This is in marked contrast to Russia’s tough line against any restitution of works of art taken from Nazi Germany
Technicality spares the sellers of the Quedlinburg treasure
8,000 works stored for over forty years in the medieval monastery at Mauerbach
Professor John Malcolm Russell's personal connection to the objects left him well placed to recognise them in images from sales
As recalled by Dick Kingzett of Agnew’s
Palazzo Grassi's “Greeks in the West” exhibition is pulling in the visitors
An amendment to an article published in the March issue of The Art Newspaper (No. 57, p.26), with our apologies
The consignor of the piece remains unknown
In a lecture given at London's Institute of Archaeology, Dr Lamia al Galiani-Werr drove home the urgency of the issue
Former acquaintances in Dallas’s gay scene report war booty on show in his apartment
Would Italian law allow this picture to revert to the original owner?
Leading museum directors pessimistic
Two museums in search of their history end up at the door of the Pushkin Museum
A commercial company has logged 34,000 looted objects so far
Brother and sister of the US soldier who stole the Quedlinburg treasure to face possible imprisonment
The scholar of Iranian culture and International Herald Tribune art journalist says dealers could be the solution to recent archaeological disasters
The meeting produced revelations, but little hope that the return of looted art will be eased
Even after treaties have been signed, legal wrangles between Germany and Russia persist
Despite being published last year by the International Council of Museums, severed stone heads are circulating in London and New York
Rumours of a Sotheby’s valuation have encouraged talk of auction
As the Getty Museum opens an exhibition of the Fleischman collection of antiquities, Ricardo Elia, professor of archaeology at Boston University, argues that showcasing private collections only encourages the looting of archaeological sites.
Fears are growing that the version in the St Petersburg is a replica
Russian bank revealed as major investor in the art market
As a touring exhibition, African Zion—The Sacred Art Of Ethiopia, opened in the United States in 1993, a scholar of Ethiopian history asked what had become of the country's most important painting of all
Long delays are foreseeable as approaches to restitution vary in both countries
About 150 items from the collection will be displayed at the exhibition
Director does not foresee restitution to Germany
The looted manuscript has now been fully reproduced and described
The temple bell was taken from a Japanese island by American marines at the end of World War II
Unlike in World War II, no commission exists to advise the military