As recalled by Dick Kingzett of Agnew’s
Newly declassified records track the deposit of Nazi assets in Swiss banks—they include references to works of art
Surprisingly resigned attitude to restitution claims by a leading German museum
900 works of art looted from Vienna’s Jewish community and stored in a monastery since 1955 to be sold on its behalf - It may be a PR nightmare for the auctioneers
Would Italian law allow this picture to revert to the original owner?
Leading museum directors pessimistic
Two museums in search of their history end up at the door of the Pushkin Museum
Dube reacts angrily to Russian delays over restitution and responds to the opposition of Irina Antonova, veteran director of the Pushkin Museum
In a radical change of policy, the Getty now favours archaeological conservation, research and education over collection building
A commercial company has logged 34,000 looted objects so far
Brother and sister of the US soldier who stole the Quedlinburg treasure to face possible imprisonment
We publish here for the first time in English a sample of the huge quantity of works of art removed from Italy during the war. One brave man, Rodolfo Siviero, devoted years to tracking them down, but many are still missing. Can you help?
After many set backs a new building is finally in the works, as well as plans for a modern solution to the dispersal of Egypt's treasures
Russia’s Deputy Culture Minister speaks about the need to establish a new cultural identity in the new Russia
Illegally sold in the 1960s, it was bought by the US museum in good faith but the Italians would like it returned
After a long, strange journey, the Lubomirski Museum Dürers are now subject to restitutions claims by both Poland and the Ukraine
The meeting produced revelations, but little hope that the return of looted art will be eased
But the process has stalled as far as large-scale restitution between Russia and Germany is concerned
The greatest surviving Persian manuscript was swapped for Woman III, once owned by the Shah of Iran
The doyenne of the Russian museum profession, Irina Antonova, opposes returning “trophy” works of art
The New York museum insists it has sound title
Change needed in the face of a growing market
As a touring exhibition, African Zion—The Sacred Art Of Ethiopia, opened in the United States in 1993, a scholar of Ethiopian history asked what had become of the country's most important painting of all
Internal conflicts hamstrung the effort to return war loot to Germany
The official position of the Russian Orthodox Church, as explained by its spokesman
Negotiating the restitution of religious art is important, but it should not be at the expense of the institutions protecting Russia's cultural heritage
There are concerns however about how effective or restrictive this regulation will be
Long delays are foreseeable as approaches to restitution vary in both countries
Conference in Prague on public galleries and private collectors hears of thefts and restitution claims in Eastern museums