Germany
Report into Documenta 15 backs claims of antisemitism
The 2022 edition of the German exhibition became mired in controversy after criticism that some works included antisemitic images
Overdue review shakes up Germany's largest cultural institution
World-famous museums overseen by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will be given more autonomy and their own budgets
No plans to return Berlin's star museum attractions Nefertiti and Pergamon Altar, German official says
Statement comes after Berlin state secretary for diversity and anti-discrimination spoke out in favour of restituting the artefacts to their countries of origin
Germany kicks off major Benin bronze restitution with return of 20 artefacts to Nigeria
The agreement—signed by the two countries in July—involves the return of 1,100 objects in total
Cologne museum to transfer 92-strong Benin bronze collection back to Nigeria
The Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum is the latest Western institution to return its collection of artefacts looted from Nigeria in the late-19th century
Mexican émigré Olga Costa makes a fruitful return to her native city with Leipzig exhibition
The German city is hosting the first major European exhibition of her paintings, which are barely known outside her adopted country of Mexico
Provenance database shines light on looted art in Bavarian collections
Munich-based foundation follows other German institutions in quest for transparency, disclosing ownership of 1,200 works acquired since 1933 with over 500 pieces flagged as "former Nazi property"
'Germany has cancelled us': As embattled Documenta 15 closes, its curators ruangrupa reflect on the exhibition—and what they would have done differently
This edition of the Kassel quinquennial was engulfed by a row over antisemitism and racism that has drawn comment from Germany's senior politicians
Berlin's controversial Humboldt Forum is finally complete—but 'the work inside begins now', German Culture Minister says
Twenty years since its conception and at a cost of around €680m, the new German museum must now follow through on its restitution promises
Sticky fingers: German climate activists strike museums four times in past week
Protestors from the Letzte Generation group have glued themselves to works by Rubens, Poussin and Cranach
Iraqi artists decry Berlin Biennale’s display of photographs showing tortured inmates at Abu Ghraib prison
Artists Raed Mutar and Sajjad Abbas protested against the inclusion of Jean-Jacques Lebel's work and have moved their own pieces
As Documenta's antisemitism row 'spirals out of control', vandals attack exhibition space of pro-Palestine artist group
A building in Kassel was graffitied with threatening words in what is being considered a politically motivated incident
Major court battle looms over NFT launch of August Sander photographs
Bold move by German photographer’s descendant to put archive on the blockchain sparks copyright row
German museums offer curator jobs to Ukrainian and Russian refugees
Berlin-based Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation is supporting roles for a one-year period
German museums foundation returns ancestral human remains in Berlin collection to Hawaii
A group of skulls is being handed over to a Native Hawaiian group during a mission this month to receive dozens of items from German and Austrian museums
Gerhard's Geburtstag: Richter to mark 90th birthday by curating exhibition of his work in Dresden
The Albertinum show brings together works from the artist's personal collection with museum loans, including portraits of his wife and children
Museum devoted to George Grosz to open in a former Berlin petrol station
The privately funded museum is to be led by Ralph Jentsch, the managing director of the Grosz estate
Van Ham auction house to sell inventory of insolvent Galerie Michael Schultz
Schultz, who died last month, was arrested in 2019 on suspicion he cheated customers
Cameroonian provenance researchers denied visas for Munich conference
The researchers are investigating the origins of 200 artefacts from Cameroon at Munich’s Museum Fünf Kontinente
Decolonising museums, embracing 'Green Culture' and boosting arts funding: Germany’s new culture minister reveals plans
Claudia Roth says she will rethink Humboldt Forum and set up a central “green culture” desk in the country
Germany launches online portal for museum objects acquired in the colonial era
So far 25 institutions have contributed 8,000 entries; the plan is to expand it and translate it into several languages
Claudia Roth, a former Green party leader and rock band manager, named German culture minister
The women's and gay rights campaigner brings extensive political experience to a position that has gained in stature under the incumbent Monika Grütters
Germany’s incoming government plans to improve Nazi-looted art restitution
Proposals include eliminating statutes of limitation for claims, creating a central court for cases and strengthening the advisory commission
Blockbuster Vermeer exhibition forced to close as Germany faces fourth coronavirus wave
German health minister warns that by the end of the winter, everyone will be “vaccinated, recovered or dead”
Looted Guatemalan and Mexican artefacts—stashed in a German farmhouse cellar—are returned
The 13 Mayan objects were handed back in a ceremony in Berlin today
Art Cologne passes pandemic subsidy on to exhibitors, offering 34% discount
Both foreign and domestic art galleries benefit from the discount
And so it begins: Germany and Nigeria sign pre-accord on restitution of Benin bronzes
A contract transferring ownership to Nigeria is planned for spring 2022
German auction of Latin American antiquities goes ahead, but many works fail to sell
Ambassadors from eight countries—Mexico, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama and Peru—whose heritage was included in the sale launched a united front against it, with calls for Unesco to intervene
Dusseldorf exhibition on Jewish dealer Max Stern finally opens next month—but former backers want nothing to do with it
A previous version of the show was due to open in 2018, but was cancelled at short notice. Now it is being shunned.