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

The exhibition Benin: the Restitution of 26 Works from the Royal Treasures of Abomey at Musée du quai Branly–Jacques Chirac will be on view for five days in October

Laurella Yssap-Rincon had promised to “correct the mismanagement” of the culture centre when she took the position in 2019

After almost two years of delays, the ambitious museum complex launches its first in-person exhibitions

Being told about National Trust houses' connections to slavery should not deter visitors: the complex history adds to their interest

The Netherlands needs to collectively examine how its past has shaped today's society, says the director of the Amsterdam museum

The monuments were torn down during Canada Day celebrations, which marks the country's confederation

Bilateral accord to include projects to conserve, research, and store restituted items

New report provides guidelines for the return of artefacts to Africa, where Belgium controlled territory that was 80 times its size

Independent commission recommends contextualising the sculpture instead

The work draws attention to the desertification of agricultural land in Palestinian territory

Around 160 institutions hold looted Benin artefacts, but how many are prepared to give them back? We asked museums in five countries for their position on restitution

South London museum has released new policies on restitution but says it will need to seek legal advice about the right to return artefacts

Senegalese art historian El Hadji Malick Ndiaye says discussions and decisions about the restitution of African artefacts cannot be dictated by the West

Museum launches an online catalogue of 485,000 objects while curators comb through wartime acquisitions and works from former colonies

Plus, the newly discovered Van Gogh is sold and artist Rana Begum on Tess Jaray

“There is simply no moral ground for the confiscation of African artefacts in Western museums,” says the Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe

Sculpture of Edward Colston was pulled down by activists last summer and will now be placed in a museum