Kazimir Malevicharchive
Books: Confiscated Malevich material to be revealed as his autobiography finally comes to light
First ever complete edition of avant-garde artist’s writings appearing in five volumes
Restitutionarchive
Interview with Mikhail Shvydkoi on funding and restitution: “Sausage meat is not acceptable. Only culture in exchange for culture is valid”
Russia’s Deputy Culture Minister speaks about the need to establish a new cultural identity in the new Russia
Looted artarchive
Stolichny bank buys war booty
Russian bank revealed as major investor in the art market
Looted artarchive
The creation of a Russian-German Commission for the return of works of art: The Russian will to return war booty exists, the necessary laws do not
Long delays are foreseeable as approaches to restitution vary in both countries
Restitutionarchive
Yeltsin’s Commission for Restitution begins work this month to legalise and declassify war booty
This includes finally addressing the disputed Koenigs Collection
Lootingarchive
Looted art publicly acknowledged by Soviet Minister of Culture
A commission will be set up at Gorbachev’s behest to look into cultural property removed to U.S.S.R.