Netherlands

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…