Hella Mewis, who works to promote young Iraqi artists, was abducted yesterday by unidentified men in the centre of the city

The vessels, containing 2,600-year-old mummified internal organs, are due to be sold in Munich tomorrow

Twenty-six objects looted from Abomey Palace to return to Benin, Omar Tall’s sword to be transferred to Senegal

Hermann Parzinger, the president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, says he hopes the organisation will no longer exist in five years

Former concentration camps are being increasingly drawn into culture wars by “normal-looking” people challenging guides and disrupting tours

With 2,000 employees, the foundation is the biggest arts employer in Germany

The view of Dresden's Zwinger moat had been returned to the heirs of Max Emden and will now be offered for sale in London on 28 July

The 360-degree work by the Iranian architect Yadegar Asisi will be displayed in a rotunda on the banks of the Seine

Move means the venue can continue to operate as Berlin’s main contemporary art museum

Sculpture by Latvian artist Aigars Bikse is in a prominent spot in front of the National Museum of Art

Exhibition of Berlin city history is to be among the first to open

Exhibited from today at Dresden’s Kupferstich-Kabinett, the picture of an old man is the only undisputed drawing by the Dutch Old Master that survives

London institution was criticised for proclaiming that it "stands in solidarity with the Black community" while continuing to resist calls to restitute colonial-era loot

When British troops plundered the Royal Palace of Benin in the 19th century, at least 3,000 objects were dispersed internationally. A new online database is bringing them together

"People are hungry for art in the original and the online viewing room can’t replace the personal experience,” the dealer says

Package aims to counter “severest economic crisis in the history of the federal republic”

Pömmelte, sacred site that was used by the ancient Unetice culture, is opening up to tourists

The Germans believed Enigma was uncrackable; cryptographers at Bletchley Park broke the code, contributing to the Allies’ victory

Kang Sunkoo’s bronze Statue of Limitations shows a black flag at half-mast

Ulrike Lunacek was in office for less than four months

Closure of Thomas Olbricht’s Me Collectors Room comes after collector Friedrich Christian Flick’s announcement he is ending his museum loan

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Neumeister in Munich will today host a live auction for a maximum audience of 20

Poles and ribbons are used at the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art in Cottbus to practice social distancing

With short-term assistance varying between countries, trade organisations fear many businesses will close permanently due to coronavirus lockdowns

Prestigious private Flick collection, including works by Giacometti, Duchamp and Bruce Nauman, has been on loan to Berlin for 17 years

The first museums open today in the state of Brandenburg in a gradual easing of the coronavirus lockdown; bigger museums may take longer to reopen

Small shops to open from next week but large gatherings still banned until at least 31 August

Project is backed by the Ernst von Siemens art foundation, which seeks “a more factual focus to the discussions about restitution”

German cathedral glass workshops have the expertise and experience necessary to undertake the restoration