Restitution
Germany and France set up joint provenance research fund focussed on Africa
A pilot project will begin operating in February 2024
What will German monasteries do with colonial-era objects in their collections?
Wide-ranging nationwide survey will catalogue artefacts held by monasteries and convents that were collected by missionaries in Africa, Asia and South America
Egon Schiele works recently restituted to Holocaust victim's heirs head to auction
Christie’s will offer six of the seven pieces by Schiele that were restituted to heirs of Fritz Grünbaum last month during its November sales in New York
Contested prospect: two new books see the Parthenon through the eyes of a legal expert and a lifelong scholar of Greek history
The great temple to Athena has emerged from the vicissitudes of earthquakes, war, looting and rebuilding to be caught up in a monumental restitution debate
After-shock: why the Parthenon Marbles negotiations must continue
Discussions about the return of the ancient Greek artefacts have likely slipped down the British Museum's list of priorities. Here, Alexander Herman, the author of a just-published book on the subject, tells us why the museum can ill afford to neglect the matter for long
Escape from the British Museum—tale of a teapot returning to China goes viral
Two social media influencers—Pancake Fruit and Summer Sister—are behind the series posted on Douyin
California museum returns nearly 1,300 pre-Columbian artefacts to Mexico
The repatriation ceremony at the San Bernardino County Museum was timed to coincide with the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month in the US and Mexican Independence Day
US authorities return seven Schiele works to heirs of cabaret performer murdered by the Nazis
The seven drawings, seized from public and private collections throughout the US, are collectively valued at nearly $10m
The Met and Yemeni government reach agreement for long-term display and care of two ancient sculptures
The artefacts, dating from the third millenium BC, will remain in New York as Yemen’s civil war drags on
German culture minister promises new powers for Nazi-looted art panel
Claudia Roth says the commission’s current mandate is “inadequate” and “we are not living up to our responsibilities"
Allegedly Nazi-looted Egon Schiele works valued at nearly $4m are seized at US museums
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office ordered the seizure of works at the Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Museums and Allen Memorial Art Museum
German Nazi-looted art panel calls for more powers and a new law
The advisory commission said it sees the current framework as “unsatisfactory” and “in need of an urgent overhaul”
'The last remaining argument against restitution has now been lost'
To make the British Museum fit for the 21st century it must create a comprehensive publicly accessible database of its entire collection, argues Dan Hicks, curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford
Parthenon Marbles deal still on the table despite British Museum theft scandal
Other Greek treasures would come to London in exchange for a loan of the contested sculptures
British Museum thefts ‘reinforce’ Parthenon restitution claims, according to Greek minister
Meanwhile, Tory MP accuses Greece of "blatant opportunism" over missing items
Barrister Hannatu Musawa is appointed Nigeria's culture minister
The lawyer and activist may play a key role in negotiating the return of Benin bronzes
Dresden museum returns four objects to Australia’s Kaurna community
The spear, digging stick, cudgel and net were brought home by German missionaries nearly 200 years ago
Officials from three countries have called on Denver Art Museum to return eight artefacts in its collection
Six of the eight allegedly looted objects were donated to the museum by Emma C. Bunker, an associate of smuggler Douglas Latchford
Chrysler Museum of Art will return disputed sculpture of Indigenous man
The museum has agreed to return the life-size marble statue “Wounded Indian” to the Boston-based Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
Maya skull carving found in German antique shop returned to Mexico
A skull relief carving hailing from the ancient Mayan city of Chichén Itzá has been repatriated
Yet again, a US court dismisses Nazi-era Guelph Treasure art lawsuit
The descendants of the €200m collection's Jewish former owners had appealed a 2022 regional court ruling
Manhattan District Attorney’s Office returns two looted statues to Libya from the collection of disgraced former dealer Robin Symes
The artefacts, valued at a total of $1.26m, changed hands with a repatriation ceremony
Italy seeks the return of seven possibly looted works from the Louvre
The museum's director says works with dubious provenance are 'a stain in the collections of the Louvre'
Bitter row rages over ownership of marble sculpture of Indigenous man
Restitution dispute between Chrysler Museum of Art in Virginia and Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association came close to a deal in 2020
US museum returns centuries-old Bakor monolith to Nigeria
The Chrysler Museum of Art repatriated the ancient sculpture following the recent discovery of photographic evidence
Netherlands to repatriate nearly 500 looted objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka
The Rijksmuseum will return six colonial artefacts, for the first time in its history
Maasai families receive cows in recognition of 'culturally sensitive heirlooms' in Pitt Rivers Museum
After taking guidance from the community's traditional elders and religious leaders, the Oxford museum presented the "symbolic gift" on the weekend
Switzerland returns stolen fragment of ancient Ramesses II statue to Egypt
The fragment, plundered in the 1980s or 1990s, was seized in a criminal case in Geneva
Tel Aviv museum cancels art restitution conference with Christie’s over $202m auction linked to Nazi fortune
The event was scheduled to mark the 25th anniversary of the Washington Principles, which helps guide the return of artwork looted during the Holocaust.
Less than half of California State University campuses are complying with federal Native American restitution regulations, audit finds
The California universities “generally lack the policies, funding and staffing necessary to follow the law and repatriate their collections”, the report found.