Senegalese art historian El Hadji Malick Ndiaye says discussions and decisions about the restitution of African artefacts cannot be dictated by the West

Plus, the newly discovered Van Gogh is sold and artist Rana Begum on Tess Jaray

Monika Grütters says she will meet museum directors and trustees next month

The sculpture of an oba’s head was “acquired in a way that we now consider to have been extremely immoral,” the university says

“There is simply no moral ground for the confiscation of African artefacts in Western museums,” says the Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe

Germany's plans to return the artefacts are just the beginning of a necessary undoing of the art world's white infrastructure

The head of the German foreign ministry’s culture department visited Nigeria last week for discussions with the Edo State Governor

Collector Douglas Latchford’s daughter has turned over his entire collection—as well as records that could lead to further recoveries from US institutions

Rosiers sous les arbres will be restituted after a legal process releases it from the national collections

Researchers will consider “various modes of return” for museum objects and how the process can help to reconcile with colonial past

The actor first stated that the Ancient Greek sculptures should be returned to their site of origin in 2014 after filming The Monuments Men

After FBI investigation, sculptural antiquity lent by a collector is determined to have a disturbing provenance

In a unanimous decision, the government’s advisory commission says it is likely the work was sold under duress

Law change follows refusal by some foundations to restitute property lost due to Nazi persecution

The Dutch government adopts a committee’s “radical” guidelines, putting it at the forefront of European efforts to return colonial-era museum acquisitions

Heirs plan to donate the work to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Institution has been faulted for a lack of oversight in determining what artefacts were legally exported and sold

Petition calls for more transparency in planned display of the collection of Emil Georg Bührle, who bought Nazi-looted art with a fortune built on weapons

As well as working on high profile restitution cases, the former Herrick Feinstein partner has a PhD in art history

The musical scene was seized by the Gestapo in 1939 from Henri Hinrichsen, who died at Auschwitz

Initiative by the Nigerian artist Emeka Ogboh is supported by Dresden’s state museums

Top Indian sculpture dealer warns against a too rigid interpretation of the 1970 Unesco Convention

Mwazulu Diyabanza says that “museums do not deserve respect” as restitution debate intensifies

Vote by National Assembly paves the way for the return of 27 colonial-era artefacts to Benin and Senegal within one year, but “will not create a legal precedent”

Deputies rejected senators' proposal for a national council to advise the government on future restitution claims

Ruling upholds controversial decision by the beleaguered Dutch Restitutions Committee but counters an independent review

The question of restitution as well as a new order of north-south relations should be top of the agenda, says George Abungu an international adviser to the project

The government's treatment of claims for art plundered by Nazis has come under fire for placing interests of museums over "legal redress for injustice"

Though African institutions want looted artefacts to return home, they are more preoccupied with promoting living artists and treasures

We speak to museum experts András Szántó and Sonia Lawson. Plus, Dan Hicks on the legacy of colonial looting and National Gallery curator Christopher Riopelle on the Polish painter Jan Matejko