French restitution law hailed as taboo-breaking by INHA director
Anne-Solène Rolland, director of the Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA), has welcomed France's new law on the restitution of illicitly appropriated cultural property, promulgated on May 9. In an opinion piece for Le Monde, the curator general of heritage stated that restitution is no longer the taboo it was a decade ago. The law marks a significant shift in French policy regarding the return of artworks taken during colonial periods or under Nazi occupation. Rolland's comments reflect growing institutional support for restitution, though she did not specify which objects or claims the law might address.
Key facts
- Anne-Solène Rolland is director of INHA
- Law was promulgated on May 9
- Law concerns restitution of illicitly appropriated artworks
- Rolland wrote a tribune in Le Monde
- She stated restitution is no longer a taboo
- She is a curator general of heritage
- The law addresses colonial and Nazi-era appropriations
- Rolland's position signals institutional backing
Entities
Institutions
- Institut national d'histoire de l'art
- Le Monde
Locations
- France