Analysis by German archaeologists suggests that the piece was not part of the Bronze-Age hoard looted in 1999

Head of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, responds to an expert panel’s call to dismantle Germany’s biggest arts body

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Government plans to buy 150 works to help overcome the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas voices “relief” at release of Hella Mewis, an arts manager living in Baghdad who works to promote young Iraqi artists

Hella Mewis, who works to promote young Iraqi artists, was abducted yesterday by unidentified men in the centre of the city

The vessels, containing 2,600-year-old mummified internal organs, are due to be sold in Munich tomorrow

Hermann Parzinger, the president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, says he hopes the organisation will no longer exist in five years

Former concentration camps are being increasingly drawn into culture wars by “normal-looking” people challenging guides and disrupting tours

With 2,000 employees, the foundation is the biggest arts employer in Germany

Panel will consider museums' argument that a trial over rightful ownership of the Guelph Treasure cannot be heard in American courts

Move means the venue can continue to operate as Berlin’s main contemporary art museum

Exhibition of Berlin city history is to be among the first to open

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, Albertinum show explores impact of her visit to East Germany in 1972

Exhibited from today at Dresden’s Kupferstich-Kabinett, the picture of an old man is the only undisputed drawing by the Dutch Old Master that survives

When British troops plundered the Royal Palace of Benin in the 19th century, at least 3,000 objects were dispersed internationally. A new online database is bringing them together

"People are hungry for art in the original and the online viewing room can’t replace the personal experience,” the dealer says

Package aims to counter “severest economic crisis in the history of the federal republic”

Pömmelte, sacred site that was used by the ancient Unetice culture, is opening up to tourists

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

Kang Sunkoo’s bronze Statue of Limitations shows a black flag at half-mast

Closure of Thomas Olbricht’s Me Collectors Room comes after collector Friedrich Christian Flick’s announcement he is ending his museum loan

Neumeister in Munich will today host a live auction for a maximum audience of 20

Poles and ribbons are used at the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art in Cottbus to practice social distancing

The first museums open today in the state of Brandenburg in a gradual easing of the coronavirus lockdown; bigger museums may take longer to reopen

Small shops to open from next week but large gatherings still banned until at least 31 August

German cathedral glass workshops have the expertise and experience necessary to undertake the restoration

Fire service says one person was injured in the blaze caused by a gas cylinder exploding

German government has introduced emergency measures to support the creative industry

Culture ministers from the 16 states to meet today to discuss their response to the virus