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Restitution

Guggenheim Museum NY

More Restitution Problems For Picasso, Van Gogh And British Museum Antiquities

Restitution is proving to be a complex and challenging problem for many museums and private collections. This week alone, several cases have been filed. Reputations that were once beyond question have now been brought into question.

25 January 2023

Art News, Art Stolen

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UK Museums Now Protected From Court-Ordered Seizure For Loaned Artworks 

UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has vowed to protect objects on loan from abroad in temporary exhibitions in UK museums from seizure by the UK courts.

17 June 2019

Art News, News

Looted ,Nazi Art, Bill Approved By US Senate, Restitution

Looted Nazi Art Bill Approved By US Senate To Speed Up Restitution

A new bill to speed up the return of artwork stolen by the Nazis during WWII has passed the US Senate after its approval in the House of Representatives last week.

12 December 2016

Art News, News

Restitution

Restitution Fail: Adam & Eve Cranach Panels To Remain In California

Two of the most famous paintings in the world, 16th-century panels depicting Adam & Eve by Lucas Cranach the Elder are… Read More

19 August 2016

Art News, News

Van Gogh

Van Gogh’s The Night Cafe: US Supreme Court Rejects Appeal For Restitution

The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal for the return of a Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece “The Night Cafe” from the… Read More

29 March 2016

Art News, News

Matisse

Disputed Matisse Portrait In The National Gallery Was Stolen Claims Family

A painting by the French Fauvist artist Henri Matisse of the Artist Greta Moll is at the centre of a dispute,… Read More

23 November 2015

Art News, News

Creative Commons Uncredited photographer / Struck (Struck-Photo-Postkarte, a defunt German postcard publishing company)

US Art Lawyer Charles Goldstein, Nazi-Looted Art Restitution Expert, Dies At 78

Charles Goldstein – a New York real estate lawyer describes as a ‘tenacious advocate’ for recovering art looted from Holocaust victims.

6 August 2015

Art News, News

stolen art

German Government To Create Department To Hunt For Stolen Nazi Art

The German Government has approved funds for a center to search for and return art looted by the Nazis. The… Read More

4 November 2014

Art News, News

Badische Landesmuseum

Seven Nazi Looted Artworks Found In German Badische Landesmuseum

The Badische Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe, Germany has recently announced that it has identified seven works of art within its collection,… Read More

28 October 2014

Art News, News

Sotheby's

Sotheby’s And Christie’s In Egon Schiele Restitution Roulette

On November 5th, Christie’s is auctioning a 1910 Schiele watercolor ‘Town on the Blue River’. The auction house is doing… Read More

28 October 2014

Art News, News

Looted Art

Nazi-Looted Klimt May Be Sold By Loew Family To Resolve Dispute

The Gustav Klimt painting of Gertrud Loew is at the centre of an ongoing ownership dispute that may be resolved… Read More

12 September 2014

Art News, News

Gurlitt Vault

Confiscated Gurlitt Collection Of Nazi Era Art Revealed To BBC

The confiscated collection of Nazi era art belonging Cornelius Gurlitt has gone on display to selected media in Germany.

27 March 2014

Art News, News

Stolen Klimt Worth 26m Returned After 70 Years

A stolen Gustav Klimt painting worth £26m that was confiscated by the Nazis must be returned to the heirs of… Read More

22 April 2011

Art News, News

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