There appear to be no winners in what the Arts Council refers to as an “extremely unusual” case

The objects “do not belong in our museums”, says the president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

Culture Minister says colonial past has been a blind spot for too long

Heritage expert calls for new government taskforce to guide provenance research and even rule on restitution cases

The Mosse Art Research Project, a cooperation with the German government, identifies eight works and launches online database

Max Stern Foundation seeks reimbursement of costs from the German city

A New York State judge’s decision keeps a claim on Seated Man with a Cane alive

Ethiopian ambassador Hailemichael Afework Aberra told The Art Newspaper podcast his government wants the seized artefacts returned, not given back on long-term loan as proposed by the V&A

Martin Bailey speaks to Hailemichael Aberra Afework, Ethiopia’s ambassador to the UK, about the artefacts seized by the British army at Maqdala, go behind the scenes of the Sony World Photography Awards with judge Gareth Harris and ask Richard Parry about his plans for Glasgow International

Chinese authorities tried to stop the UK auction of the Tiger Ying vessel, which was taken by a British soldier in 1860

The heirs' attorney describes ruling as step closer to recovering "largest mass-theft in history," but Richard Nagy plans to appeal

Director pledges rethink on objects seized by British troops in 19th-century Africa

In a recent decision regarding Picasso’s Actor, the courts need to catch up with US government policy on Nazi-looted art

Restitution experts say New York law recognises third party duress, so why did a recent court decision on Picasso’s Actor not recognise this?

Meanwhile, much of the country’s art is stuck in limbo and its own efforts to recover cultural property have stalled

Provenance research commissioned by the university has found that-while the work was once owned by the legendary collector-it was not looted by the Nazis

President Macron is ushering in a new era for the return of displaced heritage

Hermann Parzinger has global support for the equivalent of Washington Principles on Nazi-confiscated art for objects from former colonies

The court dismissed a claim on the painting by the heir of the Jewish collector who sold it to fund an escape from the Nazis

Museum hopes to find rightful heirs through display of spoliated works

Vienna’s Weltmuseum criticised for displaying a trophy head

Painting hangs in the city’s Museum Kunstpalast

Nicholas Thomas, professor of historical anthropology at Cambridge University, on the French President's statements about African artefacts

The French leader’s announcement in Burkina Faso is hailed as historic—but gets a mixed response

Hans-Jürgen Papier fills post held by Jutta Limbach until her death last year

The convoluted case involves suspected Nazi loot, the Panama Papers leak and a shadowy shell company

The Oyster Meal, insured for £1.5m, has hung in Mansion House for nearly three decades

Organisers hope two shows will lead to restitution claims from victims of Nazi persecution

"Restitution is a way for healing and justice," says the museum’s director

Portrait by Thomas Couture belonged to a French politician who opposed the Nazis