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

Pledge by European museums to set up “permanent display” of rotating loans in Benin City could pave way for restitution

A fourth-century BC terracotta krater was turned over to the DA’s office last week based on evidence it was looted

Owner says Andreas Achenbach’s Sicilian Landscape was bought in a “normal gallery transaction”

Thousands of objects were falsely labelled and shipped to the arts-and-crafts company, according to prosecutors

The sculpture is the 15th object the museum has repatriated after discovering it was looted

The FBI recovered the work when it was offered for sale at the 2015 Spring Masters fair in New York

The Metropolitan Museum may not be the last institution to return looted sculptures