Catherine Hickley
Three looted Palmyra sculptures seized in Geneva freeport return to Syria
The two funerary reliefs and the head of a priest were exhibited at the Musée d’art et d’histoire in Geneva in 2017
Blockbuster Vermeer exhibition forced to close as Germany faces fourth coronavirus wave
German health minister warns that by the end of the winter, everyone will be “vaccinated, recovered or dead”
Colonial loot restitution debate enters UK parliament with new committee on African reparations
An all-party parliamentary group headed by the MP for Streatham aims to “start a discussion and educate people”
Oxford University lists 145 looted Benin objects in collections
The director of the Pitt Rivers Museum says the report is a step in the restitution process
Skateboarders fight back against Berlin Neue Nationalgalerie ban
Museum says ban protects the building and sculptures—but has attracted criticism for ostracising younger generation
Berlin museum acquires vast collection of antisemitic objects amassed by German man who helped Jewish people hide from Nazis
Wolfgang Haney, who died in 2017, assembled 15,000 postcards, leaflets, photographs and more bearing witness to the persecution of Jewish people
Humboldt Forum to remove medallion honouring far-right donor
Ehrhardt Bödecker’s family requested the removal after his “militaristic, anti-democratic and in some respects, radically right-wing and antisemitic” views became public
Looted Guatemalan and Mexican artefacts—stashed in a German farmhouse cellar—are returned
The 13 Mayan objects were handed back in a ceremony in Berlin today
Smithsonian Museum of African Art removes Benin bronzes from display and plans to repatriate them
“We cannot build for the future without making our best effort at healing the wounds of the past,” the museum’s director says
Painting recovered 40 years after its theft in East Germany may be an unknown Rembrandt
Analysis of the work—stolen in East Germany’s biggest art heist—suggests that it was painted by the Old Master rather than others in his studio
Art Basel's parent company MCH Group warns of possible data breach after criminal cyber attack
Fair organiser is working with police and Swiss cyber security authorities to identify perpetrators of malware attack on 20 October
'Most important gift in recent decades': trove of works by Kandinsky, Otto Dix and Max Ernst donated to Städel Museum in Frankfurt
The bequest from the estate of the German photographer Ulrike Crespo includes 90 works and will go on show in November.
Art Cologne passes pandemic subsidy on to exhibitors, offering 34% discount
Both foreign and domestic art galleries benefit from the discount
Art crime flourished during pandemic year, Interpol survey shows
Figures indicate fewer museum thefts, more illegal excavations
Berlin museum restitutes—and then buys back—Nazi-looted Pissarro painting
The work was bought by Armand Dorville, a Jewish lawyer, but his heirs were forced to sell it at an auction in France
Italian police recovers Nazi-looted drawings offered online
The Cavedone studies were among 750 drawings plundered from the Czech villa of Arthur Feldmann, a Jewish lawyer who died in the Holocaust
And so it begins: Germany and Nigeria sign pre-accord on restitution of Benin bronzes
A contract transferring ownership to Nigeria is planned for spring 2022
Hubert van Eyck, Jan’s older brother, painted parts of the Ghent Altarpiece
New research indicates Hubert started the work but had to stop, so Jan took over
Eighty years after his death, weapons experts now say Kirchner’s suicide may have been murder
Although the German Expressionist was undoubtedly depressed, new evidence suggests that the artist could not have fired the gun that killed him in 1938
The AI-powered app that claims to instantly price a work of art—we tried it out at Art Basel
Limna valued a painting by Conny Maier at a third of the ticket price
Danish artist takes museum’s money and runs: 'I will not pay it back,' he says
Jens Haaning calls his conceptual work for the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg Take the Money and Run
Geneva museum director fights attempt to oust him
Around 100 scholars have signed a petition to the city’s mayor arguing that Marc-Olivier Wahler is not the right person to run the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire
From Marina Abramovic to Greta Thunberg: the legacy of Joseph Beuys lives on
A host of artists and activists have followed in the footsteps of the pioneering artist who would have turned 100 this year
Art Basel 2021: it’s good to be back—but things are going to change, dealers say
Despite the success of the fair's first post-pandemic edition, galleries are weighing up the future
'The Europeans are back and buying': sales flow steadily at first Art Basel since the pandemic
Though Covid-19 travel complications have kept many US and Asian collectors away, dealers report brisk business from the VIP opening
Zurich takes ‘quantum leap’ with Chipperfield-designed Kunsthaus extension
Opening on 9 October, the major building project turns the Kunsthaus into Switzerland’s largest art museum
From art that's barely there to Alicja Kwade’s heart: what to see at Berlin Art Week
The German capital is awash with exhibitions, performances and events after a quieter edition last year
Klaus Biesenbach named director of Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie
Hamburger Bahnhof contemporary museum is to be led by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath
Brussels doctors prescribe museum visits to treat Covid-19 stress
Research “has proven that art can be beneficial for health, both mental and physical,” the city’s head of culture tells a Belgian newspaper
The Big Review: Terrible Beauty: Elephant—Human—Ivory at Humboldt Forum
The first exhibition at the controversial new museum complex in Berlin unflinchingly confronts a controversial subject