The 12th-century walrus ivory sculpture represents “one of the most culturally and aesthetically significant objects” the UK government’s reviewing committee has handled in the past five years

The world is “much more connected than it was” but the criteria for issuing export bars have remained unchanged since 1952, Stephen Parkinson explains

If judges rule that the owners of the work broke the law, the painting will be definitively confiscated by the state and could be donated to a museum

The Ionides Scarab sold for $250,000 in April—but it may not have been the auction house’s, nor the consigner’s, right to sell the object in the US

An export ban was placed on the drawing in 2017 but the French culture ministry has not purchased the drawing as planned

Lower-value older works and those by artists who died less than 50 years ago no longer need an export licence to leave the country—but the process can still be slow

The bronze was taken because German law requires archaeological objects have export licences from the country of origin—but it was only travelling through to Austria from the US

The watercolour painting, considered one of the artist's finest works, was sold to a private collector in 2006

The state has deferred the painting's export licence giving the museum 30 months to find the funds

IADAA and CINOA argue that compromise amendments to contentious new cultural goods regulations are still too stringent and ill-defined

Judge finds in favour of Arts Council England, but collector Kathleen Simonis argues Italian laws are incompatible with EU free movement of goods

There appear to be no winners in what the Arts Council refers to as an “extremely unusual” case

Export bar placed on plush piece with asking price of more than £480,000

New legislation eases movement of post-war Italian art out of the country, lifts restrictions on photography in state archives

State has 30 months to buy newly discovered work hailed as a “national treasure”<br> <br>

Arts Council insists export licence is required for relic of the martyred Maid<br>

Jewel sold in UK for £300,000 last month has left the country—but did it have an export licence?

Federal investigators have seized more than 200 cuneiform tablets imported from Israel by the Green family

Interest groups are putting up a united front in the hopes of reform

Spain could claim painting in private collection seized from banker's super yacht

Monika Grütters faced by "storm of protest" as other artists vow to withdraw works on loan to German museums if export restrictions become law