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Research and restitution: discover the web pages of the Ministry of Culture
The Ministry of Culture and its Research and Restitution Mission (M2RS) have just published their pages devoted to spoliated cultural property.
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A first bill for the return or restitution of looted works of art
In summer 2020 the Commission underlined the need for a legislation to allow the removal of looted artworks from public collections. In his Report addressed to the Prime Minister, the President of the CIVS also recommended the adoption of such a bill, which alone “will make it possible to meet the requirement of memory, justice and efficiency” expected.
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Discover the twelfth issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the twelfth issue of the newsletter. To consult it
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Four more works returned on December 22, 2021
On December 22, 2021, four more MNR works were returned on the recommendation of the CIVS.
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On proposal from the CIVS, the Prime Minister decides the restitution of a painting by Utrillo
On November 22, the Prime Minister decided the restitution of Eglise de Pont-Saint-Martin (Loire Atlantique), a painting by Maurice Utrillo taken from Stefan Osusky, former Ambassador of Czechoslovakia in Paris from 1921 to 1940. This decision is based on the CIVS recommendation dated 9 July 2021.
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The 2021 activity report has just been published
It reports on the activities of the Commission during the year 2020, particularly by the health crisis.
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Discover the eleventh issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the tenth issue of the newsletter. To consult it
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Discover the tenth issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the tenth issue of the newsletter. To consult it
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Return of 12 works to the heirs of Armand Dorville
On the recommendation of the CIVS, Prime Minister Jean Castex has decided to return to the descendants of the Jewish lawyer Armand Dorville twelve works acquired by the French State in 1942. These artworks are currently in the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay and the Château de Compiègne.
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A bill soon to be tabled to return a Klimt painting
On March 15, the Minister of Culture announced the return of “Roses under the Trees”, by Gustav Klimt looted in Austria.
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