Restitution

The heirs of a Jewish art collector have sued the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation, over an allegedly Nazi-looted Vincent van Gogh painting. The case was filed at a federal court in San…

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…

The Louvre Museum has announced three-year restitution research, backed by Sotheby's, to investigate its collection acquired between 1933-1945. The original research by Louvre Museum was launched in 2020, headed by historian Emmanuelle…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has restituted a painting by Ruysdael to the heirs of its original owner. The painting in question is the View of Beverwijk (1646) by artist Salomon van Ruysdael. According to an investigation, the…

After years of legal dispute, Amsterdam city officials announced that they will be restituting a Wassily Kandinsky painting to the heirs of its original owner. The painting in question, Painting With Houses, was finished by Kandinsky in…

The Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt, Germany announced that it has returned the shirt belonging to a Lakota tribe chief to his descendants. The shirt was returned to Duan Hollow Horn Bear last month, who is the current chief of the…

Düsseldorf, a German city, announced to return a Franz Marc painting in April. But the decision has come to a halt amid controversies. In April, a commission formed to decide the fate of a Franz Marc painting announced their decision. It…

Two 19th objects were removed from an auction in the UK after the Ethiopian embassy objected to the sale of the ‘looted’ objects. According to a report by the British daily The Guardian, the Ethiopian embassy wrote a letter to Busby –…

The German state of Bavaria has announced the restitution of a 19th century Wopfner painting, looted by Nazis, to its rightful heirs. The decision was made by the Bavarian State Painting Collections, one of the richest art collections in…