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This important book gives a full documentation for the Jewish art collectors of Vienna whose goods and lives were targeted by the Nazis
The Justices rule six to three in favour of Maria Altmann. She can now pursue her case in American courts
A Sotheby’s lawyer describes the work of its provenance research team
The Bush administration argues that Austria cannot be sued in a US court because it would interfere with foreign relations
Although successful restitutions have been achieved through focused research in individual museums, numerous cases in federal and provincial museums still need to be solved
The agents who had investigated stolen art will now work on cases related to terrorism and fraud
An American citizen is claiming six Klimts from the Nationalgalerie in Vienna alleged to have been seized from her uncle by the Nazis and then unlawfully retained by Austria after the war
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