Germany

A painting by Pierre-August Renoir, restituted to the heirs of a Jewish banker, has now been bought by the city of Hagen in Germany. The work in question is ‘View of the Sea from Haut Cagnes’, made by Renoir around 1910. The painting was…

A self-portrait by German artist Max Beckmann fetched $20.7 million on Thursday, making it the highest-selling work in German auctions ever. The work was sold on Thursday at the Grisebach auction house in Berlin. Titled “Selbstbildnis…

The Museum of the 20th Century in Berlin, currently under construction, has raised environmental impact concerns over its design. The Museum of the 20th Century is an ambitious project by the German government to serve as a major…

Since the allegations of sexual harassment came public against König Galerie founder Johann König, multiple artists have cut ties with the museum. The allegations of sexual misconduct against König were first reported in August. Since…

In an astonishing heist, hundreds of Celtic coins, more than 2000 years old and worth millions, were stolen under 10 minutes from a German museum. The theft took place at the Celtic and Roman Museum in Manching, a city in Germany’s…

German authorities seized 30 paintings, worth almost $5 million, from the superyacht owned by Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov. The news of the seizure was first reported by Süddeutsche Zeitung on Monday. The works were seized from…

In another shocking climate protest, activists have thrown mashed potato on a $100 million Monet at a German museum. On Sunday, two protestors from the environmental activist group Letzte Generation entered the Museum Barberini in…

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has announced to send 23 artefacts to Namibia after extensive research. This concludes the extensive research of more than 3 years that saw more than 1400 objects examined. The research began in…

In a daring daylight heist, three sculptures by artist Ai Weiwei were stolen from an exhibition in Hamburg, Germany earlier this week. On Monday afternoon, a sole perpetrator snatched three artworks by Weiwei from the Lumas Galerie in…

Delmes & Zander, the German gallery known for representing under-recognized artists and cutting-edge presentations, announced that it is permanently shuttering down. In an Instagram post, the Cologne-based gallery announced that it…