The Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum is the latest Western institution to return its collection of artefacts looted from Nigeria in the late-19th century
In a unanimous decision, the government’s advisory commission says it is likely the work was sold under duress
Major auction houses and galleries have been caught up in the fake art scam
Wolfgang Beltracchi, his wife Helene, her sister Jeanette, and Otto Schulte-Kellinghaus stand accused of selling high quality forgeries
Foundation lures collectors
Jablonka is running concurrent shows on two giants of the 20th century
Trade was slow at these three very diverse events
This is the richest area of Germany, and it has a buoyant cultural life; but the expense of it is beginning to drive the artists out
The refurbished and extended Ludwig Museum has opened, with hundreds of Picassos on display and a colour-coded system for requesting sponsorship
The new director of Frankfurt’s Museum of Modern Art is self taught (he trained as an optician), curator of the German pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale, and passionately involved in contemporary art
Cologne's title as contemporary art capital is yet to be challenged with Berlin still in the fragmentary stages
Crucifixes and razorblades show the breadth of Beuys' production