Unlike the heirs of Nazi victims, the descendants of collectors whose art was appropriated by the Bolsheviks are unlikely to have it returned

Thousands of works in secret collection are now being claimed

Heirs will have to sue for the painting, which is currently being held at Dorotheum

The younger generation has asked tough questions and come up with some answers

A guide on how to best investigate provenance with specific emphasis on the specialist problems of the Holocaust-era, solvable using provenance research

Williams will not appeal French court decision, citing health reasons

Austria is not an adequate forum to resolve Nazi loot claim, says California federal court

The Boijman’s van Beuningen museum wants to return a looted Toorop

The work was taken by the Nazis from the Schloss Collection

The paintings seized by the Nazis, then the Communist government, may yet remain with the state

The panel finds Tate has legal title to a war-loot picture but agrees that the claimants should be compensated on ethical grounds

Museums in the US and Israel contain Judaica from pre-World War II European Jewish communities, redistributed by the Allies who thought this the best solution for material taken from people and institutions that no longer existed

This will assist in the identification of looted artworks

Metropolitan Monet subject to claim

Does this mark a change of direction for initiative, which previously only recorded losses?

Christie’s and Sotheby’s to help with provenance research projects

In 1954 Knoedler sold picture stolen from Paul Rosenberg by Nazis

While the Kann descendants have solid evidence for their claim, the Wildenstein family are confident enough in their story to share their own documents with The Art Newspaper

The heir to the cosmetics fortune is creating his own museum and would like to see art returned to Holocaust victims, but how effective is he actually?

British and French authorities dismayed at disposals that they considered illegal

The Austrian Parliament decided that full restitution should be made to victims of the Nazis and to those who had been coerced into giving works after 1945 to the museums - but the advisory council has twice taken its own, negative, line

"Saved From Europe" commemorates the man who brought art condemned by the Nazis to the US and worked for the restitution of looted art

In the interests of future exhibitions, the New York Court of Appeals rules that Schieles on loan to Museum of Modern Art must be returned to the lender then a federal magistrate seizes one of pictures

An important test case for museums dealing with war loss cases.

The Van Gogh drawing and Hans von Marées painting were part of a large collection which was forcibly auctioned

A sheet of paper found in a second-hand book by The Art Newspaper details valuations of the drawings when sold by Colnaghi

Recent developments in the restitution of looted artworks

Christie’s, US Customs, a bankrupt dealer, hoards of lawyers, and much time and money played a part in this

Works acquired in a “suspicious manner” will begin to be returned at once

Disputed Degas to go to the Art Institute of Chicago