Looting
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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
Zahi Hawass faces major challenges over looting
The unwelcome truth
Should museums acquire objects without provenance, which may have been looted? Yes, say several panelists
An international symposium hosted by the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) comes together to discuss the art trade and cultural heritage preservation.
Make the citizen your ally if you want to save the nation’s past
Archaeologists say the artefacts are likely to have been smuggled out of Iraq
Book Review: Whose Pharaohs?
The complaint demands a 17.5% finders fee for aiding the recovery of stolen artworks
Wounded archaeology
Cristina Ruiz spent a day with the man who controls much of the illicit excavation on the site of ancient Veii, one of the largest Etruscan cities.
In 1954 Knoedler sold picture stolen from Paul Rosenberg by Nazis
There are an estimated three million undiscovered shipwrecks scattered throughout the world’s oceans. UNESCO is calling for a global treaty to protect them. Salvors say it is unrealistic and unworkable.
Change of attitude towards restitution requests may signal changes in UK law
British provenance probes
Museums race to list questionable paintings
Former atheist goes to confession
Matisse Odalisque restored to the Rosenberg family
The paintings are claimed to have been stolen from their rightful owners during the Nazi annexation of Austria
The council on looted art has postponed its decision on whether to return five paintings in the Oesterreiches Galerie to the granddaughter of Alma Mahler-Werfel
Constitutional court decides in favour of nationalists’ bill
A sheet of paper found in a second-hand book by The Art Newspaper details valuations of the drawings when sold by Colnaghi
The London gallery aims to ensure that they are not war loot and appeals for assistance in checking their recent histories
Disputed Degas to go to the Art Institute of Chicago