Tag: Restitution

A Claude Monet painting from the collection of the Kunsthaus Zurich is set to be sold following a settlement with the heirs of Jewish textiles manufacturer Carl Sachs. The painting,

A federal judge in New York recently dismissed a restitution claim against the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation by heirs of German Jewish collectors seeking the return of Pablo Picasso’s Blue

The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam has announced that it will be returning Henri Matisse’s painting, “Odalisque” (1920-21), to the heirs of a Jewish textiles manufacturer who sold it under duress

An oil portrait by Jacques Jordaens depicting a young woman is set to be auctioned in London today. The painting, titled “Head Study of a Young Woman,” carries an estimated

The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art recently returned two Benin bronzes to the Oba of Benin in a historic ceremony at the Benin Palace in Nigeria. This marks

Mondex Corporation, a Toronto-based firm specializing in the restitution of art looted during the Holocaust, has settled a lawsuit with a former client regarding the fees for the restitution of

Strutting peacocks welcome guests outside the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, Ghana, where Asante royal treasures from top UK museums are now on display. The palace, built in 1925 as