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Looted art: the woman tackling Switzerland’s historical burden: As Switzerland steps up efforts to address looted art in public collections ...
swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/nikola-doll-shoulders-a-historical-burden-looted-art-in-swiss-collections/75309212
Will the Norton Simon, LACMA return Cambodia's looted art?: Thousands of precious antiquities disappeared from Cambodia during decades of war and strife ...
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California legislators seek stronger law on Nazi looted art: California lawmakers will introduce a bill to strengthen state law in favor of Holocaust survivors ...
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Ukraine in search of looted art following Russian invasion: Many Ukrainian museums have been looted since Russia's invasion in February 2022 ...
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A Jewish family's quest for a Nazi-looted painting: A Jewish family's quest to reclaim a masterpiece painting stolen by the Nazis takes them across oceans and ...
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Many countries lag in returning art looted by Nazis, report finds: Russia, Spain, Denmark, Turkey and other countries are falling short in efforts to return ...
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State Department announces 'Best Practices' to retrieve Nazi-looted art - UPI.com
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How German museums are reassessing their imperial Chinese treasures, worried about looted Boxer war artefacts
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Documentary on looted African art wins Golden Bear at Berlin festival ｜ DPA: The documentary "Dahomey" by French-born director Mati Diop about the return ...
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Hidden Belgium: The only Michaelangelo sculpture outside Italy: Hitler added it to his collection of looted art in 1944, but the sculpture was eventually ...
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Rubin Museum, Haven for Asian Art, to Close After 20 Years: It is the first major art museum in New York to close within recent memory. The museum had financial ...
nytimes.com/2024/01/31/arts/design/rubin-museum-closing.html
Gustav Klimt portrait found after almost 100 years: A painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, that was believed lost for 100 years ...
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Spanish museum may keep Pissarro painting looted by Nazis, US court rules: A US appeals court has ruled that a Madrid museum may keep a painting that the Nazis ...
cnn.com/2024/01/12/style/spain-museum-pissarro-painting-nazis/
Met museum is returning looted ancient art to Cambodia and Thailand: The Metropolitan Museum of Art had been displaying artwork from the Khmer era that was ...
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Madrid museum can keep Nazi-looted art, US appeals court rules: US judges ruled that Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza museum is the rightful owner of a priceless ...
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Madrid museum may keep Pissarro painting looted by Nazis, US appeals court rules: A U.S. appeals court said on Tuesday that Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum ...
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Virginia museum to return 44 stolen or looted works to Egypt, Italy and Turkey: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts says it received ‘irrefutable evidence’ 44 ancient ...
theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/06/virginia-museum-stolen-looted-art-return-egypt-italy-turkey
Virginia state art museum returns 44 pieces authorities determined were stolen or looted
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Virginia museum to return 44 stolen or looted works to Egypt, Italy and Turkey: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts says it received ‘irrefutable evidence’ 44 ancient ...
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VMFA returns ancient art works deemed to stolen after investigation of global art theft
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Poo Done It? Four men charged in theft of satirical golden toilet : The four golden toilet-thieving suspects will appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on 28 ...
euronews.com/culture/2023/11/09/poo-done-it-four-men-charged-in-theft-of-satirical-golden-toilet-at-churchills-birthplace
Quick Glance: Charges Filed: £4.8M Gold Toilet Stolen
- Theft of a gold toilet valued at £4.8 million from Blenheim Palace in September 2019
- The toilet was on display for only two days and could be used with a three-minute time limit to avoid queues.
- Before installation, the duke’s half-brother mentioned the difficulty of stealing the toilet.
- The chief executive of Blenheim Palace hoped the pointless act of stealing would increase the value of the work.
'The artwork is not guilty': Swiss museum unveils Nazi era collection : A prestigious Swiss institution is attempting to navigate the troubled waters ...
euronews.com/culture/2023/11/13/the-artwork-is-not-guilty-swiss-museum-unveils-controversial-nazi-era-collection
Painting stolen by U.S. soldier during Second World War returned to museum: A baroque landscape painting that went missing during World War II was returned to ...
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Ohio college’s museum returns Nazi-looted drawing by Egon Schiele: Heirs of Austrian-Jewish collector Fritz Grunbaum will receive an Egon Schiele drawing looted ...
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'Marcus Aurelius' statue seized from Cleveland museum in looting probe: The bronze, believed to depict Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, was being kept in a ...
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Quick Glance: Marcus Aurelius Statue Seized from Cleveland Museum
- Bronze headless statue believed to be of Marcus Aurelius
- Statesman and philosopher depicted wearing a flowing robe
- Long-standing exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art
- Turkey first claimed the Marcus Aurelius statue in 2012 and released a list of stolen items
Ludwig II: Bavaria's 'fairytale king' and his dream castle: August 25 marks the 178th birthday of the Bavarian king, known for his Neuschwanstein Castle ...
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A reckoning over looted art: The latest The Explainer,/the-explainers,,the-explainers, breaking news, comment, reviews and features from the experts at The Week
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In apparent first, Croatia restores looted art to grandson of Holocaust victim: Three museums return pieces to Andy Reichsman, who continued decades-long ...
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Jewish actor’s looted art collection returned to his family: The Viennese cabaret artist Fritz Grünbaum was a prolific performer and poet whose life ended in the ...
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Nazi looted art goes from museums to heirs of Jewish art collector Fritz Grünbaum
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Looted art stories take centre stage at Mauritshuis museum in The Hague | Africanews
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Jewish council calls for new German restitution law on Nazi-looted art: The Central Council of Jews in Germany has urged lawmakers to significantly strengthen ...
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Virtual reality and replicas enter the debate on the return of looted art: The Mauritshuis gallery in the Netherlands and the Humboldt Forum in Berlin have ...
english.elpais.com/culture/2023-09-14/virtual-reality-and-replicas-enter-the-debate-on-the-return-of-looted-art.html
Germany 'failing in moral responsibility' for restitution of Nazi-looted art: Germany must do more to return Nazi-looted art to its rightful owners ...
thelocal.de/20230904/germany-failing-in-moral-responsibility-for-restitution-of-nazi-looted-art
Ancient treasures are being looted, but blockchain could help protect them: The technology that underpins cryptocurrencies could also help to identify ancient ...
cnn.com/2023/07/31/world/ancient-treasures-are-being-looted-but-blockchain-could-help-protect-them/
Morning Mail: ‘Looted’ art returns to Cambodia, consultant advises on consultants, Brazil crash out of Cup
theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/03/morning-mail-looted-art-returns-to-cambodia-consultant-advises-on-consultants-brazil-crash-out-of-cup
German Bank Agrees to Return a Kandinsky to Heirs of a Jewish Family: A German government advisory panel on Nazi-looted art recommended that the bank return the ...
nytimes.com/2023/07/24/arts/germans-return-kandinsky-to-heirs.html
Netherlands to return nearly 500 looted objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka: The Dutch government is repatriating hundreds of artifacts, including six from the ...
cnn.com/style/netherlands-repatriation-sri-lanka-indonesia-tan/
Germany: Court rules Nazi-looted art stays in database: Germany's highest civil court ruled against a collector who wanted an artwork he owned removed from ...
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France passes law to help return art looted by Nazis to Jewish owners: France has passed a law making it easier to return works of art seized by Nazi Germany ...
rfi.fr/en/france/20230715-france-passes-law-to-help-return-art-looted-by-nazis-to-jewish-owners
Kandinsky Painting Should Return to Jewish Heirs, Panel Says: The decisions of the government panel, which handles claims about art lost or looted in the ...
nytimes.com/2023/06/13/arts/kandinsky-painting-german-bank-jewish-heirs.html
Dutch king apologises for slavery, asks for forgiveness: The apologies come amid a wider reconsideration of the country's colonial past ...
timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/news/2023-07-02-dutch-king-apologises-for-slavery-asks-for-forgiveness/
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Priceless painting looted by Nazis during World War II returns to Poland from Japan - The Mainichi
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Poland's quest to retrieve priceless Nazi-looted art: A 16th Century Italian painting looted by the Nazis has been returned to Poland from Japan.
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Poland's quest to retrieve priceless Nazi-looted art: A 16th Century Italian painting looted by the Nazis has been returned to Poland from Japan.
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Madonna with Child painting looted by Nazis is returned to Poland: The Madonna With Child is attributed to Alessandro Turchi and was part of the collection of a ...
metro.co.uk/2023/06/01/madonna-with-child-painting-looted-by-nazis-is-returned-to-poland-18878347/
Priceless painting looted by Nazis during World War II returns to Poland from Japan
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Priceless painting looted by Nazis during Second World War returns to Poland from Japan
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Picasso painting, the Met & the internet: How Jewish art collectors’ great grand niece uncovered artwork lost during Nazi era
indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/picasso-painting-jewish-collector-laurel-zuckerman-8600191/
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Neuschwanstein inspired a king, Disney and the Nazis: Neuschwanstein Castle is the stuff of legend. Up in a UNESCO World Heritage site bid, it inspired Disney ...
dw.com/en/neuschwanstein-castle-inspired-a-king-disney-and-the-nazis/a-64859703
Material for many Benin bronzes comes from the Rhineland: Many bronzes were brought to Germany as colonial art. Now it becomes clear where the material from ...
sueddeutsche.de/wissen/benin-bronze-rheinland-beutekunst-1.5782706
Swiss museum reviews collection for Nazi-looted art: Kunsthaus Zurich, one of Switzerland's top art museums, launched a new review on Tuesday aimed at ...
thelocal.ch/20230314/swiss-museum-reviews-collection-for-nazi-looted-art
Swiss art museum reviews collection for Nazi-looted pieces: The museum said it would like to see an independent commission set up in the country to tackle the ...
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U.S. returns looted 2,500-year-old sarcophagus to Egypt: Egyptian officials say an ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural ...
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When a visit to the museum becomes an ethical dilemma: The Benin Bronzes have been at the center of an international firestorm as calls mount for Western museums ...
nytimes.com/2023/02/14/travel/museums-stolen-art.html
Is Nazi Loot Amid His 6,000 Oils, Some Grenades and Napoleon’s Toothbrush?: The daughter of an eccentric Swiss collector has asked an independent panel to review ...
nytimes.com/2023/02/07/arts/bruno-stefanini-collection-looted-art.html
Half of Benin Kingdom exhibits in Swiss museums may have been looted: Dozens of artefacts displayed in Swiss museums are suspected of being looted art from the ...
swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/half-of-benin-kingdom-exhibits-in-swiss-museums-may-have-been-looted/48256142
Germany returns looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria: A "historic" repatriation ceremony in the Nigerian capital attended by German Foreign Minister ...
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Quick Glance: Baerbock's visit to Nigeria: The return of Benin bronzes is long delayed
- Foreign Minister Baerbock has now returned 20 bronze medals, with more to come.
- "Stealing these bronzes was wrong.
- And it is well past time for these bronzes to return to their motherland." Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) will return to Nigeria the first 20 priceless Benin bronzes, which had previously been in German museums, during her visit.
- "After all, there have been many, many stolen bronzes."
How Germany Changed Its Mind, and Gave Benin Bronzes Back to Nigeria: A ceremony in Nigeria on Tuesday was the culmination of a yearslong process that upended ...
nytimes.com/2022/12/20/arts/benin-bronzes-nigeria-germany.html
Artistic loot from the Green Vault found after three years: After the art theft in Dresden's Green Vault in 2019, investigators found most of the loot ...
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