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Easy rider: when Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter went on tour
The artists' collaboration—first as teacher and student, then as a couple—is explored in a new exhibition at the Lenbachhaus in Munich
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Munich exhibition uses X-rays to lay bare Anthony van Dyck's creative methods
Research project conducted by Alte Pinakothek reveals how the Flemish painter developed and reworked his canvases
ReviewBook Shorts
A collection of Romantic 19th-century German illustrations
Book looks at narrative cycles by Edward von Steinle and Leopold Bode
NewsConservation & Preservation
German court orders restorer to pay dealer €26,000 after eight-year dispute
Munich-based dealer claimed paintings he sent for cleaning had been ruined
NewsArt market
Red tape is stifling German auctions
Stringent cultural heritage laws and bureaucracy are making consignments much harder to find
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Crowd-magnet Vermeer borrowed for Alte Pinakothek’s curtain-raiser
Munich museum has undergone a four-year €12m renovation
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All the city's a stage: Munich celebrates Goethe's Faust with group show and festival
Exhibition commemorating German play includes works by Eugène Delacroix, Robert Mapplethorpe and Martin Scorsese
ArchiveExhibitions
Lucas van Leyden gets an oeuvre-spanning exhibit at the Pinakothek der Moderne
The Dutch engraver who influenced Rembrandt shines in Munich
ArchiveRestitution
Getting back art from Gurlitt’s hoard of Degenerate art
While the legal status of stolen or confiscated works is as yet unclear, there is hope for those who make claims for restitution
ArchiveAuctions
Trade let down by court ruling
Decision on auction houses’ liability for fakes finds in favour of buyers—but only on a technicality
ArchiveWomen in art
Women through men’s eyes in Munich's Pinakothek der Moderne
Picasso, Beckmann, De Kooning and the female form
ArchiveLucas Cranach the Elder
Why the art world is crazy about Cranach
New technology is shedding light on an Old Master as the prolific, multi-talented artist enjoys a renaissance
ArchiveInterviews
Interview with designer Konstantin Grcic: “I love to hear someone cutting cardboard”
For Design Miami’s Designer of the Year, the hands-on approach is still vital to his work
ArchiveProvenance research
Munich pushes provenance research concerning possible Nazi looting
The project, led by Dr Vanessa-Maria Voigt and Dr Horst Kessler, came about by a chance find in a desk...
ArchiveNazi loot
Bavaria reveals its paintings from Göring’s collection
The State collection is the first in Germany to publish the source of works acquired during the Nazi era
ArchivePinakothek der Moderne
Munich opens one of the world’s greatest collections of 20th-century art
On a par with Tate Modern or the Centre Pompidou, the Pinakothek der Moderne is the largest new gallery for a generation
ArchiveNews
Germany’s first federal minister of culture since World War II resigns
The deputy editorship of Die Zeit newspaper and a better pension prove too tempting for Michael Naumann