Restitution
A short history of the Parthenon Marbles: Why restitution is not always the answer
A look at what happened to the sculptures from early Christian times to the 21st century, and the damage to those remaining after Lord Elgin bought the majority of them
Austrian court orders seizure of Nazi-looted Schiele
Heirs will have to sue for the painting, which is currently being held at Dorotheum
World War II still rippling in Austria: Restitution fears hamper the Klimt show, and a flak tower becomes a Kunsthalle
Is this the predicted 'chilling effect' on international loans?
British Museum Old Master drawings subject to restitution claim
Four drawings are being claimed by the heir of a Nazism victim
How The Queen came to own a Lagos museum piece
The Nigerian Head of State raided a museum to present her with a Benin bronze in 1973
Oh, what potlatch: Harriman plunder returned to Alaska after a century
To great tribal feasting, five American museums have returned totem poles stolen from an Alaskan tribe in 1899
Austria can be sued in the US in claim that it forced Jew to give Klimts after World War II
Austria is not an adequate forum to resolve Nazi loot claim, says California federal court
Will Mussolini’s looted monument finally go home?
After 54 years of procrastination, the Italian government could be close to returning the Axum obelisk to Ethiopia
Test case for restitution in Hungarian museums as claim on 11 paintings proceeds to appeal
The paintings seized by the Nazis, then the Communist government, may yet remain with the state
Japan returns looted Paul Klee watercolour
A Kyoto museum has accepted “symbolic” payment for restituting a work of art
Fair play, not the letter of the law for Tate restitution case
The panel finds Tate has legal title to a war-loot picture but agrees that the claimants should be compensated on ethical grounds
Mark Stephens on new UK anti-seizure law: “The actions of the British government and the Royal Academy are morally reprehensible”
A lawyer’s comment on the RA's 'From Russia' exhibition and the laws that were pushed through to protect it
Who should own Nazi-era assets in Jewish museums?
Museums in the US and Israel contain Judaica from pre-World War II European Jewish communities, redistributed by the Allies who thought this the best solution for material taken from people and institutions that no longer existed
Further cultural valuables to be returned to Germany
A medieval stained-glass window to return to Frankfurt-an-der-Oder, while Germany will pay for the rebuilding of a 14th-century church in the Pskov region
Italian embassy in London pursues claim to Benevento missal
The Art Newspaper has tracked down further details of what happened to the twelfth-century manuscript during World War II
The World Jewish Congress’s Commission for Art Recovery restitutes works from museums in Hanover and Leipzig
Does this mark a change of direction for initiative, which previously only recorded losses?
Knoedler and Seattle Art Museum settle over Matisse lawsuit
In 1954 Knoedler sold picture stolen from Paul Rosenberg by Nazis
Wildenstein reveal key documents on alleged war loot
While the Kann descendants have solid evidence for their claim, the Wildenstein family are confident enough in their story to share their own documents with The Art Newspaper
Don’t return artefacts to Nigeria, says expert
Leading expert on Nigerian antiquities warns that government and museum officials in the country are involved with the illicit trade of artefacts to the West
One of the few remaining German private collections of Gothic and Renaissance sculpture contains some magnificent pieces but provides little insight into its history
The exhibition disappoints and leaves the collector’s passion concealed
Julian Spalding on Glasgow's return of the Sioux Ghost Dance shirt: Is restitution always right?
Political considerations, not humane motives or conservation considerations, were behind the Glasgow Museums’ recent return of the Sioux artefact, says former director
Italian cathedral claims missal in British Library
Change of attitude towards restitution requests may signal changes in UK law
Malevich heirs gunning for Amsterdam’s Stedelijk
Museum bought works after artist abandoned them in Berlin
MPs would return the Elgin Marbles: Debates on museum policies concerning restitution requests continue
Restitution guidelines in the UK are changing with the times, but the marbles remain with the British Museum for now
The Museum of Religion in St Petersburg has admitted to having looted items in its possession and is involved in tangled negotiations with the Church
Former atheist goes to confession
How should billionaire Ronald Lauder be understood; philanthropist, restitution advocate, leader or naive temporiser?
The heir to the cosmetics fortune is creating his own museum and would like to see art returned to Holocaust victims, but how effective is he actually?
400,000 pieces of Nazi silver loot sold by US in 1950
British and French authorities dismayed at disposals that they considered illegal
Counsels of very grudging justice: Austrian government divided on restitution claims
The Austrian Parliament decided that full restitution should be made to victims of the Nazis and to those who had been coerced into giving works after 1945 to the museums - but the advisory council has twice taken its own, negative, line
Declassified documents reveal near return of Elgin Marbles
In 1994, the Greek government was willing to accept the restitution of only a small number of the Parthenon pediment sculptures in exchange for an end to the dispute
Parthenon Marbles conference report: Academic interchange remains almost completely civil at the British Museum
The restitution question was hardly mentioned, but it tautened everyone’s nerves