Hyperallergic: "Archaeologist raises alarms over Azerbaijan’s shelling of an ancient city" - Oct 3, 2020
Archaeologist Hamlet Petrosyan says a major Hellenistic and Armenian archaeological site, Tigranakert, has been shelled several times in Azerbaijan’s ongoing attack on Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), the unrecognized republic populated by indigenous Armenians that is fighting a battle for self-determination.
Art News: "French Judge Orders Restitution of Nazi-Looted André Derain Paintings to Family of Jewish Art Dealer" - Oct 1, 2020
A Paris court of appeals has ruled that three Nazi-looted paintings by the Fauvist artist André Derain must be restituted to the family of a Jewish art dealer René Gimpel, who was killed in the Holocaust. The ruling follows a court’s refusal to meet Gimpel’s heirs’ request for restitution in August 2019, citing insufficient evidence of a forced sale, carried out under duress and at a low price point.
New York Times: "France’s Colonial Legacy Is Being Judged in Trial Over African Art" - Sep 30, 2020
Activists are being tried in Paris over the attempted theft of an African artwork from the Quai Branly Museum, which they say was a protest of colonial-era practices.
Antiques Trade Gazette: "Indian bronzes returned by Met's Art and Antiques Unit" - Sep 22, 2020
The Metropolitan Police’s Art and Antiques Unit have helped recover three 15th century Indian bronze sculptures after one was identified in the possession of a UK dealer.