Colonialism
Book explores how museums can deal with colonial acquisitions and other problematic issues
A level-headed survey of the rise and fall of anthropological and ethnographic collections and what their futures may hold
Austrian government to propose law on returning museum objects acquired in a colonial context
Calling out the injustice of colonialism and following it up with "serious debate and concrete actions" is Austria’s responsibility, says culture secretary
German museums hold 40,000 objects from former colony Cameroon, study finds
Cameroon has set up a restitutions committee to work with the museums
Indian government challenges British newspaper report that it is making 'largest repatriation claim' against UK
Sources state that demands made for thousands of objects in British collections have been "significantly overstated", and that the report is "misleading"
France's long-awaited restitution policy is finally here
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
Book review | The tale of a magnificent boat with a violent colonial history
This account of the theft of a South Seas cultural treasure by German colonists in the late 1800s reveals a series of atrocities
Artist stages 'slave ship' installation at London building that once housed British Navy offices
Grada Kilomba's multilingual work is part of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House
Berlin's controversial Humboldt Forum is finally complete—but 'the work inside begins now', German Culture Minister says
Twenty years since its conception and at a cost of around €680m, the new German museum must now follow through on its restitution promises
Canadian city’s decision to cancel statue of bison and fur trader is ‘authoritarian’, artist says
Ken Lum’s bronze statue, completed years ago but never installed, was deaccessioned by Edmonton for fear that it “may cause harm”
Horniman Museum in London hands over Benin bronzes to Nigeria
Major restitution development coincides with publication of new Arts Council England guidelines
Controversial slave trader painting at National Museum Cardiff—removed in wake of Black Lives Matter—is rehung
The work, depicting the Lieutenant-General Thomas Picton, is now on display as part of an exhibition reframing his legacy
Oxford and Cambridge universities approve returning 213 looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria
Charity Commission could veto the decision to repatriate objects from Ashmolean Museum and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
South Australia’s Aboriginal arts community makes New York debut
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
‘The Benin Bronzes are returning home’: Germany and Nigeria sign historic restitution agreement
More than 1,100 looted items will be transferred though some artefacts will remain on loan to German museums
Berlin announces several restitution agreements with Namibia, Cameroon and Nigeria
Berlin Biennale conference will focus on "decolonising" arts and culture
William Kentridge calls on UK to find consensus over its ‘shameful past’ like South Africa has with apartheid
Ahead of his major retrospective at the Royal Academy this autumn, South African artist says Britain needs "imaginative solutions" for colonial era statues
What has happened to France’s grand plans to return Africa's heritage?
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
In old photographs seen anew, Dor Guez brings the multiplicity of history into focus
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
Revolutionary Rijksmuseum exhibition reckons with Dutch colonial conflict in Indonesia
Timely show narrates Indonesia's fight for independence from the Netherlands through the life stories of 23 "eyewitnesses"
Mexican activists hack Viennese museum’s audioguide in protest over its ownership of the Montezuma headdress
Repeated requests by Mexican politicians to return the crown have been rebuffed
German museums foundation returns ancestral human remains in Berlin collection to Hawaii
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
What are the next challenges for cultural restitution?
The full story of colonial plundering lies not in museum displays but in unopened, uncatalogued boxes in store rooms
New report recommends Bristol’s controversial slaver statue—torn down by BLM protestors—be permanently installed in museum
After four people who toppled Edward Colston statue are acquitted, the debate over problematic public art deepens
UK Government Art Collection will review 300 works relating to slavery, colonialism and racism
Following questions by The Art Newspaper, tags stating the works were under interpretation were immediately removed from the website
Why Macron's radical promise to return African treasures has stalled
Four years after a landmark pledge to hand back colonial loot, French government has opposed a new restitution bill backed by the Senate
German museums may have thousands of looted relics from China’s Imperial Palace, research group believes
Collaborative research by major German institutions may expose huge amounts of Chinese objects taken during Boxer Rebellion
Artist Johnny Bandura’s mural of residential school victims becomes tool for teaching Canada’s colonial legacy
Through partnerships with universities and a forthcoming showcase at the Parliament of British Columbia, Bandura’s 215 portraits are educating Canadians young and old
Belgium plans to hand back colonial loot to DR Congo
New law will set up expert commission to sift through thousands of objects at the Royal Museum for Central Africa
At a Cambridge University college wrestling with its imperial past, Shahzia Sikander’s show offers new ideas on restitution
As Jesus College confronts its ties to slavery, the Pakistani Neo-miniature artist asks whether decolonisation need necessarily be a violent process
Germany launches online portal for museum objects acquired in the colonial era
So far 25 institutions have contributed 8,000 entries; the plan is to expand it and translate it into several languages