Restitution
Another UK museum will return a Benin bronze to Nigeria
Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle seeks "proactive repatriation" after "forceful removal" by British troops in 1897
Cameroonian provenance researchers denied visas for Munich conference
The researchers are investigating the origins of 200 artefacts from Cameroon at Munich’s Museum Fünf Kontinente
Decolonising museums, embracing 'Green Culture' and boosting arts funding: Germany’s new culture minister reveals plans
Claudia Roth says she will rethink Humboldt Forum and set up a central “green culture” desk in the country
Nigeria seeks to calm tensions over return of Benin bronzes
Government museums body takes control of repatriated artefacts after ruler of Benin challenges new trust set up to unify Nigerian claimants
Austria takes first step to return artefacts from colonial era
Though country was not a colonial power, major museums in Vienna have acquisitions of colonial goods
Your move, British Museum: Sicily sends back Parthenon fragment to Athens
Acropolis Museum director says the move could pave the way for reunification of works held in London
Belgium plans to hand back colonial loot to DR Congo
New law will set up expert commission to sift through thousands of objects at the Royal Museum for Central Africa
Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Greece, former UK culture minister says
In podcast interview, Ed Vaizey supports restitution but outlines the complex arguments around the debate
Swiss museum to part with 29 works from Gurlitt trove suspected of being Nazi loot
Kunstmuseum Bern announces results of in-depth provenance investigation of controversial 2014 bequest
US restitution of 200 Italian artefacts a 'watershed' moment, Carabinieri chief says, as looted art trove arrives in Rome
Repatriation could lead to resolution in other cases of looted art in museums
From NFTs to LFTs: 2021's biggest art stories—and what they mean
The Art Newspaper team picks apart this year’s most important developments, from demands for colonial restitution to the return of culture wars
Hamburg shows its Benin artefacts before restituting them to Nigeria
Ethnological museum in the port city has one of Germany's largest collections of Benin treasures
Swiss parliament urged to take action on Nazi-looted art amid Kunsthaus Zurich controversy
Zurich museum's displays of the collection of arms dealer Emil Georg Bührle have prompted criticism and a national debate
At a Cambridge University college wrestling with its imperial past, Shahzia Sikander’s show offers new ideas on restitution
As Jesus College confronts its ties to slavery, the Pakistani Neo-miniature artist asks whether decolonisation need necessarily be a violent process
National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC plans to return looted Benin cockerel to Nigeria
The museum is “eager to work with the relevant parties in Nigeria” to restitute the sculpture
Declassified: secret papers reveal UK government's stance on Parthenon Marbles dispute
Newly released documents from the 1990s state: "This is an issue on which we can never win"
The Met repatriates looted Benin works
Two 16th century brass plaques and a 14th century Ife head have been returned to Nigeria
Colonial loot restitution debate enters UK parliament with new committee on African reparations
An all-party parliamentary group headed by the MP for Streatham aims to “start a discussion and educate people”
Oxford University lists 145 looted Benin objects in collections
The director of the Pitt Rivers Museum says the report is a step in the restitution process
Boris Johnson says British Museum trustees must decide fate of the Parthenon Marbles
The British Prime Minister met with Greek leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who reiterates that the ancient sculptures should be shown at the Acropolis Museum
Greek prime minister ramps up demands for return of Parthenon Marbles
Kyriakos Mitsotakis wants to send ‘cultural treasures’ in exchange for ‘stolen’ sculptures
Looted Guatemalan and Mexican artefacts—stashed in a German farmhouse cellar—are returned
The 13 Mayan objects were handed back in a ceremony in Berlin today
Smithsonian Museum of African Art removes Benin bronzes from display and plans to repatriate them
“We cannot build for the future without making our best effort at healing the wounds of the past,” the museum’s director says
In returning an ancient gold ewer to Turkey, the UK's Gilbert Trust made the right decision
The Anatolian artefact had been on long-term loan to London's Victoria & Albert Museum, although not on display. Restitution is a complex issue, but in this case it was the right move
Museums face pressure to explain presence of Cambodian relics linked to disgraced dealer Douglas Latchford
Expert says there is a "long list of returns expected from museums", as Cambodia cites new evidence of war-time looting
Ancient gold ewer returned to Turkey after V&A expert links it to illicit antiquities trade
The piece was part of the Gilbert Collection which is not bound by the same legal restrictions around deaccessioning as the London museum
Benin pushes for 'full restitution' as 26 looted objects destined to return to the country go on show at the Quai Branly in Paris
A farewell exhibition, due to be visited by French President Emmanuel Macron this week, is being hosted at the French museum. But the West African nation is "not satisfied" with the partial restitution
Berlin museum restitutes—and then buys back—Nazi-looted Pissarro painting
The work was bought by Armand Dorville, a Jewish lawyer, but his heirs were forced to sell it at an auction in France
Italian police recovers Nazi-looted drawings offered online
The Cavedone studies were among 750 drawings plundered from the Czech villa of Arthur Feldmann, a Jewish lawyer who died in the Holocaust
And so it begins: Germany and Nigeria sign pre-accord on restitution of Benin bronzes
A contract transferring ownership to Nigeria is planned for spring 2022





























