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Partnership with Greece reportedly backed by Labour leader Keir Starmer
The Cultural Property Advisory Committee guides the US Department of State on import restrictions for artefacts and emergency actions related to cultural property
Major restitution development coincides with publication of new Arts Council England guidelines
Charity Commission could veto the decision to repatriate objects from Ashmolean Museum and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Project by Oxford’s Institute for Digital Archaeology fuels debate about restitution of controversial sculptures
More than 1,100 looted items will be transferred though some artefacts will remain on loan to German museums
Sites are suffering widespread destruction, but a coalition of organisations is working to provide evidence of deliberate targeting by Russian forces
The rules, aimed at preventing trafficking, have been opposed by the trade and UK government's decision not to continue may put EU art market at a disadvantage
Artist’s resale right, import VAT, red tape, and smuggling directives are addressed by our experts
This statement came during recent dispute over Cambodian statue that was consigned to Sotheby's
China holds the US responsible for pillaging, however US cannot solve China's problems
If an item is not immediately handed over to a “constable”, its owner could be receiving a prison sentence, even if he has legal title to the object
A full import ban may not be intended by the Chinese, merely a bilateral agreement to implement the 1970 Unesco Convention
An estimated three million shipwrecks lay undiscovered. UNESCO is calling for a global treaty to protect them. Salvors say it is unrealistic and unworkable, despite developments in deep-sea exploration technology
Unesco is calling for a global treaty to prevent commercial interests from destroying shipwrecks found in international waters