Looting
New antiquities minister must increase museum security and distance himself from Mubarak
Zahi Hawass faces major challenges over looting
An international mission had found no evidence of recent looting at eight sites in south Iraq; some archaeologists were far from pleased
The unwelcome truth
US museum directors debate antiquities provenance dilemma
Should museums acquire objects without provenance, which may have been looted? Yes, say several panelists
Excavations and trade are essential to the study of antiquities
An international symposium hosted by the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) comes together to discuss the art trade and cultural heritage preservation.
Italy's attempt at curbing illegal art excavation and trade backfires
Make the citizen your ally if you want to save the nation’s past
Collector gets tax break for donating cylinder seals to university
Archaeologists say the artefacts are likely to have been smuggled out of Iraq
As major Egyptian exhibitions open in Venice and Washington, the complex case of the European exploitation of Egyptian archaeology is given a timely airing
Book Review: Whose Pharaohs?
Hector Feliciano seeks $6.8 million from Rosenberg heirs for finding Nazi loot
The complaint demands a 17.5% finders fee for aiding the recovery of stolen artworks
Exhibition on tomb-robbers' effect on archaeological sites opens in Palestrina, Italy
Wounded archaeology
"My life as a tombarolo." The Art Newspaper goes underground in the world of illicit 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.
Knoedler and Seattle Art Museum settle over Matisse lawsuit
In 1954 Knoedler sold picture stolen from Paul Rosenberg by Nazis
Decisive times for underwater archaeology: Who owns the watery past?
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.
Italian cathedral claims missal in British Library
Change of attitude towards restitution requests may signal changes in UK law
In an attempt to find works of art that may have been stolen by the Nazis ten British museums have named 350 works of art whose history between 1933 and 1945 is uncertain
British provenance probes
The World Jewish Congress has made accusations about the provenance of works in US permanent collections
Museums race to list questionable paintings
The Museum of Religion in St Petersburg has admitted to having looted items in its possession and is involved in tangled negotiations with the Church
Former atheist goes to confession
Restitution battles rage from Seattle to Paris to Budapest to New Zealand
Matisse Odalisque restored to the Rosenberg family
New York Court of Appeals rules that Schiele paintings must be returned to Leopold Foundation
The paintings are claimed to have been stolen from their rightful owners during the Nazi annexation of Austria
Mahler-Werfel restitution case revived, and put on hold
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
Russia rules on restitution: “Art taken from occupied Germany belongs to Russia”
Constitutional court decides in favour of nationalists’ bill
Growing unease over looted Lubomirski Dürers
A sheet of paper found in a second-hand book by The Art Newspaper details valuations of the drawings when sold by Colnaghi
The National Gallery investigates wartime provenance of 120 paintings
The London gallery aims to ensure that they are not war loot and appeals for assistance in checking their recent histories
Goodman restitution case settled out of court
Disputed Degas to go to the Art Institute of Chicago
The Lviv Dürer story continues: Hitler’s shadow over the British Museum
Restitution claims for the Lubomirski and Ossolinski collections are complicated by the history of Lviv’s occupiers
The Association of Art Museum Directors promises to search collections for Nazi loot
Critics pointed out that the AAMD has no enforcement provision for members who violate its guidelines, not even its own mediation process
War loot found in a rug dealer’s shop in Boston
Veteran’s reluctant admission of taking plunder clinches case
Search continues for missing Raphael painting
Stolen in 1945 from a Polish prince’s museum, it is now thought to be in Bavaria
Works of art vanish from Kinshasa
The change of regime in the Democratic Republic of Congo coincided with thefts from the Institut des Musées Nationaux
US Customs seize a painting from a looted collection
The collection was stolen during Nazi occupation of France
Books: The “Spoils of War” 1995 conference papers
A survey touching all the bases, including losses, recoveries, legal debates, and cultural restitution