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International Conference: The Implementation of the 1972 UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
Berne restitue une statuette précolombienne à la Bolivie
Le Musée d'Histoire de Berne a finalement restitué une statuette en pierre représentant la divinité Ekeko au Musée national d'archéologie de La Paz.
US returns smuggled ancient artefacts to Peru
The US has returned about 20 ancient artefacts - some more than 1,800 years old - to Peru. The objects were found during four separate investigations over several years by US the customs service.
Restitution of Oswald Achenbach painting to the National Museum in Wroclaw
A 19th-century landscape by Oswald Achenbach that was lost after the Second World War is returned to Poland thanks to the cooperation of the German Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Over 10,600 artifacts looted in WWII returned to Greece
"More than 10,600 artifacts dating from Neolithic times that were removed illegally by Nazi archaeologists during World War II have been returned to Greece from the German Pfahlbaumuseum."
«All Art and Cultural Heritage Law Conference» - University of Geneva 13-14 June 2014
This conference aims to bring together all specialists active in the field of art and cultural heritage law, such as the scholars that run teaching programs and research projects, on the one hand, and practitioners that work in museums, law firms and art trade and advisory companies, on the other.
Evénement: «Différends en matière de biens culturels: quel rôle pour Genève?»
Professeur Marc-André Renold interviendra mardi 27 mai à l’occasion du cycle de conférences sur «Le patrimoine culturel de l’humanité: un outil pour la paix» proposé dans le cadre de la chaire UNESCO en droit international de la protection des biens culturels.
Evénement : "L’affaire Gurlitt: La découverte d’une collection d’oeuvres spoliées et ses conséquences"
Discussion organisée le 22 mai 2014 à 18h15 par le Centre du droit de l'art au sujet de la collection Gurlitt
Summer School on Cultural Heritage Law, 16 - 27 June 2014
The summer school offers an overview of the international and comparative law for the protection of cultural heritage.
Stolen Gauguin and Bonnard paintings recovered after hanging on factory worker's kitchen wall for 40 years
"Impressionist paintings by Gauguin and Bonnard worth over €30m and that were stolen from a house in Regent's Park in 1970 have turned up in the flat of a former Fiat factory worker - who had hung them on his kitchen wall for 40 years, it has been revealed."
German Man to Return Nazi-Looted Art
"Cornelius Gurlitt, the octogenarian hoarder of art plundered by the Nazis, will return paintings in the trove his family kept secret for decades to their original Jewish owners or those owners’ descendants, starting with a well-known Matisse, his lawyers said on Wednesday".
Sevso treasure items repatriated by Hungarian government after UK sale
"The Hungarian government has repatriated seven of the 14 pieces from the Sevso treasure, a spectacular hoard of 4th-century Roman silver whose ownership had long been contested by several countries."
Father of loner at centre of £1billion art hoard was a committed Nazi who pillaged from Jews on behalf of Hitler
"An art collector at the centre of a row over £1billion of masterpieces believed to be stolen by Nazi's during World War II is the son of a dealer who pillaged remorselessly on behalf of Adolf Hitler, it has been revealed."
Italy’s Corte Suprema di Cassazione and the Getty Bronze: What will be the fate of the Fano Athlete?
"After years of discussions Italy's highest court has elected not to issue its ruling today upholding a lower court's judgment that the 'Victorious Youth' was illicitly exported from Italy and as such, is subject to seizure."
Van Gogh painting: Why Yale can keep $120 million painting
"A federal judge in Connecticut has dismissed the claims of a man who said he was the rightful owner of a Van Gogh painting that's been on display at Yale University for about 50 years."
US Court asked to bring Russia into Yale v. Konowaloff settlement proceedings re: Van Gogh’s The Night Café
The heir of the original owner of the van Gogh painting, The Night Café, valued at about $200 million and held by Yale University, asked today in the filing below in the U.S. District Court for the State of Connecticut to bring Russia into settlement proceedings aimed at resolving the title dispute.
La France va restituer trois tableaux spoliés par les Nazis
Aurélie Filippetti, Ministre de la Culture, a annoncé le 21 janvier 2014 que la France allait restituer trois œuvres aux ayants-droit des familles juives spoliées par les Nazis durant la Seconde guerre mondiale.
Entrée en vigueur de l’accord bilatéral sur les biens culturels entre la Suisse et la Chine
"L’accord porte sur des objets archéologiques antérieurs à 1500 ap. J.-C. particulièrement touchés par les pillages."
Join in 'mediation' with Greece over Elgin Marbles, Unesco urges Britain
"The long running dispute over the Elgin Marbles should be settled by mediation, Britain is told".
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