Russia
Recent developments in restitution claims in Russia prove that some art theft is 'legitimate'; when it is committed by a government that is recognised by nations around the world
Unlike the heirs of Nazi victims, the descendants of collectors whose art was appropriated by the Bolsheviks are unlikely to have it returned
Claim for slice of the action at LACMA as new show uses paintings subject to restitution claims
A French plaintiff says he deserves a percentage of exhibition ticket sales at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art because the works on display were taken from his grandfather after the Russian Revolution
Malevich “Black square” goes to the Hermitage
The journey of the painting has ended
Costs of Afghan war may curtail promised State funding to struggling Hermitage Museum
Published accounts show that in 2000 the Hermitage raised 65% of its budget
Son of El Lissitzky files for return of another war loot Kandinsky
The dispute revolves around the work 'Improvisation No.10'
Further cultural valuables to be returned to Germany
A medieval stained-glass window to return to Frankfurt-an-der-Oder, while Germany will pay for the rebuilding of a 14th-century church in the Pskov region
“The Jewish people should be heirs to heirless art” says Knesset member, as plans are made to return Nazi-loot to rightful owners
Christie’s and Sotheby’s to help with provenance research projects
Malevich heirs gunning for Amsterdam’s Stedelijk
Museum bought works after artist abandoned them in Berlin
Russia rules on restitution: “Art taken from occupied Germany belongs to Russia”
Constitutional court decides in favour of nationalists’ bill
Russian cultural institutions suffer collateral damage from the war in the Balkans
The director of the Hermitage, Mikhail Piotrovsky, outlines the possible implications for his museum of the NATO campaign
Environmental protection in Russia, aqua alta on the Neva
Unlike Venice, St Petersburg is building a flood barrier, but needs more money
The Hermitage proposes a Museum of Applied and Decorative Arts. $150 million wanted for joint commercial/museum scheme
British architect, Christopher Seddon, is the project manager
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
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
Russian Parliament nationalises art taken from Germany
But negotiations continue between Chancellor Kohl and President Yeltsin
The Gerstenberg Goyas resurface at The Hermitage
Drawings believed lost go on display in “Masterpieces of Western European Drawing"
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
Germans give way to gloom on restitution prospects as gulf becomes apparent at Dessau conference
Leading museum directors pessimistic
“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
Interview with Mikhail Shvydkoi on funding and restitution: “Sausage meat is not acceptable. Only culture in exchange for culture is valid”
Russia’s Deputy Culture Minister speaks about the need to establish a new cultural identity in the new Russia
The point of no return - Europe climbs on the restitution bandwagon
But the process has stalled as far as large-scale restitution between Russia and Germany is concerned
Why has the Germano-Russian war loot question still not been resolved?
Even after treaties have been signed, legal wrangles between Germany and Russia persist
What future for the looted Krebs Collection?
Rumours of a Sotheby’s valuation have encouraged talk of auction
Pushkin Museum director on restitution: “We don’t owe anybody anything”
The doyenne of the Russian museum profession, Irina Antonova, opposes returning “trophy” works of art
Ninety year-old friend of Malévich flees to Holland and scandal erupts over supposed smuggled sales to the Gmurszinska Gallery
Customs at Moscow airport impound suitcases full of papers about the Avant-garde
Where is the real Van Gogh’s “White House at Night”?
Fears are growing that the version in the St Petersburg is a replica
Stolichny bank buys war booty
Russian bank revealed as major investor in the art market
Malévich heirs stake claim on MoMA works
The New York museum insists it has sound title
Collecting and collectors are the material of a new museum opening this month as part of the Pushkin Museum
Russia changing stance: It was all a terrible mistake, we love collectors really!