Second World War
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The museum—set inside a Buckinghamshire country house—has opened its largest ever gallery, called the Intelligence Factory, this week
Plus, an exhibition about wartime hideouts in Poland and Ukraine, and Mondrian’s final work Victory Boogie Woogie
On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we spoke with Eyal Ilya, owner of Pentagon Auction House in Israel, about the trend for Second World War artefacts
Lawyers and collectors weigh in on new rule that sets a 30-year limit on claims to property that was stolen by Nazis and Communist leaders
An exhibition opening at the Cincinnati Art Museum reveals how 14 major museums found themselves caught up in a “morally dubious” tour of Germany's art treasures after the Second World War
Museum launches an online catalogue of 485,000 objects while curators comb through wartime acquisitions and works from former colonies
The Magdeburg masterpiece may have been burned at the end of hostilities—but some believe it might have been looted and survive
Monuments commemorating the First and Second World Wars—mostly built in small towns and villages—are added to Historic England's list of protected places
The first biography of ‘Max’ Gill reveals the versatile talent of an artist who was a master of lettering and murals and a standout mapmaker-artist
Missing for 75 years, the large marble head, one of the artist's best-known works, was uncovered by chance during construction work at Kunsthaus Dahlem
Officials in Poland and Sweden piece together provenance of work by School of Lucas Cranach the Elder
The Germans believed Enigma was uncrackable; cryptographers at Bletchley Park broke the code, contributing to the Allies’ victory
This month the Van Gogh family pays tribute to Theodoor, the 24-year-old student who faced a firing squad in 1945
From art restitutions to how museum adapted to wartime constraints, we continue to feel the fallout 75 years after the conflict’s end
On the 75th anniversary of VE Day, we look back at how art institutions adapted to wartime constraints, from tours without pictures to child's play
To mark VE Day, we investigate the fate of Van Gogh’s masterpieces under Hitler and Churchill
National Gallery of Canada cites use of forced labour on royal estates in wartime
This is the first publication to fully examine the cultural output of the Third Reich, which, unsurprisingly, failed to produce great art
A remarkable cultural ambassador in London's art, political, and musical scene and on return visits to her native Russia. One of the founders of Venice in Peril
A vivid account of the art arising from the experiences of the artist, George Plante
Poland and the Ukraine both want the Lubomirski drawings back
Bitter campaign against the new museum, comparing design to concentration camp structure, almost derailed the project
On the 25th anniversary of German reunification, we republish our first ever front-page story, in which East Berlin museums chief Günter Schade defends his record and reveals how East German museums sold in order to buy
An exhibition in Berlin surveys the ethical implications of restoring damaged art
Should they be left as a reminder of a dark past or restored to reflect the artists’ intentions?
Dealing with the traumatic experience of growing up in a nation rising from the ruins of the Third Reich has been an important theme in the artist's work
The restitution of Cambodian statues by major museums and auction houses is an encouraging sign
Beaching a Boat, Brighton, has been claimed by the heirs of Baron Ferenc Hatvany
The Jewish dealer’s relatives say participating museums are not dealing satisfactorily with their claims
Rick Beyer’s “The Ghost Army” is the story of the artists who worked to throw the German army off the scent of the real location of Allied troops