War & Conflict
Assyrian stone relief slabs from Sennacherib's Palace in Iraq may have been smuggled from the country and sold on
Professor John Malcolm Russell's personal connection to the objects left him well placed to recognise them in images from sales
The vanishing Major: Shady art dealings in post-war Europe
As recalled by Dick Kingzett of Agnew’s
The Greeks on display in Venice and hidden war booty at the Hermitage
Palazzo Grassi's “Greeks in the West” exhibition is pulling in the visitors
War loot surfaces far from Weimar as Tischbein portrait turns up at Sotheby’s
The consignor of the piece remains unknown
Iraq's cultural heritage continues to be depleted as museums and archaeological sites plagued by smugglers
In a lecture given at London's Institute of Archaeology, Dr Lamia al Galiani-Werr drove home the urgency of the issue
War loot funded Quedlinburg GI’s double lifestyle
Former acquaintances in Dallas’s gay scene report war booty on show in his apartment
Save a medieval rarity spared by the Reformation and Civil War: Thornham Parva retable in urgent need of conservation
Unless a small Suffolk church can raise £168,000 to conserve one of the earliest English paintings, it may have to sell it
Fifty years ago: looking at the art and artists of 1945
Peace was celebrated in Europe fifty years ago. As The Art Newspaper reaches its fiftieth issue this month, we look at the art of a war-torn world
Looking at the findings of the “Spoils of War” conference
The meeting produced revelations, but little hope that the return of looted art will be eased
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
Council of Europe report emphasises danger to works of art in emergency storage
30% of the movable cultural property in Croatia needs emergency treatment
British war artist Peter Howson sent to Bosnia
Continuing a practice from World War I, Howson will respond to the ongoing conflict in the region
Bogdan Bogdanovic speaks out: War in Yugoslavia, a house attacked by demons
The architect, whose entire career has been devoted to the tragic commemoration of war victims, is one of the very few Serbians brave enough to speak out against the current Serbian aggression. Here he describes the war fever that has gripped his country and lays the blame on the intellectuals
Non-compliance with Security Council’s resolutions holds up UNESCO mission to reunite Iraq with treasures lost in Gulf War
More than 4,000 museum items missing according to Director General of the Iraqi Antiquities Department
Looted Bremen drawings on show at the Hermitage in June
About 150 items from the collection will be displayed at the exhibition
Austria to the aid of the Croatian heritage as war rages
Old historical ties revived as the Kunsthistorisches Museum, with government blessing, devises a conservation package
Photographic exhibition documents the cost of the Croatian conflict
A harrowing look into the damage wreaked during the last seven months
Iraqis deny thefts from the Muslim shrines of Kerbala and Najaf
Follows disappearance of jewels, manuscripts
Damage inflicted on cultural monuments in the Yugoslav conflict
Report of the Institute for the Protection of Monuments, Croatian Ministry of Education and Culture, with information collected by 5 October 1991
War in Croatia: An open letter in protest of the devastation in Yugoslavia
Signatories include The Art Newspaper's own Anna Somers Cocks
The library of the Sabatinis
After decades of pretending to know nothing about it, Mainz University library reluctantly returns Nazi loot of precious books
Germany celebrates the return of the Quedlinburg Gospels from the secret hoard of a Texas G.I.
The looted manuscript has now been fully reproduced and described
The Yugoslav National Army has caused serious destruction to Sibenic cathedral, churches, castles and historic buildings in Croatia while attempting to divide their territory
The Minister for Education and Culture sends list of destruction to Unesco and invokes the 1954 Hague Convention
How the proximity of US servicemen to Iraq's city of Ur has caused alarm among archaeologists
As US troopers praise the Lord, reports of damage in Iraq remain unconfirmed
Official Soviet circles consider the return to the West of World War II art treasures
Glasnost has unveiled the ill kept secret of thousands of works of art, of archives and libraries taken to the USSR
US returns bell taken as trophy of war to Japan
The temple bell was taken from a Japanese island by American marines at the end of World War II
Ancient city inside Iraqi airbase, Ur of the Chaldees, narrowly avoids annihilation by US forces
Attack on ziggurat stopped by unknown American officer
Recession, Maastricht and the Gulf War have taken their toll
Some exhibitions postponed, but a gothic-revival room and a Qi Buddha head for sale