On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art made a significant announcement regarding the restitution of an ancient artefact to Iraq. The museum revealed that it had…
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Despite the bustling scene of tourists and art enthusiasts exploring the exhibits at the British Museum, the institution is facing a deep crisis that threatens its…
In a landmark decision, the French National Assembly unanimously voted on June 29 to pass a new law that enables public institutions to restitute Nazi-looted objects…
A recent study presented by Bénédicte Savoy and Albert Gouaffo, professors at Technische Universität in Berlin and the University of Dschang in Cameroon, respectively, has revealed…
In a recent development in the ongoing saga of art restitution, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris was ordered to return a group of Impressionist paintings to…
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has decided to return a 16th-century ceremonial shield that was confiscated by the Nazis during World War II to the Czech…
London returned a collection of Maqdala objects, seized by the British troops in 1868, to the Ethiopian ambassador. This summer they had been bought by the…
Amsterdam has planned to restitute a painting by Wassily Kandinsky to the heirs of its original Jewish owner. The decision was made after years long legal dispute over…
A group of decorated bricks dating from around 700BCn which was looted from an Iranian archaeological site has now been recovered from a bonded warehouse in…
U.S. prosecutors are attempting to return a 10th-century sculpture that they claimed had been stolen from Cambodia in 1997. The statue comes from the site of…