Rise in restitution claims expected after launch of online German auction catalogues for 1930-45

The Dutch advisory committee on the assessment of restitution applications has rejected a claim for two sculptures by the 15th-century German artist Tilman Riemenschneider

Montreal museum returns painting amid growing calls to fund provenance research and return disputed works

The last surviving child of Baron Alphonse von Rothschild, of the Austrian branch of that family, dies aged 88.

The decision not to appeal cannot but weaken its claim to other war booty such as the Koenigs collection still held in Russia

Works held at Belgrade National Museum are the subject of new restitution claim

The ruling in long-standing legal battle may threaten defence that a purchase was made in good faith

Nahmads say the contested painting belongs to another organisation

They seek to recover 32 looted works

However, the whereabouts of many works of art from the collection are still unknown

Though initially the claim was rejected, a case from the continent may leave room for appeal

How The Art Newspaper changed the law

But it may not be legally possible to sue Spain in the US courts

MoMA maintains that the Grosz works were never Nazi loot

Museum disputes heirs’ claim for three works by the German painter George Grosz

The story of the US Monuments Men

The project, led by Dr Vanessa-Maria Voigt and Dr Horst Kessler, came about by a chance find in a desk...

New research challenges Russians’ claim that they own many cultural valuables from the independent state

The painting was stolen from its Jewish owner during the Nazi occupation of France

Since the late 1990s there has been a strong push towards provenance research of collections and museums, and restitution of items that were looted or taken by the Nazis during their period of power

Shakeouts of Nazi-looted occurring increasingly in the marketplace

Strives to break restitution “logjam”

Strives to break restitution “logjam”

1 million objects will be examined and recorded over 10 years

Institution says restitution laws don’t apply as it is a private gallery

Former vice-president of the Dutch Supreme Court is named chairman

The three Rubens paintings will remain with the gallery

They dispute claims made by Julius Schoeps on Picassos in their collection

Old masters, recovered as a result of one of the world’s largest Nazi restitution claims, net $20m

Heirs of dealer Nathan Katz says 225 paintings were sold under duress