Restitution
Maria Altmann's Holocaust restitution case against Austria will be heard by the US Supreme Court
An American citizen is claiming six Klimts from the Nationalgalerie in Vienna alleged to have been seized from her uncle by the Nazis and then unlawfully retained by Austria after the war
Recent developments in restitution claims in Russia prove that some art theft is 'legitimate'; when it is committed by a government that is recognised by nations around the world
Unlike the heirs of Nazi victims, the descendants of collectors whose art was appropriated by the Bolsheviks are unlikely to have it returned
The Springfield Museum sues Knoedler over spoliated Bassano
Knoedler's poor provenance research led to the return of a $3 million painting to Italy
Claim for slice of the action at LACMA as new show uses paintings subject to restitution claims
A French plaintiff says he deserves a percentage of exhibition ticket sales at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art because the works on display were taken from his grandfather after the Russian Revolution
Books: Restitution justice, American style
Two books reveal the complexities involved in restitution
Dutch government yields Nazi-looted 'NK collection'
Thousands of works in secret collection are now being claimed
Potential changes to state law could affect claims relating to Armenian massacres
Californian law may make restitution harder
Italian cathedral submits war-loot claim to British Library
The claim is for a bound 290-folio missal which appears to have disappeared in 1943
Furniture proves the next frontier in restitution as Fraenkel objects are tracked down
A claim brought against the Musée Carnavalet in Paris has an effect on US museums
We serve all cultures, say the big, global museums: World's leading institutions release a declaration on restitution
Including a reproduction of the declaration in full
Elgin Marbles: a reply by Anthony Snodgrass
The British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles, Cambridge
Warning from Greek Culture Minister: give back the Parthenon Marbles—or your reputation suffers
The Acropolis museum is under construction, and the design for the permanent exhibition is in preparation
Nelson Mandela “particularly proud" that the British Museum plans to open three new African galleries
His comments go against the current clamour for restitution
Missing Parthenon sculptures “A constant reminder of Britain’s unfulfilled debt to world heritage”?
New Acropolis Museum director Professor Dimitrios Pantermalis is calling on the British Museum to return its sculptures on long-term loan.
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?