prominent Nazis

Italy retrieves three works looted from Tuscan villa by the Nazis

Paintings were confiscated by Fascist government then seized by German occupying forces

Bonn and Bern postpone Gurlitt exhibition as court decision on will drags out

Munich Upper Regional Court sets hearing date for September, leaving collection in limbo for several more months