Second World War
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A Scotland Yard report shows that the notorious Dutch faker bought lapis lazuli paint for his “Vermeers” in bulk from Winsor & Newton
Collector shows off Polish art with French accent
New research challenges Russians’ claim that they own many cultural valuables from the independent state
How artists and the arts fared under the Vichy regime and the German occupation of France, 1940-44
Ostensibly disparate films illuminate art after the end of World War II
Shakeouts of Nazi-looted occurring increasingly in the marketplace
Work is expected to start next month
The inventors of a new technique for dating paintings say it can prove whether a work was made before or after 1945
Parliament approves final budgets for monuments to homosexuals and Roma and Sinti people murdered by the Nazis
They dispute claims made by Julius Schoeps on Picassos in their collection
Old masters, recovered as a result of one of the world’s largest Nazi restitution claims, net $20m
Old masters, recovered as a result of one of the world’s largest Nazi restitution claims, net $20m
Marei von Saher claims they are Nazi loot, while Norton Simon believes it has legal title to the paintings
Nearly 80 pictures, including works by Cranach and Kauffmann, were seized from the German embassy in London
The late collector Heini Thyssen forced himself to forget his family’s Nazi involvement, but so did the countries that vied for his and his father’s pictures in the 1980s. This well documented book gives the details
Last month we reported that a Nazi picture in the London gallery was taken by British soldiers at the end of World War II. We have now discovered that other works of art were also removed
We uncover the remarkable story of how a US war reporter governed Hitler’s mountain retreat for a day and took control of Reichsmarschall Göring’s collection of stolen art
Roma portraits were made by Jewish prisoner on the orders of Dr Josef Mengele
A short history of nazi loot restitution efforts
The painting was taken from Germany at the end of World War II
The vast collection of sculptural works removed on the outbreak of World War II are now back on view in the newly-restored building
Results of survey lay bare how the US fell short
King George VI loaned 19 of his best Leonardo drawings to Milan for the most important exhibition on the artist ever held
These essays emanate from a series of Polish conferences
Marilynn Alsdorf had hoped the case would be thrown out of court
Christie’s follows Sotheby’s and appoints a director of restitution
But the 139 works go to Dutch State, not collector’s heirs
It has taken almost 60 years to commemorate the 400,000 American soldiers who died in the conflict
Alexander Sokolov does not seem interested in returning looted art