Restitution
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Including a reproduction of the declaration in full
The British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles, Cambridge
The Acropolis museum is under construction, and the design for the permanent exhibition is in preparation
His comments go against the current clamour for restitution
New Acropolis Museum director Professor Dimitrios Pantermalis is calling on the British Museum to return its sculptures on long-term loan.
A look at what happened to the sculptures from early Christian times to the 21st century, and the damage to those remaining after Lord Elgin bought the majority of them
Heirs will have to sue for the painting, which is currently being held at Dorotheum
Is this the predicted 'chilling effect' on international loans?
Four drawings are being claimed by the heir of a Nazism victim
The Nigerian Head of State raided a museum to present her with a Benin bronze in 1973
To great tribal feasting, five American museums have returned totem poles stolen from an Alaskan tribe in 1899
Austria is not an adequate forum to resolve Nazi loot claim, says California federal court
After 54 years of procrastination, the Italian government could be close to returning the Axum obelisk to Ethiopia
The paintings seized by the Nazis, then the Communist government, may yet remain with the state
A Kyoto museum has accepted “symbolic” payment for restituting a work of art
The panel finds Tate has legal title to a war-loot picture but agrees that the claimants should be compensated on ethical grounds
A lawyer’s comment on the RA's 'From Russia' exhibition and the laws that were pushed through to protect it
Museums in the US and Israel contain Judaica from pre-World War II European Jewish communities, redistributed by the Allies who thought this the best solution for material taken from people and institutions that no longer existed
A medieval stained-glass window to return to Frankfurt-an-der-Oder, while Germany will pay for the rebuilding of a 14th-century church in the Pskov region
The Art Newspaper has tracked down further details of what happened to the twelfth-century manuscript during World War II
Does this mark a change of direction for initiative, which previously only recorded losses?
In 1954 Knoedler sold picture stolen from Paul Rosenberg by Nazis
While the Kann descendants have solid evidence for their claim, the Wildenstein family are confident enough in their story to share their own documents with The Art Newspaper
Leading expert on Nigerian antiquities warns that government and museum officials in the country are involved with the illicit trade of artefacts to the West
The exhibition disappoints and leaves the collector’s passion concealed
Political considerations, not humane motives or conservation considerations, were behind the Glasgow Museums’ recent return of the Sioux artefact, says former director
Change of attitude towards restitution requests may signal changes in UK law
Museum bought works after artist abandoned them in Berlin
Restitution guidelines in the UK are changing with the times, but the marbles remain with the British Museum for now