Grütters sees "massive burden" for arts sector as theatres and concert halls close, ticket sales dwindle

Two are suspected of tampering with the alarm system; two more, on duty during the theft, are accused of an inadequate response

Joint projects will include exhibitions, exchanges and education programs focussed on post-colonialism and sustainability

Twenty institutions in 12 cities are planning exhibitions and events for 100th anniversary of Joseph Beuys’s birth

The 19th-century palace is returning to the idea of showing sculpture alongside its Old Masters

Andrea della Robbia’s Mary Magdalene was acquired by Hermann Göring in 1941

Yael Bartana's public sculpture commemorates those who were shipped out before the Second World War

Established by the founders of the Institute for Artists Estates, Loretta Würtenberger and Daniel Tümpel, the display will open in May at Schlossgut Schwante

Troubled firm offloads some major works, but vows to continue buying emerging artists’ work

Lostart.de is caught between the conflicting demands of claimants and the holders of disputed art

Painted while Grosz was living in exile, the work has remained in the family since 1944

Insurers refused to cover the transport of loans, including salt-mine mummies and Greek and Roman antiquities

The paintings, including works by Holbein and Hals, were smuggled across the Iron Curtain in the 1980s and recovered in a secret operation last year

A portrayal of Lot by Hans Baldung Grien was sold to the Gemäldegalerie in 1937 by Hans Purrmann

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

Centre for Political Beauty concedes “mistakes,” says it will veil monument

Centre for Political Beauty says action targets conservatives open to allying with far right

Reappearance of a Josep Renau mural hints at a greater acceptance of East German public art

Saxon government acknowledges “years of disregard for their dignity and importance to their communities of origin”

She will take over the German institution following the controversial departure of Peter Schäfer last June

Thieves stole Baroque jewels from the Green Vault earlier this week after breaking in through a window

Work once belonged to the shoe manufacturer Alfred Hess, whose family was forced to flee Nazi Germany

After breaking in through a window at the Green Vault, the intruders grabbed three royal jewellery ensembles containing diamonds and pearls

Exhibition showing "unique slice" of art from Europe will coincide with the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War

Collector Maria Chen-Tu says she had loaned works by Markus Lüpertz and Anselm Kiefer to a businessman to be shown in museums

The €364m budget is “a real pain threshold,” culture minister says

By far the most comprehensive artistic testimony were paintings in what immediately became known as the East Side Gallery

Despite not being rich, the city has a large percentage of professional creatives and a booming gallery scene

This archive article, taken from our feature looking back at the fall of the Berlin Wall 25 years later, shows how German culture remained linked when politics broke down

The property was once home to Paul Schultze-Naumburg, a leading proponent of Nazi cultural policy