The Central Council of Jews in Germany has urged lawmakers to significantly strengthen the mandate given to the country’s advisory commission on Nazi-looted art.
One of the rare African-born figures to head a German cultural institution, Bonaventure Ndikung is aiming to highlight post-colonial multiculturalism at a Berlin arts centre with its roots in Western hegemony.
With tougher Covid-19 restrictions now in place in Germany, travelling and socialising have become increasingly limited. So we’ve compiled a list of fun events for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own home!
Germany said on Wednesday it had returned to
its rightful owners the last artwork confirmed as looted by the Nazis
uncovered in the collection of a reclusive Munich pensioner.
German police said Tuesday they have arrested
one of two fugitive twin brothers from the so-called Remmo clan wanted over
their suspected role in snatching priceless jewels from a museum in the city
of Dresden.
German police on Tuesday arrested three
suspects over a spectacular heist a year ago in which more than a dozen
diamond-encrusted items were snatched from a state museum in Dresden.
The German government Wednesday handed three works of art stolen during the Nazi occupation of France back to descendants of their original owner, collector and Jewish lawyer Armand Dorville.
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After 20 years in the works, the James Simon Gallery, which pays homage to the Jewish patron of Berlin museums, is getting ready to launch in the capital this weekend.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to take down two paintings by Emil Nolde from her office walls has sparked a heated German debate as an exhibition on the Expressionist painter and his links to the Nazis opened in Berlin.
The Bauhaus design school, which transformed the way people around the world live, work and dream of the
future, marks its centenary this week with the launch of a politically charged German museum.
A painting stolen from the family of art collector Adolphe Schloss by Germans during the World War II occupation of France will be returned to his descendants in New York, the French consulate said in a statement Tuesday.
After eight years of brutal war in Syria, the UNESCO World Heritage-listed city of Aleppo lies in ruins -- but a vast digital archive in Germany aims to keep its memory alive and help rebuild it one day.
A German film has been nominated in the Academy Awards - but the German artist it's partially based on is caught up in a debate with the director about just how true to life the movie actually is.
Beginning in Berlin Wednesday, organizations across Germany are hosting events and exhibitions to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus art school. The event programme spans the entire year and will be, much like the strategy of founder Walter Gropius, all-encompassing.
A partially destroyed Banksy canvas, shredded moments after it was sold at auction last year, will be exhibited in Baden-Württemberg next month, the Frieder Burda museum in Baden-Baden has said.
World War II ended almost 75 years ago, but works of art confiscated by the Nazis are still regularly unearthed by
major auction houses, which contribute actively to their restitution.
