Restitution
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
Galerie St Etienne honours Otto Kallir, it's founder and the saviour of “degenerate art”
"Saved From Europe" commemorates the man who brought art condemned by the Nazis to the US and worked for the restitution of looted art
Schiele war loot restitution case continues as MoMA attempts to return disputed works to the Leopold Museum
In the interests of future exhibitions, the New York Court of Appeals rules that Schieles on loan to Museum of Modern Art must be returned to the lender then a federal magistrate seizes one of pictures
New York Court of Appeals rules that Schiele paintings must be returned to Leopold Foundation
The paintings are claimed to have been stolen from their rightful owners during the Nazi annexation of Austria
Mahler-Werfel restitution case revived, and put on hold
The council on looted art has postponed its decision on whether to return five paintings in the Oesterreiches Galerie to the granddaughter of Alma Mahler-Werfel
Russia rules on restitution: “Art taken from occupied Germany belongs to Russia”
Constitutional court decides in favour of nationalists’ bill
US court returns Steinhardt antiquity to Italy but fails to settle key restitution question
The penalty of lying to customs
Tate acknowledges 'View of Hampton Court Palace' as Nazi war loot, expected to compensate family
An important test case for museums dealing with war loss cases.
Berlin State Museums will restitute two works to family of concentration camp victim
The Van Gogh drawing and Hans von Marées painting were part of a large collection which was forcibly auctioned
French relent over Rosenberg war loot claims
A Monet returned; a Bonnard, Léger and Matisse still claimed
Restitution round-up: France, Austria, Italy, and Germany
Recent developments in the restitution of looted artworks
Getty returns three stolen works to Italy
Curator voluntarily collaborates with Italy in accordance with museum’s policy
The very comical tragedy of the Schloss collection's “Rembrandt”
Christie’s, US Customs, a bankrupt dealer, hoards of lawyers, and much time and money played a part in this
Much piety and hot air at Washington Conference on Holocaust Era Assets
No binding agreements were reached and little effect on restitution is expected
Princess Leonie of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach lays claim to $820 million worth of property held in Weimar public institutions
Weimar, Cultural Capital of 1999, negotiates over its cultural treasures
Austria makes legal amends by passing a bill ensuring restitution
Works acquired in a “suspicious manner” will begin to be returned at once
Jewish family loses out to Louvre over WWII spoliation case
After an emergency ruling, the Louvre retains five Italian paintings that were salvaged after the war and the aggrieved Gentili family must now await appeal. Meanwhile, the Musée national d’art moderne has approved the return of more works