Catherine Hickley
Catherine Hickley is the Museums & Heritage Editor of The Art Newspaper
A looter evades justice, a victim searches for art: new films explore Nazi looting
The stories of Bruno Lohse, the SS officer who oversaw Göring’s store of looted art, and the Jewish dealer Max Stern, whose heirs fought to recover art stolen by the Gestapo, are recreated on screen
Sculpture Projects Münster appoints Vincent Schier as curator
The former artistic director of Kunstverein Göttingen will work with three members of the Zagreb-based curating collective What, How & for Whom
Artist Fareed Armaly rejects German prize, citing ‘disturbing trend of censorship’
The Academy of Arts, stressing it rejects all censorship, says it will not award the Käthe Kollwitz prize this year
Former owners of insolvent Galerie Thomas in Munich are under fraud investigation
The Munich state prosecutor says the office is looking into “breach of trust in a number of cases,” with damages amounting to millions of euros
Pace and Galerie Judin to open new Berlin gallery in 1950s petrol station in April
The space, on Potsdamer Strasse, will also include a bookshop and café
German president condemns Russia’s ‘war against Ukraine’s culture’ as evacuated works go on show in Berlin
The exhibition at the Gemäldegalerie, open to the public from today, shows 60 works brought to Berlin for safety from the Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art
Davos loses out on key Modern and contemporary collection after voters reject Kirchner Museum extension
The Ulmberg collection, comprising works by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Max Beckmann, Lyonel Feininger, Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois, may go to the city of Chur
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: the artist’s life in Davos
For 20 years, the troubled Expressionist found refuge, respite and inspiration in the Alpine town
The most exciting art museum openings and expansions of 2025
The construction of Saadiyat Cultural District is due to be completed, while the Studio Museum in Harlem will unveil its new 82,000 sq. ft building
Gold star medal taken from an Ethiopian war hero surfaces at auction
The grandchildren of Ras Desta Damtew, an Ethiopian general and noble, are seeking to recover the piece, listed in the online auction catalogue as coming from the estate of an Italian soldier who was present at Desta Damtew’s execution
Nan Goldin supported by protesters as she pleads for Gaza at Berlin opening
In an impassioned speech at the Neue Nationalgalerie, the artist accused Germany of gagging artists and conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism
Kunstmuseum Basel settles on Pissarro painting with Jewish collector’s heirs
Richard Semmel, a Jewish textiles entrepreneur in Berlin, was forced to sell the painting after fleeing Nazi persecution in 1933
Guggenheim Bilbao appoints Miren Arzalluz as director
Currently the director of the Paris Fashion Museum-Palais Galliera, she will take over from Juan Ignacio Vidarte in April 2025
Painting by Ernst Klimt—completed by his brother Gustav—to be offered at Sotheby’s
After Ernst Klimt’s sudden death at 29, Gustav completed "Hans Wurst Delivering an Impromptu Performance in Rothenburg" and signed it in his brother’s name
A Slevogt triptych, restituted to the heirs of a Nazi-persecuted collector, is to be auctioned in Munich
The painting depicting the prodigal son was sold by Eduard Fuchs, a Communist writer, after his escape into exile in 1933
Benin City museum opens first part of planned campus
Opening of the Museum of West African Art Institute in the Nigerian city will include a live archaeological dig
Art Cologne faces economic gloom and a tough market ahead of VAT reduction
While a long-awaited cut to value-added tax this January has been welcomed, Germany’s contracting economy has “scared” a number of gallerists, says director of world’s longest-running art fair
Nazi-looted art panel rejects claim from Grosz's heirs
The panel said there is no evidence that the works, which are held in the collection of Bremen Kunsthalle, were lost as a result of Nazi persecution
Egon Schiele’s death mask to be auctioned in London
The mask was produced from a mould made in 1918, after the artist had succumbed to Spanish flu
Nazi-looted Monet returned to heirs after FBI traces it to New Orleans
Missing for more than 80 years, the 1865 pastel will be handed over in a ceremony today after the couple who bought it relinquished it voluntarily
Kasper König’s collection fetches €6m at Cologne auction
Top lots at the auction arranged by the esteemed curator before his death in August included two “date paintings” by On Kawara, a close friend
Police investigate after Berlin culture senator’s home attacked with red paint
Joe Chialo has come under fire from artists and pro-Palestinian factions over state policies
Vikings invade the Nordic museum landscape with three themed institutions in the pipeline
Museums dedicated to Viking culture and artefacts are taking shape in two cities in Denmark and the Norwegian capital, Oslo
Netherlands to return 288 items looted in colonial era to Indonesia
The repatriations show policy continuity despite the new right-wing government, experts say
Bavaria acquires Picasso’s Woman with a Violin from a private collection
Six sponsors cooperated to buy “a masterpiece of Cubism of priceless art historical value” for the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich
Cranach portrait will be sold in accord between Pennsylvania museum and Jewish heirs
The portrait of the Duke of Saxony, attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder and his workshop, will be auctioned by Christie’s in New York in January 2025
Zagreb collective WHW named creative directors of Skulptur Projekte Münster
The three curators, Ivet Ćurlin, Nataša Ilić and Sabina Sabolović, were selected by a seven-member committee to lead the 2027 edition, which marks the event’s 50th anniversary
Kasper König, pioneering curator and co-founder of Skulptur Projekte Münster, dies aged 80
The former director of Cologne’s Museum Ludwig “shaped the art discourse of the last five decades like no other", the museum says
London's prestigious Courtauld Institute to create British art centre with $12m donation
US-based Manton Foundation's gift will establish a research facility and "intellectual hub" at Somerset House
Rare Caspar David Friedrich sketchbook jointly acquired by Berlin, Dresden and Weimar museums
The sketchbook will be shown in all three cities to mark what would be the artist's 250th birthday