Restitution
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A Foujita, a Picasso and a Gleizes revert to the descendants of the owners–but over 1000 works remain homeless
Russian parliament voted last month to override President Yeltsin’s veto, putting him in a precarious political position
“A very happy occasion” as painting looted by American soldiers returns home
Watercolours and drawings seized by the Red Army in a Berlin bunker in 1945 have been on show in the Hermitage earlier this year for the first time
Grant shares with The Art Newspaper his conversation with Julian Spalding of the Kelingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow
But negotiations continue between Chancellor Kohl and President Yeltsin
A radical change of policy as new director of antiquities takes over
Artifact had been missing from Bologna since 1940
This is in marked contrast to Russia’s tough line against any restitution of works of art taken from Nazi Germany
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