A level-headed survey of the rise and fall of anthropological and ethnographic collections and what their futures may hold

Calling out the injustice of colonialism and following it up with "serious debate and concrete actions" is Austria’s responsibility, says culture secretary

Cameroon has set up a restitutions committee to work with the museums

Sources state that demands made for thousands of objects in British collections have been "significantly overstated", and that the report is "misleading"

Guidelines for returning objects looted from former colonies and during the Nazi period are laid out in a report commissioned by Emmanuel Macron and written by former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez

This account of the theft of a South Seas cultural treasure by German colonists in the late 1800s reveals a series of atrocities

Grada Kilomba's multilingual work is part of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House

Twenty years since its conception and at a cost of around €680m, the new German museum must now follow through on its restitution promises

Ken Lum’s bronze statue, completed years ago but never installed, was deaccessioned by Edmonton for fear that it “may cause harm”

Major restitution development coincides with publication of new Arts Council England guidelines

The work, depicting the Lieutenant-General Thomas Picton, is now on display as part of an exhibition reframing his legacy

Charity Commission could veto the decision to repatriate objects from Ashmolean Museum and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Iwantja Arts sits in the heart of the outback, while its members use art to connect with one another and the rest of the world

More than 1,100 looted items will be transferred though some artefacts will remain on loan to German museums

Berlin Biennale conference will focus on "decolonising" arts and culture

Ahead of his major retrospective at the Royal Academy this autumn, South African artist says Britain needs "imaginative solutions" for colonial era statues

Five years ago President Macron took the museum world by surprise when he announced a then-revolutionary restitution plan. Now the country’s politicians are at odds about how to implement it

The artist’s largest institutional show to date, at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, taps into universal themes, often by way of deeply personal images

Timely show narrates Indonesia's fight for independence from the Netherlands through the life stories of 23 "eyewitnesses"

Repeated requests by Mexican politicians to return the crown have been rebuffed

A group of skulls is being handed over to a Native Hawaiian group during a mission this month to receive dozens of items from German and Austrian museums

The full story of colonial plundering lies not in museum displays but in unopened, uncatalogued boxes in store rooms

After four people who toppled Edward Colston statue are acquitted, the debate over problematic public art deepens

Following questions by The Art Newspaper, tags stating the works were under interpretation were immediately removed from the website

Four years after a landmark pledge to hand back colonial loot, French government has opposed a new restitution bill backed by the Senate

Collaborative research by major German institutions may expose huge amounts of Chinese objects taken during Boxer Rebellion

Through partnerships with universities and a forthcoming showcase at the Parliament of British Columbia, Bandura’s 215 portraits are educating Canadians young and old

New law will set up expert commission to sift through thousands of objects at the Royal Museum for Central Africa

As Jesus College confronts its ties to slavery, the Pakistani Neo-miniature artist asks whether decolonisation need necessarily be a violent process

So far 25 institutions have contributed 8,000 entries; the plan is to expand it and translate it into several languages