War & Conflict

War provenance art: a growing source of supply in the market

Christie’s follows Sotheby’s and appoints a director of restitution

UK considers how to protect its heritage in the event of war

Thousands of important sites could be marked with metal plaques

Ukraine returns Koenigs’ drawings

But the 139 works go to Dutch State, not collector’s heirs

Iraqarchive

Iraq's Ministry of Culture takes reins from Coalition Provisional Authority as Zainab Bahrani is elected as senior consultant

The US-Iraqi academic has turned her attention to addressing the unauthorised excavation of archaeological sites

Iraqarchive

Sudden and draconian consequences of the Iraq war imposed by the United Nations to ensure objects illegally removed during the war are returned

If a person in the UK who has a cultural item of Iraqi origin in his possession does not immediately hand that item over to a “constable”, he may now be guilty of a criminal offence and liable to imprisonment, even if he has legal title to the object

May 2004archive

The US finally unveils its Second World War memorial

It has taken almost 60 years to commemorate the 400,000 American soldiers who died in the conflict

Mesopotamian art from University of Pennsylvania continues US tour

Highlights from the university's museum on show in 'Treasures from the royal tombs of Ur'

Iraqarchive

Military personnel unearth secret hoard of Jewish manuscripts belonging to Saddam Hussein in search for weapons of mass destruction

Found in the headquarters of Saddam’s secret police force in Baghdad, the cache has been transferred to Washington for conservation

British Museum buys Iraq “most wanted” cards

The cards were issued to US troops in Iraq to help them identify the enemy

Eric Ravilious' imagined realities at the Imperial War Museum

London hosts the largest ever exhibition of this artist's work

Iraqarchive

Dutch overseeing southern Iraqi province of al-Muthanna help Bedouin family guard the Sumerian site

The Americans did not list protection of Uruk as necessary when they handed over administration to the Netherlands

Nancy Spero's War series on display at Galerie Lelong

The artistic equivalent of standing in front of a tank

Jerusalemarchive

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem re-opens to non-Muslims

The most revered and disputed holy site in Israel has re-opened to non-Muslims after three years.

Bosniaarchive

Former US president Bill Clinton opens memorial to massacred Muslims in Bosnia

The monument is dedicated to the thousands killed in Srebrenica when the city fell to Bosnian Serbs in July 1995

American troop opens fire on senior cultural adviser to Coalition Provisional Authority touring Iraq's archaeological sites

There on an official visit to gauge the level of damage done by looting, Pietro Cordone came out of the incident unscathed, although his interpreter was killed

The Springfield Museum sues Knoedler over spoliated Bassano

Knoedler's poor provenance research led to the return of a $3 million painting to Italy

Newsarchive

Santiago Calatrava joins Daniel Libeskind on World Trade Center project

British artists Andy Goldsworthy and Anish Kapoor are to design memorials

Weapons of mass dissemination: The propaganda of war on show at the Wolfsonian

Florida International University presents a brilliantly curated tour of the First and Second World Wars

Iraqarchive

Details of National Museum of Iraq looting emerge

While the Warka Vase has been accounted for, reports suggest that the cylinder seal collection has vanished

Iraqarchive

International outrage as Iraq's National Museum is sacked by civilians

American army says it was aware of the risks, but did not protect the building as Iraqi nationals overwhelmed staff who attempted to defend the collection

Images of the Iraq war

Brutality and the bad, bad taste of evil

Artists lead anti-war protests as the US prepares to invade Iraq

Polls show the public could not care less what the art world thinks

Art marketarchive

AIPAD '03 fair report: Art market perseveres in the shadow of a war

Collectors braved the terrorist alerts and bought but at a lower level than in the past

Posters of the Spanish Civil War at the Wolfsonian

The Art Deco war comes to Florida International University