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

Adrian Ellis, director of AEA Consulting, talks on the threat this poses to the perceived legitimacy of cultural institutions

The Art Newspaper reveals that sacred Maqdala tablets are hidden away in a sealed store of the British Museum

The Konstmuseum in Malmö allegedly kept works lent to the gallery before the outbreak of the First World War

Essays explore US museums’ responsibilities to religious groups

Iran argues that the artefact was acquired through criminal means, although their failure to speak out when the fragment went to auction previously may undermine their case

An investigation by The Art Newspaper led to the request for restitution of the 12th-century prayer book

Ownership dispute has been set aside for joint study and digitisation of the world’s oldest bible

Conversely, the University of Edinburgh has ruled against returning their own war loot

Update on requests for information regarding objects seized at battle of Maqdala

British Museum holds collection of objects seized at battle of Maqdala

Christie’s follows Sotheby’s and appoints a director of restitution

But the 139 works go to Dutch State, not collector’s heirs

As two objects are detained in Victoria, MacGregor believes something good could come out of the present confusion