By far the most comprehensive artistic testimony were paintings in what immediately became known as the East Side Gallery
From Frank Thiel's Stadt to Tacita Dean's Palast, some of the best works about the Wall and life in Berlin after reunification
East German area became a space of possibilities, not unlike inner-city New York or east London before they were gentrified
Despite not being rich, the city has a large percentage of professional creatives and a booming gallery scene
This archive article, taken from our feature looking back at the fall of the Berlin Wall 25 years later, shows how German culture remained linked when politics broke down
With LACMA's “Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures” opening soon, the artistic heritage of Germany is again under the microscope
It risked bankruptcy to become the capital, and a deal with the federal government gives Berlin DM100m a year—providing that plum institutions come under national control
100 collectors have been flown in for the contemporary art event
Church valuables were dispersed in 1945, reunited in 1992, and return home in 1993
But would we even think it beautiful if it came to light?
German reunification has made possible the first major exhibition,at the Victoria and Albert Museum, of all aspects of Schinkel’s work
Collectors and dealers hold back to let Chemnitz buy back part of its history
The Musées de France knew about it for nearly twenty years
We did not pursue any party political nonsense on the Museum Island': Professor Günther Schade stands by his position