Discovery contradicts commonly held belief that these archaic humans were incapable of creating aesthetic items

Move addresses "investment backlog" for upgrades to cultural sites in Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia

A Chinese collector bought the 15th century gold and bronze Ming-dynasty sculpture of the god Vajrabhairava earlier today

The opulent Palais Oppenheim in Cologne will host exhibitions and sales from September. Sotheby's says move is due to growing client base in country, not Brexit

The funding, available for small events from 1 July, will also include cancellation insurance for large events planned from September

New government initiative MuseumsLab aims to foster more international co-operation and consider topics including decolonisation and restitution

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

Grants are available for institutions with individual Benin artefacts or small collections

Nightlife and live music venues across the country now have the same legal status as museums and opera houses

“We are facing up to our historical and moral responsibility”, says culture minister Monika Grütters

Measures to counter the third wave of the pandemic force museums in high-incidence areas to close

The exhibition will include around half of Berlin’s collection of Benin bronzes as Germany lays groundwork to return them to Nigeria

Monika Grütters says she will meet museum directors and trustees next month

“There is simply no moral ground for the confiscation of African artefacts in Western museums,” says the Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe

Exhibition at Staatsgalerie revisits the artist's curated opening of the museum's new building, while 20 other institutions are planning shows on the artist

Germany's plans to return the artefacts are just the beginning of a necessary undoing of the art world's white infrastructure

The head of the German foreign ministry’s culture department visited Nigeria last week for discussions with the Edo State Governor

Loan of over 100 works to future museum of Modern art encompasses Richter’s Birkenau series, the fruit of a decades-long quest for an artistic response to the Holocaust

Ernst August Sr, Prince of Hanover, claims that his son went behind his back to seize control of his estates

New examinations of John the Baptist wall paintings in Augsburg cathedral date them to more than 1,000 years ago

In a unanimous decision, the government’s advisory commission says it is likely the work was sold under duress

Law change follows refusal by some foundations to restitute property lost due to Nazi persecution

Some galleries received funding in the first package for exhibitions they can’t open in lockdown

As exhibitions are cancelled due to the pandemic, local artists are finding creative ways to show their art—and distract patients

Hamburg’s Kunsthalle to publish photographs of 843 paintings for free research tool

Travel restrictions could derail preparations, making 2022 date impossible, Sabine Schormann says

Initiative by the Nigerian artist Emeka Ogboh is supported by Dresden’s state museums

New Berlin arts complex suffers renewed setback in its problem-beset opening plans

The budget for 2021 allocates funding to preserve Berlin museum buildings, renovate the Bayreuth Festival theatre, boost provenance research and grant free admission to the Jewish Museum Berlin

Shops remain open in many countries even as museums are plunged once more into Covid-19 deep-freeze