Germany
German museums hold 40,000 objects from former colony Cameroon, study finds
Cameroon has set up a restitutions committee to work with the museums
How progressive-minded artists in Berlin, Munich and Vienna broke with the past and paved the way to Modernism
An exhibition at the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin explores the "secessions" in three key European cities
Artist Julius von Bismarck engages with his chancellor forebear at newly reopened Berlinische Galerie
Following a four-month closure, the Berlin museum reopens today with five exhibitions
Kunstverein Munich shines a light on its dark Nazi past for 200-year anniversary exhibition
The storied institution has opened its archives—parts of which were untouched decades—to artists and historians
Berlin museums to look into origins of archaeological collections
Research could lead to restitutions if artefact were found to have been excavated or exported illegally
Five men from Berlin crime family sentenced for £100m Dresden jewel heist
Two of the men on trial were previously found guilty of stealing a giant gold coin from Berlin’s Bode Museum in 2017
'Restitution with conditions is neo-colonialism': German ruling parties defend return of Benin bronzes in parliament
The far-right Alternative for Germany party called for the debate after the oba of Benin was named owner of the returning artefacts, causing confusion
As he takes the helm of Berlin's Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung discusses cultural boycotts, racism in Germany and 'curatorial justice'
The Cameroonian-born curator is the institution's first Black leader
Vegan dishes in cafes and fewer courier deliveries: how German museums should cut their carbon footprint
Climate protection guidelines have been issued to help sector become climate-fit
Germany’s museums buy back ‘degenerate’ artworks purged by the Nazis
A painting by Egon Schiele is among those bought back by the institutions from where they were confiscated
Resettlement hopes of Afghan artists shattered as Germany halts scheme
German government’s visa admissions programme is abruptly suspended, leaving desperate applicants in limbo
Dusseldorf settles with Jewish dealer’s heirs on portrait that hung in mayor's office
Wilhelm von Schadow’s painting 'The Artist’s Children' was once owned by Max Stern, who fled Nazi persecution in the 1930s
Munich museum takes down Picasso portrait amid restitution dispute
The painting, Madame Soler, was previously owned by the prominent collector Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in the 1930s
How a turn-of-the-century Dvořák opera resonates with contemporary art
Opera director Sam Brown finds parallels between the tragic Rusalka at the heart of the Czech composer’s eponymous work and young artist Klára Hosnedlová’s monumental performative sculptures
Book review | The tale of a magnificent boat with a violent colonial history
This account of the theft of a South Seas cultural treasure by German colonists in the late 1800s reveals a series of atrocities
Report into Documenta 15 backs claims of antisemitism
The 2022 edition of the German exhibition became mired in controversy after criticism that some works included antisemitic images
Overdue review shakes up Germany's largest cultural institution
World-famous museums overseen by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will be given more autonomy and their own budgets
No plans to return Berlin's star museum attractions Nefertiti and Pergamon Altar, German official says
Statement comes after Berlin state secretary for diversity and anti-discrimination spoke out in favour of restituting the artefacts to their countries of origin
Germany kicks off major Benin bronze restitution with return of 20 artefacts to Nigeria
The agreement—signed by the two countries in July—involves the return of 1,100 objects in total
Cologne museum to transfer 92-strong Benin bronze collection back to Nigeria
The Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum is the latest Western institution to return its collection of artefacts looted from Nigeria in the late-19th century
Mexican émigré Olga Costa makes a fruitful return to her native city with Leipzig exhibition
The German city is hosting the first major European exhibition of her paintings, which are barely known outside her adopted country of Mexico
Provenance database shines light on looted art in Bavarian collections
Munich-based foundation follows other German institutions in quest for transparency, disclosing ownership of 1,200 works acquired since 1933 with over 500 pieces flagged as "former Nazi property"
'Germany has cancelled us': As embattled Documenta 15 closes, its curators ruangrupa reflect on the exhibition—and what they would have done differently
This edition of the Kassel quinquennial was engulfed by a row over antisemitism and racism that has drawn comment from Germany's senior politicians
Berlin's controversial Humboldt Forum is finally complete—but 'the work inside begins now', German Culture Minister says
Twenty years since its conception and at a cost of around €680m, the new German museum must now follow through on its restitution promises
Sticky fingers: German climate activists strike museums four times in past week
Protestors from the Letzte Generation group have glued themselves to works by Rubens, Poussin and Cranach
Iraqi artists decry Berlin Biennale’s display of photographs showing tortured inmates at Abu Ghraib prison
Artists Raed Mutar and Sajjad Abbas protested against the inclusion of Jean-Jacques Lebel's work and have moved their own pieces
As Documenta's antisemitism row 'spirals out of control', vandals attack exhibition space of pro-Palestine artist group
A building in Kassel was graffitied with threatening words in what is being considered a politically motivated incident
Major court battle looms over NFT launch of August Sander photographs
Bold move by German photographer’s descendant to put archive on the blockchain sparks copyright row
German museums offer curator jobs to Ukrainian and Russian refugees
Berlin-based Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation is supporting roles for a one-year period
German museums foundation returns ancestral human remains in Berlin collection to Hawaii
A group of skulls is being handed over to a Native Hawaiian group during a mission this month to receive dozens of items from German and Austrian museums