#art-restitution

#art-restitution

These works were legitimately moved from Italy inside the Italian territory to preserve them, and they remain part of Italian heritage," Roberto Menia, a senator for Meloni's far-right Brothers of Italy party who is descended from Istrian exiles, told The Art Newspaper. "Slovenia is talking about the restitution of something that was never its own, and that has always been Italian," he added, stressing painter Carpaccio's Venetian roots.

The newly-reached agreement between the German government and the House of Hohenzollern will result in the establishment of a non-profit 'Hohenzollern Art Foundation' to manage reclaimed art.