Netherlands

The Netherlands government has announced the repatriation of 113 Benin Bronzes from its collection to Nigeria. In a press statement on February 19, it was announced after a request from the Nigerian government, Eppo Bruins (Minister of…

Thieves blew open the doors of a gallery in Netherlands to steal two rare Pop Art prints by Andy Warhol. The sensational theft occurred on Friday at the MPV Gallery in Oisterwijk, Netherlands. The two stolen paintings were from the…

The Noordbrabants Museum in the Netherlands has bought a van Gogh painting for an impressive €8.6 million ($9.34 million). Titled ‘Head of a Woman (Gordina de Groot)’, the 1885 painting by Vincent van Gogh is one of his lesser-known…

The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam will return a Henry Matisse painting to the heirs of the person who sold it during Nazi persecution. Titled Odalisque, the work was painted by Henry Matisse sometime during 1920-21. It was eventually…

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has opened the largest-ever exhibition for the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. The exhibition opened on Friday with 28 paintings of the Dutch maestro – out of the 34 paintings Vermeer created in his lifetime.…

In the latest such incident, climate activists from Just Stop Oil tried gluing their heads and hands to the iconic Girl With a Pearl Earring painting by Vermeer. Last week, two activists, suspected to be from the climate action group…

The Indonesia government has formally requested the Netherlands to return various looted items, including the remains of ‘Java Man’. According to reports, the Indonesian government had first requested the return of items in July, sharing…

The Van Abbemuseum in the Netherlands is returning a Wassily Kandinsky painting to the heirs of its Jewish collector. The painting, titled View of Murnau with Church, was created by Wassily Kandinsky in 1910. Though not clear when she…

Dutch couple Hubert De Boer and Liesebeth Mellis returned 17 pre-Columbian artefacts to Mexico this Sunday - the latest in the series of restitution of Mexican artefacts. The transfer was confirmed by the Mexican Ministry of Culture. The…

A court in the Netherlands has ruled that an ancient trove of Crimean gold artifacts belongs to Ukraine, not Russia. The treasure, commonly known as the “Scythian gold”, contains nearly 300 pieces. The pieces are diverse, of various…