Restitution
Ronald Lauder returns Nazi loot
1829 Kipresnky painting was taken to Berlin in the 1940's
From the archive (1998): How The Art Newspaper tracked down Ethiopia’s greatest icon after its looting by a British agent in 1868
The Kwer'ata Re'esu was kept in a bank vault in Portugal, where our correspondent examined it and took colour photographs in 1998
Will the Axum obelisk return home to Ethiopia?
The return may be even more complicated than during the Fascist era
Florentine seizure of war-theft paintings on loan from New Zealand
It is alleged that they were stolen from the collection of Cino Vitta, head of the Jewish community in Florence during the war
US museums deny holding war loot
Museum directors summoned before the House of Representatives
Italy will return Axum obelisk to Ethiopia
The act is part of a considerable effort to erase Mussolini’s mark on the nation
An interim report comes from "Spoils of War" symposium
A survey touching all the bases: losses, recoveries, legal debates, cultural restitution
Why did leading US museum director keep mum over paintings stolen from Kassel?
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts and its former director, Alan Shestack are castigated in the press
Rightful owners emerge for exhibited Nazi war loot in the Centre Pompidou
A Foujita, a Picasso and a Gleizes revert to the descendants of the owners–but over 1000 works remain homeless
The Duma overrides Yeltsin on law nationalising booty taken from Germany to the Soviet Union after World War II
Russian parliament voted last month to override President Yeltsin’s veto, putting him in a precarious political position
Weimar gets a painting back as Sotheby’s returns stolen Tischbein portrait
“A very happy occasion” as painting looted by American soldiers returns home
Twenty-five Hermitage “treasures” gained as war loot still unclaimed
Watercolours and drawings seized by the Red Army in a Berlin bunker in 1945 have been on show in the Hermitage earlier this year for the first time
Bernie Grant and the quest to return ceremonial objects to Nigeria: Was the Stone of Destiny Pandora’s box?
Grant shares with The Art Newspaper his conversation with Julian Spalding of the Kelingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow
Russian Parliament nationalises art taken from Germany
But negotiations continue between Chancellor Kohl and President Yeltsin
Egypt renounces claim to the Rosetta stone and other major antiquities
A radical change of policy as new director of antiquities takes over
Ronald Lauder gives looted shield back to Italy
Artifact had been missing from Bologna since 1940
Ukraine returns war booty to Germany
This is in marked contrast to Russia’s tough line against any restitution of works of art taken from Nazi Germany
The vanishing Major: Shady art dealings in post-war Europe
As recalled by Dick Kingzett of Agnew’s
Swiss bank accounts trace Nazi art deals
Newly declassified records track the deposit of Nazi assets in Swiss banks—they include references to works of art
Dresden Museum on restitution: It’s okay—take the pictures
Surprisingly resigned attitude to restitution claims by a leading German museum
Christie’s takes on sale of Jewish loot
900 works of art looted from Vienna’s Jewish community and stored in a monastery since 1955 to be sold on its behalf - It may be a PR nightmare for the auctioneers
Daniel Wildenstein in fight to recover a Boldini stolen by the Nazis
Would Italian law allow this picture to revert to the original owner?
Germans give way to gloom on restitution prospects as gulf becomes apparent at Dessau conference
Leading museum directors pessimistic
Museums in Magdeburg and Leipzig publish lists of their missing art
Two museums in search of their history end up at the door of the Pushkin Museum
“This is Soviet-style imperialism”: Interview with Director-General of Berlin Museums, Wolf-Dieter Dube
Dube reacts angrily to Russian delays over restitution and responds to the opposition of Irina Antonova, veteran director of the Pushkin Museum
The Getty Museum retreats from the antiquities market
In a radical change of policy, the Getty now favours archaeological conservation, research and education over collection building
Global registry of looted art established
A commercial company has logged 34,000 looted objects so far
US indicts war booty sellers
Brother and sister of the US soldier who stole the Quedlinburg treasure to face possible imprisonment
Lost Italian art: Search goes on for masterpieces which went missing in WWII
We publish here for the first time in English a sample of the huge quantity of works of art removed from Italy during the war. One brave man, Rodolfo Siviero, devoted years to tracking them down, but many are still missing. Can you help?
Grand designs for Cairo Egyptian Museum include expansions and virtual restitution
After many set backs a new building is finally in the works, as well as plans for a modern solution to the dispersal of Egypt's treasures