Looted Art

Global Campaign to locate Nazi looted art must be launched now!

Reality dictates that time is slipping away. It is imperative to search for the remainder of 600,000 works of art looted by the Nazis.Op-ed.

British museum to return 19th century painting looted by Nazis

Gustave Courbet painting was stolen from apartment of French Jew by Nazis during occupation of France.

Czech museums return Nazi looted art to heirs of Jewish owner

Descendants of Czech Jewish industrialist receive 14 works of art from 18th and 19th centuries with help from New York state agency.

Croatia moving to return art looted during the Holocaust

After decades of ignoring claims, Croatia moving toward addressing restitution of art looted from Jews during the Holocaust.

Switzerland launches commission on art looted by Nazis

Database will also be created to list and research provenance of suspected looted works of art.

Looted Kadinsky masterpiece to be returned to Jewish heirs

Priceless painting to be returned to descendants of Jewish woman who had painting taken from her during the Holocaust.

NY Holocaust bill bolsters education, looted art and reparations

Museums to be required to tell visitors what works may have been stolen by the Nazis from Jewish owners under new law.

Painting looted by Nazis returned to 101-year old Dutch woman

Ex-Dutch resistance fighter, who thought she would never see 17th century Netscher painting again, reunited with it after 78 years..

SCOTUS sides with heirs of impressionist painting looted by Nazis

After trying to regain Pissarro painting for eight decades, family is closer than ever with Supreme Court ruling in their favor.

Glasgow museum's reopening marred in claims of Nazi looted art

The Burrell Collection's reopening comes as the origins of some its collection as art looted by the Nazis comes into question.

France to return 15 works of art looted from Jews during WWII

France’s senate is expected to approve the restitution of 15 works of art looted from their Jewish owners by the Nazis during the Holocaust.

Belgian museum returns looted painting to Jewish family

Painting returned after 71 years to heirs of Jewish couple who fled Germany and Belgium at the onset of World War II.

France to return Nazi looted artwork to Jewish heirs

The French government will return 15 pieces of art that were looted by the Nazis to descendants of their Jewish owners.

US SC to rule on painting seized from Jewish woman by Nazis

The Supreme Court is set to decide the fate of a 19th century painting seized from a Jewish woman by the Nazis.

Swiss Jews in talks over suspected Nazi-linked art collection

Controversial collection was previously denounced by Swiss Jewish community for containing works of art stolen by Nazis from French Jews.

Art looted by Nazis in France returned to Jewish owner's heirs

Paintings and drawings looted by the Nazis from a private art collection have been restituted to heirs of an Egyptian Jewish businessman.

Berlin museum returns and buys looted painting from Jewish heirs

A Berlin museum returned a Pissarro painting looted by the Nazis to the descendants of its former Jewish owner and then bought it back.

Fate of painting looted by Nazis to be decided by Supreme Court

Family has spent 15 years trying to recover 1897 Pissarro impressionist painting that eventually landed in a Spanish museum.

Amsterdam to return $23.5 million painting to Jewish heirs

City officials end 9-year legal battle by giving up rights to Kandinsky painting sold under duress by Jewish art collector during Holocaust.

Amsterdam mayor wants to return $22 million Nazi-looted painting

Mayor Femke Halsema asks Dutch Restitutions Committee to re-evaluate decision to keep Wassily Kandinsky painting in local museum.

France to return art looted by Nazis

French government to abide by court order to return paintings which belonged to Jewish man who died in Nazi concentration camp.

Court orders France to return art to Jewish collector's heirs

Appeals court overturns the judgment of a lower court which last year rejected a bid for the artworks' restitution.

Germany returns Nazi-looted art to heirs of Jewish collector

Germany returns two late medieval panels looted by the Nazis to the heirs of a Jewish art collector.

Germany hands back Nazi-looted painting to Jewish heirs

Germany returns painting looted by the Nazis which ended up in art hoard of son of Third Reich-era art dealer.

France ramps up efforts to return stolen WWII Jewish assets

French government launches project to return cultural artifacts stolen from Jews in World War II.

Judge: $40 million Nazi-looted painting belongs to museum

LA judge rules Spanish museum owns painting sold by Jewish woman when she fled the Nazis, not her heirs.

The Netherlands is keeping looted Jewish paintings - and more

Germany returns Nazi-looted work to French Jew's heirs

German government returns 19th century painting taken by Nazis from French Jewish politician and resistance leader Georges Mandel.

Painting looted by Nazis returned to rightful owner

Renoir painting stolen by the Nazis from Paris bank vault returned after more than 70 years.

Nazi-looted drawings to be returned to heirs of Holocaust victim

New York court rules that two Nazi-looted drawings by Austrian painter must be returned to the heirs of an Austrian Holocaust victim.

Report lashes France's failure to return looted Jewish art

'40 years of inaction,' 'lack of ambition' over thousands of artworks confiscated from Jews during Nazi occupation.

Louvre puts Nazi-looted art on display in bid to find owners

Louvre places Nazi-looted paintings on permanent display, allows beneficiaries to reclaim property.

French court returns WWII looted painting to owner's family

Court rules in favor of relatives of Jewish man whose assets were seized by anti-Semitic French Vichy regime.

Never too late? Nazi's son returns looted artwork

His father established the ghetto in Krakow. Plundered artwork was missing since 1939.

Painting looted by Nazis returned to Montreal foundation

FBI returns Nazi-looted painting to Montreal-based foundation named for the German Jewish art dealer whose gallery once owned it.

German family firm to return Nazi-looted artwork to Jewish heirs

German baking goods company will return a painting to the heirs of a Jewish family that was forced to sell it to escape Nazi Germany.

US Senate passes bill to help recover Nazi-looted art

Bill to facilitate the return of Nazi-looted artworks to their original owners or heirs passes Senate.

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to return Nazi-looted painting

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will return a Nazi-looted painting to the heirs of its original Jewish owner, completing a two-year process.

House passes bill to help recover Nazi-looted art

Bill to facilitate the return of Nazi-looted artworks to their original owners passes U.S. House of Representatives.

German state sued for return of Nazi-looted artwork

Heirs of a German-Jewish art dealer sue Bavaria in order to recover eight paintings they said were looted by the Nazis.

France returns painting to Jewish family who fled Nazis

France returns a 16th-century painting to the grandchildren of a German-Jewish couple who fled the Nazis.

House introduces anti-Nazi bill

Bill to facilitate the return of Nazi-looted artworks to their original owners or heirs introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Actress urges Senate to pass bill on recovery of stolen art

Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren tells Senate about the importance of restoring art stolen by Nazis to its rightful owners.

Nazi-looted painting sequestered in Geneva

Nazi-looted painting sequestered in Geneva after its ownership was revealed in the Panama Papers.

Senate bill eases path to claims on art stolen by Nazis

New bipartisan bill would give claimants seeking the return of Nazi-looted artworks more time.

Swiss and German museums to show Nazi-era art hoard

Swiss museum to exhibit works from Nazi-era art hoard it inherited two years ago from German recluse Cornelius Gurlitt.

Why isn't Germany returning Nazi looted art?

Task force working since 2013 says it has only proven 5 of 1,200 pieces were stolen, even though 120 were apparently taken from Jews.

Nazi-Looted Painting Sold at Auction for $2.92 Million

A Nazi-looted painting that was hidden for decades sold at Sotheby's for more than three times than estimated.

Painting from Nazi-Looted Trove to be Sold Off

Sotheby to sell painting by Max Liebermann from a Nazi-era art trove found in Germany last year.

German Court Authorizes Return of Painting from Looted Trove

Court formally authorizes the return of two paintings from Gurlitt trove to their rightful owners' descendants.

Deal Reached on Restitution of Nazi-Looted Painting

Deal reached between the Rosenberg family and the German government on the restitution of Matisse looted by the Nazis.

More Than 200 Queries Received About Nazi Art Hoard

A task force investigating the provenance of priceless paintings found in a Nazi-era art hoard has received more than 200 queries.

Swiss Museum Accepts Nazi Looted Art

Recluse son of Nazi art dealer leaves priceless trove of over 1,000 works to Bern Art Museum, which promises to return looted art to owners.

Swiss Museum to Display Looted Art

The Bern Art Museum to announce it will display the looted works willed to it by Cornelius Gurlitt.

Experts Confirm Painting Found in Nazi Art Hoard was Stolen

Experts confirm that a Matisse painting found in the possession of Cornelius Gurlitt was taken from a Jewish art dealer in Paris.

Germany Lifts Confiscation Order on 'Nazi Art Trove'

Germany to hand back works seized from a Nazi-era art dealer's son, part of a wider deal to ensure restitution to rightful owners.