On 15 November 2019, the Special Advisor for Holocaust Issues to the US government, Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat, delivered a keynote speech at the French… Read More »Eleven action points proposed for better implementation of Washington Principles
In November 2018, scholars Felwine Sarr and Bénédicte Savoy published a report commissioned by the French President, Emmanuel Macron, entitled The Restitution of African Cultural… Read More »A New Wave of Cultural Restitution
Cassirer v Thyssen-Bornemisza – Latest US Ruling Upholds Spanish Museum’s Ownership of a Pissarro Painting yet invites Spain to respect the Washington Principles We return… Read More »Acting in Good Faith?
On 26-28 November 2018, Germany hosted a conference to mark the 20th anniversary of the Washington Principles. Twenty years earlier, 44 governments had participated in… Read More »Architect of Washington Principles takes stock
Like so many court cases dealing with claims to Nazi-looted art, the Cassirer v Thyssen-Bornemisza case has placed much emphasis on the following questions: Which… Read More »Cassirer v Thyssen-Bornemisza: California Court revives claim to Pissarro yet again
Introduction The field of art restitution generally concerns itself with artworks that were confiscated or seized from, forcibly sold by, or otherwise lost by their… Read More »Series on Art Restitution – Nazi Looted Art
Introduction The field of Art Restitution generally concerns itself with artworks that were confiscated or seized from, forcibly sold by, or otherwise lost by the… Read More »Series on Art Restitution – Bolshevik Looted Art
Introduction The field of Art Restitution generally concerns itself with artworks that were confiscated or seized from, forcibly sold by, or otherwise lost by the… Read More »Series on Art Restitution – Stasi Looted Art
On 9 August 2016, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court of California summarily dismissed a lawsuit against the Norton Simon Museum brought by… Read More »The Tale of the Two Cranachs
The discovery in a Munich flat of a hoard of over 1400 artworks acquired by Hildebrand Gurlitt in dubious circumstances during the Second World War… Read More »Out of the Shadow of the Third Reich
The European Commission has unveiled plans to strengthen the Restitution Directive. Council Directive 93/7 EEC on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the… Read More »The Recovery of Unlawfully Exported Cultural Property with the European Union – The European Commission has a Plan