The event was scheduled to mark the 25th anniversary of the Washington Principles, which helps guide the return of artwork looted during the Holocaust.

The California universities “generally lack the policies, funding and staffing necessary to follow the law and repatriate their collections”, the report found.

An auction house in Austria intended to sell the artefact before officials stepped in, according to the Mexican government

The committee is led by Donnell Deeny, chairman of the UK government’s Spoliation Advisory Committee

During their time in Berlin, the two sacred masks were treated with a pesticide that may still be dangerous

Andrei Rublev’s 15th-century work, which was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church last month, will also no longer be restored at the State Tretyakov Gallery

Calling out the injustice of colonialism and following it up with "serious debate and concrete actions" is Austria’s responsibility, says culture secretary

Kandinsky’s "A Colorful Life" (1907), which had belonged to collectors Emanuel and Hedwig Lewenstein, was sold in a 1940 Amsterdam auction

"Customers Conversing in a Tavern" (1671) by Dutch Golden Age painter Adriaen van Ostade is up on display after a six years of research and negotiations

The monarch will likely face calls for the return of priceless objects that were seized by British military forces during 19th-century operations

View of the Sea from Haut Cagnes will in future be displayed with information about its former owner, Jakob Goldschmidt

Forged objects have been identified among the 60 antiquities returned amid much fanfare earlier this year

The artefacts held in Taipei’s National Palace Museum have become a political pawn in an increasingly heated conflict across the Taiwan Strait

Phillip Ihenacho, the director of the Edo Museum of West African Art in Nigeria, calls for a new focus, based on realities on the ground rather than romantic notions of the West

The announcement that President Putin will return Andrei Rublev’s masterpiece has sparked criticism from experts due to its fragile condition

The figurines, which were looted from the ancient city of Uruk, belong to one of the oldest civilisations on earth

Following the restitution of the silver Nevsky sarcophagus last week, the handover of Andrei Rublev's 15th-century Trinity has sparked concerns among conservators

The far-right Alternative for Germany party called for the debate after the oba of Benin was named owner of the returning artefacts, causing confusion

The museum has responded to accusations that its collection includes looted artefacts by creating its largest research arm to date

Foreign Office was dismissive of the museum's attempts to lobby for the contested sculptures in 1983

Sonita Alleyne was appointed Master of Jesus College in 2019—the year the institution announced the UK's first repatriation of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Greek minister says move gives restitution discussions with British Museum "momentum"

Guidelines for returning objects looted from former colonies and during the Nazi period are laid out in a report commissioned by Emmanuel Macron and written by former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez

The move may complicate plans to house the works in future museums such as the Edo Museum of West African Art

Wilhelm von Schadow’s painting 'The Artist’s Children' was once owned by Max Stern, who fled Nazi persecution in the 1930s

Four works recently returned to heirs of the influential French dealer Ambroise Vollard will go under the hammer in New York next month

With the help of Kyiv archives, a historian has investigated the fate of 5,000 works of art and 20,000 books owned by Julius Genss

Recent legislation requires institutions to label works they display that was stolen by the Nazis, but some are still unwilling to publish their provenance research

Doubts surface in media over Nigeria’s museum infrastructure

Authorities in New York recently informed Mexican officials that the artefact was recovered, though when exactly it was stolen and brought to the United States is unclear