Restitution
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Georges Jorisch is represented by Randol Schoenberg, the lawyer who last year won his eight-year case against Austria for the return of five Klimts to California resident Maria Altman
The works were part of an estate the collector inherited from her parents
When it comes to returning antiquities from its own collections, Italy drags its feet
Medieval casket returned to UK owner; Czartoryski family to pursue case with support of Polish Ministry of Culture
Te Papa Tongarewa, the national museum in Wellington, will hold them until they can be identified
Moratorium will prohibit purchase of antiquities after 1970
The London museum has turned down two previous requests for restitution
Merryman, a leading US theorist of cultural property law, argues that archaeologists are failing to acknowledge the complexity of the current debate on collecting antiquities
Roma portraits were made by Jewish prisoner on the orders of Dr Josef Mengele
A short history of nazi loot restitution efforts
World War II restitution is now a multi-million dollar enterprise in which lawyers, auction houses and possibly even venture capitalists all have a stake
The museum bought in good faith, but was shown evidence that they had left Italy illicitly
The arrangement may be the first step in diffusing the animosity brought about by the Elgin marbles, although a request for their return is expected
Austria and Los Angeles had both hoped to keep the works
Results of survey lay bare how the US fell short
Policy regarding reclaiming of looted artworks to change come April
A joint statement by the Getty and Italian government says 21 pieces will go back
Organisation had insisted he demand return of drawings held by the British Museum, but he wanted financial compensation
Recent trials forecast shift in collecting policies
The fate of Ryazan's Art and History Museum could set a precedent for restitution
Despite a lack of evidence suggesting that the basalt stele was excavated illegally, the Turkish government are making a bid to regain the artefact
These essays emanate from a series of Polish conferences
20 items that were looted or likely stolen are to be restituted
Following trials of Giacomo Medici, Robert Hecht, and Marion True
Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, is asking the museum to return an antiquity he says was looted from Saqqara
This is the first time a piece of the ancient building has returned to Athens
“Morally, this is a gain for Austria” not a loss, says Maria Altmann
The works depict the 1930s Spanish Civil War
The shift in policy follows over 30 recent claims for restitution