Law, crime and regulation

A rare Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet panel bought at a Spink auction last year and blocked from export will stay in the UK after a successful crowdfunding campaign by a local history trust.

A 1930s linocut by British-Canadian artist Sybil Andrews has been recovered after being stolen more than 30 years ago.

A group of eight antiquities have been returned to Peru following an intervention by the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L Bragg Jr.

A temporary export bar has been placed on a painting of the Virgin Mary by Sandro Botticelli valued at £10.2m.

Following opposition from the Indian state, Sotheby's took the 11th hour decision to cancel a Hong Kong auction of a collection of relics linked to the historical Buddha.

The box was reported missing from Hanbury Hall in Worcestershire on March 23

A painting by British artist Henry Gibbs (1630/1–1713) purchased by Tate in 1994 has been returned to the heirs of Belgian Jewish art collector Samuel Hartveld following a decision by the Spoliation Advisory Panel.

The British Art Market Federation (BAMF) has welcomed the government’s announcement of changes to the Temporary Admission procedure, which relieves the import duties for eligible goods that are imported temporarily.

Henry Orlik (b.1947) is a celebrated Surrealist who's enjoying a fevered revival, but the cheering comeback is tarnished by a raft of missing work.

A rare Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet panel has been blocked from export from the UK after it was bought at auction at Spink in September last year.