The two locks will be buried at the monastery where emperor Tewodros' body was interred

Alexander Khochinsky’s lawyer calls the country’s actions over a €10,000 looted painting “aggressive and disproportionate” and says his client will not get a fair trial in the “illiberal democracy”

Describing itself as a victim of fraud, museum says it cooperated with district attorney's investigation

Decades-long case to reclaim works held in Hungary’s museums will now go through US District Court

19th-century oil painting, stolen during the Second World War, was found in the US

Nineteen of the accused in Operation Demetra face trial in December, while the alleged UK mastermind awaits extradition

Painting of apple trees is pulled from exhibition after admission that its restitution was a mistake

The 31 October sale has prompted calls for repatriation and criticism of the seller, highlighting the gap between art ethics and law

Piece depicting a Persian soldier was seized last year at Tefaf New York

The work, seized by the pro-Nazi Vichy government, had been lent to an exhibition at the Musée Marmottan

Country's stance contrasts that of neighbouring Russia, which still holds around a million items of war booty looted from Germany

New book exploring work's provenance is a must-read for those interested in the contentious field of art restitution

Decision should put decade-long legal battle between museum and heirs of art dealer Jacques Goudstikker "to rest"

Lawyers for the Prussian Cultural Foundation argued that it was not “genocide” when the objects were sold in 1935

After offering to return a work looted by the Nazis in exchange for his family’s former real estate, Khochinsky was placed under house arrest in New York and faced a 10-year prison sentence in Poland

Dundo Museum's lost objects were traced by the Sindika Dokolo Foundation

Object was returned to consigner not museum from where it was looted at the end of Second World War

The objects “do not belong in our museums”, says the president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

Applied arts institution is showing the sculptures in a looted art exhibition

Heritage expert calls for new government taskforce to guide provenance research and even rule on restitution cases

The Mosse Art Research Project, a cooperation with the German government, identifies eight works and launches online database

Planned museum in Benin City offers safe environment for Western collections, the country says

The initiative, which involves governments and the art world, will set up a public database of objects

Director pledges rethink on objects seized by British troops in 19th-century Africa

Will New York district attorney’s new unit clean up the antiquities market—or shut it down?

Provenance research commissioned by the university has found that-while the work was once owned by the legendary collector-it was not looted by the Nazis

The newly formed team, led by Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos, has been cracking down on ancient art dealers and collectors

Franz von Stuck’s portrait of two girls was due to be sold at Van Ham

The convoluted case involves suspected Nazi loot, the Panama Papers leak and a shadowy shell company

Organisers hope two shows will lead to restitution claims from victims of Nazi persecution