Almost all Minoan antiquities assembled by former premier, Mr Mitsotakis, appear to have an illegal provenance.

The New York museum insists it has sound title

The code was devised as a response to the normalisation of corporate funding, which could cause an uneven distribution of aid based on changing tastes

Christie's in the dock over whether Warhol's estate is worth $220 million or $558 million

Internal conflicts hamstrung the effort to return war loot to Germany

There are concerns however about how effective or restrictive this regulation will be

The Regulation to enter into force by the end of March, the Directive in October

Read this and keep it if you’re an artist, a dealer, an auctioneer, a collector, a museum curator, an academic, a publisher, an advertiser, a sponsor, a restorer, an architect, a lawyer or an arts administrator—inside or outside Europe

It is pointless to pretend that the commercial art world and the worlds of research do not interpenetrate each other. Here we look at the relationship, present and past, and ask ourselves, in what respect is the art historian any different from the lawyer who sells his opinion?

Stumbling blocks: attempts to define “national treasure” and abolition of passage of title in “good faith” purchases

Experts complain that large number of fakes in the market makes it difficult to identify authentic works

The "posthumous" sculptures passed through the hands several leading auction houses in Paris

But the technocrats of DGXXI, the Customs and Indirect Taxation Department, are drawing up the next set of proposals. To find out what this means, read on

If the law is passed, sponsors will be granted legal provisions so they might better circumvent obstacles that complicate art funding

This legislation may come to late, as several archaeological sites have already been looted, and their content distributed throughout the international market