NewsRestitution
George Soros's Open Society Foundations pledges $15m to help Africa recover looted heritage
Paid over four years, it will support efforts made by museums, grassroots-organisations and governments
NewsRestitution
France retreats from report recommending automatic restitutions of looted African artefacts
Suggestions from controversial Savoy-Sarr report were all-but buried at a conference held in Paris
FeatureArtist interview
Hew Locke discusses monarchy and model boats in new survey show at Ikon Gallery
As a major exhibition opens in Birmingham, the British artist discusses how growing up in Guyana has ensured that maritime themes are in his DNA
ReviewBooks
Frida Kahlo's letters conceal nothing and reveal nothing
Kahlo’s communications with her mother are unsurprisingly banal
AnalysisRestitution
The repatriation debate intensifies as calls for post-colonial restitution grow—but is it legal?
Recommendations from Savoy-Sarr report into restitution by French museums may contravene the country’s laws
News
Nigeria plans museum for art looted from Benin
Benin Dialogue Group announces three-year schedule for new Royal Museum to display looted objects now in European collections