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Roman bust seized in Germany after confusion around import laws for artefacts in transit
The bronze was taken because German law requires archaeological objects have export licences from the country of origin—but it was only travelling through to Austria from the US
NewsJ.M.W. Turner
Export bar placed on Turner's masterpiece The Dark Rigi
The watercolour painting, considered one of the artist's finest works, was sold to a private collector in 2006
ArchiveArt exports
Will the V&A buy this £7 million roundel?
Export license could be extended until November
NewsRembrandt
Louvre bids to buy Rembrandt masterpiece from Rothschild collection in France
The state has deferred the painting's export licence giving the museum 30 months to find the funds
NewsArt market
Leaked document on EU import licensing proposals is deeply concerning, say dealer associations
IADAA and CINOA argue that compromise amendments to contentious new cultural goods regulations are still too stringent and ill-defined
NewsArt market
Owner of £10m Giotto to appeal High Court ruling that painting left Italy unlawfully
Judge finds in favour of Arts Council England, but collector Kathleen Simonis argues Italian laws are incompatible with EU free movement of goods
NewsCultural policy
UK permits Nazi-looted Meissen figure to leave for Japan despite spoliation claim
There appear to be no winners in what the Arts Council refers to as an “extremely unusual” case
NewsArt market
Art exports help to reduce the UK’s trade deficit
Art exports to non-EU countries helped to reduce the UK’s trade deficit by £2.1bn to £6.2bn in the three months to November 2017
NewsArt exports
UK government still seeking Surrealist connoisseur mad about Dalí’s Mae West Lips sofa
Export bar placed on plush piece with asking price of more than £480,000
NewsArt market
Italy relaxes stringent export laws for post-war art
New legislation eases movement of post-war Italian art out of the country, lifts restrictions on photography in state archives
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French government places export bar on €15m Leonardo da Vinci drawing
State has 30 months to buy newly discovered work hailed as a “national treasure”<br> <br>
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Hands off, it’s ours: French buyer refuses to return Joan of Arc ring to UK
Arts Council insists export licence is required for relic of the martyred Maid<br>
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France and Britain prepare for battle over Joan of Arc’s ring
Jewel sold in UK for £300,000 last month has left the country—but did it have an export licence?
NewsAntiquities & Archaeology
Bible museum founders may have illicit antiquities from Iraq
Federal investigators have seized more than 200 cuneiform tablets imported from Israel by the Green family
NewsArt exports
Are Italy’s export laws about to change?
Interest groups are putting up a united front in the hopes of reform
NewsArt exports
Plan foiled to sail off with portrait by Picasso
Spain could claim painting in private collection seized from banker's super yacht
NewsArt exports
Georg Baselitz leads fight against German cultural minister's radical proposals
Monika Grütters faced by "storm of protest" as other artists vow to withdraw works on loan to German museums if export restrictions become law
ArchiveLiechtenstein
The Prince of Liechtenstein is making another attempt to take his Coello portrait from the UK to Austria
Will the third time be lucky?
ArchiveVictoria & Albert Museum
Mantuan Roundel for the V&A
Qatar agrees to loan
ArchiveRestitution
Judge decides Getty knew its Greek bronze was illegal
Italian minister asks for restitution of the Fano Athlete
ArchiveArt exports
Prince of Liechtenstein cancels Royal Academy show
Ruler angry over block on Coello masterpiece
ArchiveLiechtenstein
Prince of Liechtenstein threatens major Royal Academy show
If one of his works is not released by the UK authorities, an exhibition drawn from his collection will be pulled
ArchiveVictoria & Albert Museum
V&A sets sights on rare hunting horn
£3.3m required for export-delayed object
ArchiveNational Gallery
Spanish portrait bought by Prince of Liechtenstein detained in UK
The National Gallery is now trying to raise the funds to buy it
ArchiveJ.M.W. Turner
Turner seller might have done better with Tate
Why was The Dark Rigi sold privately, when a public sale would have given valuable tax breaks?
ArchiveFundraising
Will Reynolds’ Archers stay in the UK? A look at Tate's fundraising efforts and the effects of the Waverley Criteria
Tate needs over £2 million to buy the £3.2 million painting from an overseas buyer
ArchiveCollectors
World’s biggest art collector under arrest in Qatar
Sheikh Saud Al-Thani is being investigated for alleged misuse of public funds
ArchiveVictoria & Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum and the attempt to buy Mantuan roundel
The Art Newspaper requested full information
ArchiveMuseums
The National Gallery purchases Raphael’s Madonna of the pinks: What we know
The Raphael was bought by the National Gallery for £22 million in February 2004
ArchiveTate
Reynolds’ Portrait of Omai to remain in the UK, but in private hands
The painting which was bought at Sotheby's was banned from leaving the country - now what?
ArchiveExport policies
Victoria and Albert Museum fails to secure Clive of India flask
Collector sheikh stalemates art export process
ArchiveSpain
¡Viva España! Spanish market comes of age alongside strengthening economy
Interest in the field is surging as new collectors enter the fray
ArchiveConstantin Brancusi
What happened to the Maharajah of Indore’s Brancusi birds?
In 1973 the Tate wanted to buy Brancusi’s black marble “Bird in space” through dealer Richard Feigen, but the sale fell through because the trustees believed the work had been “smuggled” out of India
ArchiveWilliam Blake
Newly-discovered Blake watercolours go for £10 million - but not to the Tate
An export licence deferral is now expected as the set of 19 watercolours sold to a Glasgow bookshop for a pittance in 2000 were sold to an overseas collector out from under the Tate
ArchiveJoshua Reynolds
Acquisitions negotiations at Tate and The Armouries: You win some, you lose some
A mysterious donor gives the Tate £12.5 million to buy Reynolds’ Omai but the Armouries fail to get Lottery support for two armours
ArchiveLaw
Michael Steinhardt is refusing the Italian State’s claim for the return of a fifth-century phiale
The US collector challenges Italy’s law
ArchiveLucian Freud
Collector Paula Cussi funds Tate Freud exhibition despite export altercation
“Lucian Freud: Some New Paintings” is on show until 26 July
ArchiveNews
Painting captured in police sting is by Raphael, says leading expert
The owner's careless sales technique led the carabinieri right to his doorstep
ArchiveRestitution
European Parliament approves the Directive on the Restitution of Cultural Goods
There are concerns however about how effective or restrictive this regulation will be
ArchiveRestitution
Agreement reached on EEC exports and restitution
The Regulation to enter into force by the end of March, the Directive in October
ArchiveRestitution
Ministers for the Arts meet to discuss art exports under new EEC regulations
Dondelinger proposes uniform controls on external borders and a restitution system