Doubts surface in media over Nigeria’s museum infrastructure

Authorities in New York recently informed Mexican officials that the artefact was recovered, though when exactly it was stolen and brought to the United States is unclear

The painting, Madame Soler, was previously owned by the prominent collector Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in the 1930s

The forest landscape, La Ronde Enfantine, will be returned by the Fitzwilliam Museum, UK, to the heirs of Robert Bing

The small Dutch Carribean island has recovered bone fragments and artefacts uncovered in a Dutch archaeological dig more than 30 years ago

The museum has issued a statement further distancing itself from the late Emma Bunker, who allegedly falsified provenance for items looted from Cambodia

A marble idol known as the “Stargazer” will remain in the collection of billionaire Michael Steinhardt

Restitution shows that a "road of dialogue and peace always exists", according to a representative of the Holy See

Museums are stepping up efforts to return physical objects to their original owners—but repatriation policies often do not consider the digital information associated with them

Formal requirement for government licences may well prove to be yet another obstacle to a loan agreement for the Parthenon Marbles

"I think there is a way forward where the sculptures could be seen both in London and in Athens, and that will be a win-win for Greece and for us,” George Osborne says

The works were owned by influential French dealer Ambroise Vollard and will be returned to his heirs

Findings about the provenance of two Old Master drawings in the museum’s collection may test the pro-restitution stance recently adopted at US national institutions

The painting, which was the subject of a decade-long provenance dispute, will go up for sale at Sotheby’s London in March

As the Washington Principles turn 25, the complexities of restitution in a global art world have mushroomed—leaving lessons to be learned for institutions, governments and art market players

Auction house kicked off its year-long restitution programme in Paris last week which aims to educate collectors and buyers

The paintings, from the workshop of the Flemish master Dieric Bouts, were transferred from the Museo Provincial de Pontevedra in Spain to Gołuchów Castle

We uncover the tangled tale of the painting controversially sold off by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1972 and now in an Athens museum

Plus, Michael Rakowitz's ambitious restitution plans and Rosy Martin's photographical iconostasis

The artist says he will share custody of his replicas with an Iraqi institution

The heirs of Karl and Rosi Adler claim “Woman Ironing (La repasseuse)” (1904) was sold under duress by the fleeing couple and are seeking its return—or as much as $200m in compensation

Statement comes after Berlin state secretary for diversity and anti-discrimination spoke out in favour of restituting the artefacts to their countries of origin

The Greek prime minister has pledged to repatriate the 2,500-year-old sculptures if re-elected

The agreement—signed by the two countries in July—involves the return of 1,100 objects in total

The heirs of a Jewish collector who fled Germany in the 1930s claim that well-documented provenance issues with the painting “La cueillette des olives” have been overlooked by the museum and the Greek foundation that now owns it

The Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum is the latest Western institution to return its collection of artefacts looted from Nigeria in the late-19th century

The pope’s decision to give the Vatican’s three Parthenon marbles to the head of the Greek Orthodox Church comes amid mounting pressure on the British Museum to repatriate its marbles to Greece

Plus, our writers sit down to discuss their favourite works of the year

Restitution Study Group have lost their first legal battle but insist the case is still pending

A Holocaust restitution case over the Bird’s Head Haggadah, the oldest manuscript of its kind, has been dismissed by the New York Supreme Court on behalf of the Israel Museum