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

The database includes 9,000 catalogues from more than 390 auction houses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Städel Museum tells the story of Germany's love affair with the painter, which ended in tragedy with Hitler’s rise to power

The artefact will be the focus of a joint exhibition with the Halle Museum of Prehistory

Police has raided seven premises in connection with the investigation

An open letter from scholars and curators, including Bénédicte Savoy and Felwine Sarr, demands greater transparency on collections

Splendid royal state apartments of Augustus the Strong are opening to visitors again after a lavish reconstruction

But return of the objects permanently to Namibia is not the immediate goal, says Hermann Parzinger, president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

New estimate puts potential cost at €450m versus previous estimate of €200m

Researchers at the Landesmuseum in Halle found fragments of paint on the ancient wooden object

Activist was demonstrating in support of workers' rights in the face of cost-cutting at the museum

Culture minister Monika Grütters enlists international experts to help create a central institution but critics question necessity and feasibility

Museum celebrates the German design school in the city most closely associated with founder Walter Gropius