New article out: "Les enjeux régionaux des restitutions en Russie" traces how Soviet-era nationalization triggered the redistribution of objects, as well as requests for restitution or return, taking Chechnya, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine as case studies. shs.cairn.info/revue-relati...

I'm pleased to share that my new book, Soviet Museums Between the Two World Wars: Art History on Display, has just been published. It explores how museums in the 1920s and 1930s grappled with questions of art history, education, ideology, and display, issues that continue to resonate today.

Soviet Museums Between the Two World Wars: Art History on Display

Examining the history of Soviet museums in the 1920s and 1930s, this book engages with the core problem of interwar museology: adequately representing the historical development of art to create a pla...

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tr.ee/v2BT94Iajv In the immediate aftermath of the war, thousands of archival items - including books and manuscripts from Lübeck, Hamburg, and Bremen - vanished into the Soviet Union. Valentin Portnykh sheds light on the restitution negotiations between Bonn and Moscow.

At times, Soviet museums were allocated foreign currency to buy back Russian paintings that had left the country after 1917. This work, for example, was acquired at Christie’s in 1979.

Mariia Silina (Bochum and Montreal) on “Museum collections in the USSR: knowledge production and provenance research” December 16th at 7 PM CET. Please register to attend lnkd.in/eYcs9b-Q lnkd.in/et-KeNsv

I am curious to watch it later: BRICS International Seminar on the Return of Cultural Heritage www.youtube.com/@caeniusp281...

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A brief look (in German) at some of the main tasks and ongoing challenges in the field: Plünderung und kulturelle Zerstörung in der Ukraine: Dokumentation des Krieges gegen das kulturelle Erbe h-und-g.info/forum/schwer...

We argue that these large-scale cataloguing initiatives are resource-intensive and often unviable given the constraints African governments face. We advocate for a strategic reallocation of limited government resources toward community-led restitution projects openrestitution.africa/resources/re...

Rethinking Inventories for African-led Restitution | Open Restitution

This report responds to an emerging challenge in the restitution landscape: African governments and decision-makers are increasingly considering comprehensive national inventory programs that attempt

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Recherches sur la circulation des objets muséaux en Europe de l’Est au XXᵉ siècle : dynamiques, défis et perspectives 3 décembre 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm ET ouvroir.umontreal.ca/actualites/e...

En 2006, le musée russe de l’Ermitage refuse aux équipes du musée Guimet l’accès à des pièces archéologiques lui appartenant, déposées (« prêtées ») depuis les années 1930. La Russie estime qu’il s’agit de dons incessibles et inaliénables. culture.gouv.fr/nous-connait...

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Selon la Commission consultative des trésors nationaux, il aurait été « cédé à l'occasion des ventes par les autorités soviétiques dans les années 1930, ce qui semble avoir permis son retour en mains privées en France ». t.co/PJWCeoWW8N

Why did UNESCO not create a framework for international assistance in the restitution of property looted and displaced during WWII?

Hi! I'm looking for someone with experience working in auction house archives. I'm particularly interested in Parke-Bernet Galleries (later acquired by Sotheby’s), but any general advice or pointers would be greatly appreciated!

‘I was speculating: if China really wanted something back, how would that conversation go?’ Joel Tan explains why he wrote a play about the British Museum returning a fictional statue in ‘Scenes from a Repatriation’ buff.ly/DggGOYf

Restitution drama: an interview with Joel Tan | Apollo Magazine

The Singaporean playwright talks to Arjun Sajip about dramatising the return of a fictional Buddhist statue from the British Museum to China

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Coming soon in Fribourg: Silina Mariia (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Université du Québec à Montréal) : « Restitution en Russie: Entre pratiques et discours publics » events.unifr.ch/restitutions...

Please join us in June -- CONF: Histories of Museum Assets and Ownership in the Eastern Bloc. www.sh.se/english/sode...

Histories of Museum Assets and Ownership in the Eastern Bloc

Explore how Communist-era regimes in Eastern Europe and Central Asia reshaped cultural heritage through nationalization, confiscation, and restitution of museum collections. Cases span Poland to Uzbek...

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