Second World War
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An American citizen is claiming six Klimts from the Nationalgalerie in Vienna alleged to have been seized from her uncle by the Nazis and then unlawfully retained by Austria after the war
Knoedler's poor provenance research led to the return of a $3 million painting to Italy
Florida International University presents a brilliantly curated tour of the First and Second World Wars
Works shown in Basel reflect how he made peace with the approach of death
Thousands of works in secret collection are now being claimed
Is this the predicted 'chilling effect' on international loans?
The Art Institute attempts to heal old wounds with upcoming exhibitions
How apocalyptic crises in the twentieth century - the endgame - permeated the familiar and the practical
Austria is not an adequate forum to resolve Nazi loot claim, says California federal court
The work was taken by the Nazis from the Schloss Collection
The Museum of Contemporary History provides historical explanations for why war photographers took the pictures that they did
A Kyoto museum has accepted “symbolic” payment for restituting a work of art
The deputy editorship of Die Zeit newspaper and a better pension prove too tempting for Michael Naumann
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?
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
The heir to the cosmetics fortune is creating his own museum and would like to see art returned to Holocaust victims, but how effective is he actually?
British and French authorities dismayed at disposals that they considered illegal
Matisse Odalisque restored to the Rosenberg family
Lodz ghetto photos found in Vienna; Van Dyck reassessed; Tracey Emin in profile
The works in question were smuggled out of Germany during the Nazi regime for safe-keeping
Painting, design, and decorative arts from Colonial times until the Second World War
An important test case for museums dealing with war loss cases.
This collection positions Lewis as an “anti-war war artist”
Recent developments in the restitution of looted artworks
Beuys drawings based on the Renaissance master’s famous Codices Madrid show revolutionary artist experimenting with the ideas of another
“Picasso and the War Years 1937-45”, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 5 February-9 May
No binding agreements were reached and little effect on restitution is expected
Works acquired in a “suspicious manner” will begin to be returned at once