Restitution
UK politician says ‘liberal progressives’ running museums must resist restitution
Conservative Robert Jenrick argues that proposed long term loans of disputed works is a legal fabrication
New documentary tracks the return of looted art from France to Benin
Mati Diop’s “Dahomey”, which won top honours at the Berlin International Film Festival, takes a pensive and unconventional approach to its subject
Denver Art Museum to return 11 artefacts connected to smuggler Douglas Latchford
The repatriations to Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia come as the museum continues to distance itself from Latchford and his late collaborator Emma C. Bunker
Germany to replace Nazi-loot advisory panel with binding arbitration
The changes will allow Germany to better meet its commitments under the Washington Principles, the country's culture minister says
Most countries have made little to no progress in returning Nazi-looted art, report finds
Only seven nations have made major inroads in recovering property seized during the Holocaust, according to the World Jewish Restitution Organization
Art Institute of Chicago accused of holding onto Nazi-looted Egon Schiele
The museum insists that heirs to the original collector waited too long to file their claim for the valuable work on paper
Auctioneer withdraws looted shield from sale after restitution request from Ethiopian government
Ethiopian Heritage Authority asked to contact vendor to request restitution of battle trophy taken following British expeditionary force's punitive siege of Maqdala in 1868
British Museum accused of silencing critics after being targeted on social media to return Easter Island statues
The museum switched off comments on one of its Instagram posts after it was flooded with calls for the restitution of the moai objects
British Museum interim director backs Parthenon Marbles loan plan with Greece
Mark Jones also says BP deal is the ‘right one’ and announces recovered items show
'An exciting new model for repatriation': rotating display of Cycladic treasures, on loan from Greece, debuts at the Met
An innovative agreement between the Metropolitan Museum, American businessman Leonard N. Stern and the Greek government led to the new display of 161 Cycladic antiquities at the New York museum
US university museum returns Nazi-looted painting to rightful heirs
The Ackland Art Museum restituted a painting taken from a prominent Jewish collector via Nazi coercion
Two more Egon Schiele works restituted to heirs of Holocaust victim will head to auction
The two works on paper once belonged to Fritz Grünbaum, an Austrian cabaret performer who was killed in the Holocaust
US court rules Nazi-looted Pissarro painting belongs to Spain
The decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals leaves the heirs of Lilly Cassirer with few options to pursue their restitution claim
German culture minister implements changes to ease restitution of Nazi-looted art
But her most important reform proposal faces opposition from the state of Bavaria
The Parthenon Marbles and the myth of the slippery slope
There are some very spurious arguments coming from those resisting the return of the marbles to Greece
Mongolia mulls restitution claims after identifying objects held abroad
Country’s culture minister calls for research into artefacts held by British institutions and also announces a Royal Academy show
Nazi-looted Dutch Golden Age painting returned to Goudstikker heir
Latest restitution of work by Cornelis van Haarlem is part of years-long campaign to reunite works with family of Dutch-Jewish dealer
France simplifies law on restitution of human remains
The prime minister can now approve the return of remains of up to 500 years old, without having to pass a special law
Twenty-five years later, landmark Nazi loot rules still shape restitution fights
The Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art, released on 3 December 1998, are non-binding but nevertheless continue to enable the pursuit of justice
Antiquities worth $1m, including a piece tied to trafficker Subhash Kapoor, returned to Nepal
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office linked one of the works to Kapoor; another had been in the Rubin Museum’s collection
'It's been a grim year—but the importance of art cannot be overlooked'
The war in Gaza casts a dark shadow over 2023
British Museum ends the year as the butt of the joke
The annual Christmas cracker joke competition by the British TV channel Gold took a swipe at the theft scandal that rocked the institution
Museums and heritage in 2023: War, theft and quakes
From the theft of artefacts at the British Museum to a hammer attack on Velázquez’s “The Rokeby Venus”
Parthenon Marbles row deepens after Rishi Sunak cancels meeting with Greek prime minister
The snub comes after Kyriakos Mitsotakis raised restitution issue with Labour leader Keir Starmer
Swiss government approves panel to assess claims for art acquired in Nazi and colonial eras
New panel is to find “fair and just solutions” for disputed works in museums
Can location-specific digital technologies help to resolve debates on restitution?
Many believe new applications—from AI and NFTs to 3D scanning—are game changing in returning objects to source communities. Lawyers say they can make the process harder
Jewish cabaret artist’s heirs file suit for return of 12 works by Schiele
Vienna museums sued for return of works held by collector murdered in Dachau
Bavaria recovers a Baroque painting with help from the FBI
The landscape was in the possession of the family of an American soldier who had served in post-war Germany
Dutch dealer returns Weenix landscape stolen in the Second World War to Dresden museum
The painting, acquired by Augustus III, hung in a Soviet general’s home after the war