Event, which was the first of its kind in the world and now involves more than 20 institutions, is run by museums rather than dealers

The price paid by a buyer from Hong Kong was at the lower end of the estimate range, but still an auction record for Austria

Brus was the last surviving founder of the movement, though he abandoned performance art after 1970

Following the British model, entry will be free for the newly expanded institution

An auction house in Austria intended to sell the artefact before officials stepped in, according to the Mexican government

Calling out the injustice of colonialism and following it up with "serious debate and concrete actions" is Austria’s responsibility, says culture secretary

An exhibition at the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin explores the "secessions" in three key European cities

Committee led by Jonathan Fine of Vienna’s Weltmuseum may pave the way for new legislation

Though country was not a colonial power, major museums in Vienna have acquisitions of colonial goods

More institutions and galleries ought to be fighting for contemporary creatives with the same passion that Vienna is fighting for long-dead ones

The new resource provides images and data on 90,000 coins

Apple Tree II, once confused for Roses Under the Trees, was returned to the wrong family 20 years ago, leaving the heirs of its original owner facing huge obstacles to get it back

Family's private apartment, displays about psychoanalysis and collection of conceptual art go on view

The Germans believed Enigma was uncrackable; cryptographers at Bletchley Park broke the code, contributing to the Allies’ victory

From capped visitor numbers to surgical gloves and temperature checks, here's how cultural institutions are getting ready to leave lockdown

Ulrike Lunacek was in office for less than four months

“The doors will be wide open to let the sun in again,” says one Viennese dealer

Albertina delays planned opening of new Vienna museum of modern art

Satellite venue of historic Albertina is to focus on Austrian and international art made after 1945

Discovery in Vienna's St Stephen's cathedral was made with photographs taken through a small hole in the marble

New book and exhibition shows that the arms and armour of the Emperor Maximilian I were the visible signs of his chivalry

Unveiled earlier this month, Klaus Littmann's tree installation is Austria's biggest ever public work of art

An Austrian army officer took the 2,000-year-old objects from a war-damaged museum in the port of Temryuk at the end of the Second World War

The Austrian writer’s bilious attacks are neutralised by the cartoons

Klaus Littmann was inspired by a dystopian drawing created more than 30 years ago

Klaus Albrecht Schröder says contemporary art acquisitions, criticised by Austrian Court of Audit, will fill a gap in country’s public museums

Painting of apple trees is pulled from exhibition after admission that its restitution was a mistake

The adaptations and expansions of the Austrian painter in the nations of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire

Austrian People’s Party politician has refused to schedule parliamentary culture committee meetings and has overseen a decline in the culture budget

The self-taught artist, whose work commands surprisingly high prices at auction, is the subject of an exhibition at Vienna's Albertina museum