Restitution
Stolen mosque lamps to return to Egypt as Cairo museum houses new database
Authorities confirmed the objects had been taken from national collection and fakes left in their place
More than 500 cultural objects returned to Ecuador
Ancient artefacts and colonial-era art repatriated from Argentina and Spain
Art Loss Register faces competition complaint from Art Recovery Group
Gloves come off in fight to run international database of stolen works of art
Dresden buys back Kirchner painting seized by Nazis as ‘degenerate art’
Expressionist work confiscated for Third Reich’s ‘shaming exhibitions’ returns to Germany
Gurlitt task force wraps up with ‘meager’ results
162 works suspected to be Nazi loot, but just five have been identified as definite plunder
US collector and Dutch dealer reject Nazi loot claim
Heirs insist German-Jewish factory owner was forced to sell portrait by Gerrit Dou in 1933
New foundation takes over research into Gurlitt hoard
Much-criticised taskforce hands over responsibility as frustration grows at slow progress
EU law rejects Getty Lysippos restitution verdict
Legal battle resumes for the Victorious Youth, which is housed at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles
Holocaust survivor’s art last seen in Cuba
US foundation claims Castro regime seized paintings that Hitler failed to steal
German culture foundation angers Jewish groups over Holocaust dating
1935 sale of the Guelph Treasure predates the Holocaust “by several years”, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation said in US court papers
Tale behind Schiele watercolours is a tragedy—but is it a theft?
The heirs of the Viennese entertainer Fritz Grünbaum, who died in Dachau, go to court in New York to recover his art
MoMA returns expressionist landscape after decade-long detective case
The twists and turns of a mistaken provenance meant a work by Kirchner had entered the museum’s collection under the wrong title and date
Matisse portrait claim rejected by National Gallery
Greta Moll’s heirs argue painting was “misappropriated” in 1947
Looted marble bust returned to Poland
Jean-Antoine Houdon's sculpture of the goddess Diana was taken by the Nazis during the Second World War
Dispute over Venetian painting seized by Vichy regime resolved after more than 70 years
Late 18th-century Vincenzo Chilone regatta scene once owned by John and Anna Jaffé is due to be sold at Christie’s
More Dabuzishan artefacts returned to China
At handover, the French dealer and collector Christian Deydier says he hopes all the objects taken from ancient tombs will “return home and be united”
Getty becomes first museum to restitute Armenian art removed during genocide
The institution will get to keep the brilliantly illuminated gospel pages in its collection after legal settlement
Restitution claim for Bristol Museum’s Renoir rejected
Painting’s sale was forced but not by Nazis, report concludes
Tate should return looted Constable painting, new report recommends
Case reopened after new information provided by Hungary
Argentina plans to return thousands of artefacts to Ecuador and Peru
Country’s president applauds “unusual” restitution but calls out international museums that display objects stolen from Latin American
Restituted works help Sotheby’s lead the way
Impressionist and Modern sales meet expectations
Stolen art? Why no one can say for sure
One of the main art databases, the Art Loss Register, has issued certificates for works looted or subject to recovery claims
Oklahoma politicians scold university museum over possible Nazi loot
State’s House of Representatives urges Fred Jones Jr Museum of Art to step up its provenance research
First work from Gurlitt hoard goes under the hammer
Sotheby’s to auction looted painting by Liebermann that was returned to heirs last week
Germany returns first work from Gurlitt hoard
Heirs of Paul Rosenberg retrieve a looted Matisse painting, more than two years after it was discovered along with 1,300 others
French collectors hand back gold to China they had given to Musée Guimet
Concerns raised after François Pinault returns looted artefacts as diplomatic gesture