Restitution
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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 16th-century silver object had been taken from a church in Toro in 1890
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
As The British Museum prepares to loan the Cyrus Cylinder to Iran, The Art Newspaper remembers the Persian antiquity's first visit to its home nation in 1971
The State collection is the first in Germany to publish the source of works acquired during the Nazi era
Maria Altmann is attempting to reclaim six Klimt paintings looted by the Nazis
The works were seized in 1999 in western Iran, near the Turkish border
This important book gives a full documentation for the Jewish art collectors of Vienna whose goods and lives were targeted by the Nazis
The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago's decision to restitute a set of 300 ancient clays tablets to Iran is proof of strengthening ties
Alexander Sokolov does not seem interested in returning looted art
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
A suit has been filed in a US federal court for 14 paintings in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam
A legal loophole may enable the restitution to Germany of a collection taken to the USSR by a Soviet army officer in 1945
Lawsuit against Kimbell Art Museum was dismissed last November
After the tomb was discovered, Iran's Ministry of Culture were unable to prevent civilians from systematically emptying them of artefacts, which were then shipped overseas
It is now an offence to handle an object if you know that it was illegally removed from a site anywhere in the world after 2003
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