Government delays bill allowing nationals to return items on moral grounds
Minister says more time is needed to understand the implications of new legal provisions
Restitution
British Museum asked to clarify position on Ethiopian tabots
Campaigner says planned law change should encourage trustees to consider moral case for restitution
Charity law change paves way for disposal on moral grounds
Institute of Art and Law says legislation will give national museums more leeway on restitution
Horniman to hand 72 Benin bronzes back to Nigeria
Museum’s chair says decision to return ownership is ‘both moral and appropriate’
Arts council publishes long-awaited restitution guidelines
Practical advice aims to clarify process around return of objects
Give nationals more freedom to deaccession objects, says Hunt
V&A chief says National Heritage Act should be overhauled to hand power back to trustees
Smithsonian puts ethics at the forefront of new returns policy
Restitution claims will consider ethical concerns over legal circumstances of acquisition
University museums ‘should reconsider holding certain items’
New restitution guidance says circumstances in which some objects were acquired are unacceptable
Pressure grows on other restitution cases ahead of first Benin bronze return
Several breakthroughs this year have put long-running disputes under the microscope
Nazi-looted film donated to BFI after restitution
The masterpiece by filmmakers Stefan and Franciszka Themerson was presumed lost or destroyed
Germany outlines ‘concrete steps’ for returning Benin bronzes
First artefacts expected to be repatriated in 2022
Books | The Brutish Museums, by Dan Hicks
A hard-hitting case for cultural restitution and the need to recognise the impact of withholding items