Restitution
UK museums can now return human remains
The shift in policy follows over 30 recent claims for restitution
Museum inaction on restitution is undermining public trust
Adrian Ellis, director of AEA Consulting, talks on the threat this poses to the perceived legitimacy of cultural institutions
UK museums face controversial Ethiopian legacy: The Maqdala materials at the British Museum, the V&A, and the British Library
The Art Newspaper reveals that sacred Maqdala tablets are hidden away in a sealed store of the British Museum
V&A sends stolen monstrance on long-term loan to Spain
The 16th-century silver object had been taken from a church in Toro in 1890
Swedish museum faces Russian restitution claim
The Konstmuseum in Malmö allegedly kept works lent to the gallery before the outbreak of the First World War
Books: Analysis of the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act a self-righteous attack on the temple
Essays explore US museums’ responsibilities to religious groups
Iran takes out injunction to block Christie's sale of Palace of Xerxes relief fragment
Iran argues that the artefact was acquired through criminal means, although their failure to speak out when the fragment went to auction previously may undermine their case
Benevento rejoices at news of looted missal’s return from the British Library
An investigation by The Art Newspaper led to the request for restitution of the 12th-century prayer book
Sinai monks in historic agreement with British Library over Codex Sinaiticus
Ownership dispute has been set aside for joint study and digitisation of the world’s oldest bible
Holy tabots to be transferred from British Museum to Ethiopian church
Conversely, the University of Edinburgh has ruled against returning their own war loot
Ethiopian restitution claims at the British Museum: The museum responds
Update on requests for information regarding objects seized at battle of Maqdala
Ethiopian restitution claims at the British Museum: The Art Newspaper Investigates
British Museum holds collection of objects seized at battle of Maqdala
War provenance art: a growing source of supply in the market
Christie’s follows Sotheby’s and appoints a director of restitution
Ukraine returns Koenigs’ drawings
But the 139 works go to Dutch State, not collector’s heirs
British Museum director Neil MacGregor calls for laws that would encourage lending Aboriginal artefacts
As two objects are detained in Victoria, MacGregor believes something good could come out of the present confusion
How Britain tried to use the Cyrus Cylinder for political gain
As The British Museum prepares to loan the Cyrus Cylinder to Iran, The Art Newspaper remembers the Persian antiquity's first visit to its home nation in 1971
Bavaria reveals its paintings from Göring’s collection
The State collection is the first in Germany to publish the source of works acquired during the Nazi era
Austria aims to dismiss restitution bid: “If you want the Klimts come and claim them in Austria”
Maria Altmann is attempting to reclaim six Klimt paintings looted by the Nazis
Iran returns war booty to Kuwait
The works were seized in 1999 in western Iran, near the Turkish border
A portrait, person by person, item by item, of a society wiped out
This important book gives a full documentation for the Jewish art collectors of Vienna whose goods and lives were targeted by the Nazis
While Tehran and the West clash over Iran's nuclear programme, their museums keep communication diplomatic
The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago's decision to restitute a set of 300 ancient clays tablets to Iran is proof of strengthening ties
Incoming Russian minister dismisses German restitution claims
Alexander Sokolov does not seem interested in returning looted art
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
Malevich heirs claim paintings—again
A suit has been filed in a US federal court for 14 paintings in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam
Russian Minister on looted Baldin collection: “This collection should be returned and we will return it”
A legal loophole may enable the restitution to Germany of a collection taken to the USSR by a Soviet army officer in 1945
How the Aboutaams tried, and failed, to sue the Kimbell Art Museum over a Roman torso
Lawsuit against Kimbell Art Museum was dismissed last November
Looted tombstone from Jiroft returned to Iran following its seizure by London police
After the tomb was discovered, Iran's Ministry of Culture were unable to prevent civilians from systematically emptying them of artefacts, which were then shipped overseas
UK forwards new law to fight the illicit trade of antiquities
It is now an offence to handle an object if you know that it was illegally removed from a site anywhere in the world after 2003
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