Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide—from Lee Krasner's record-setting painting to a Hogarth conversation piece

Axel Krause’s support for anti-immigration party AfD was a step too far for the organisers, but others say his exclusion suppresses freedom

The case 'shouldn't be heard in a US court', argues the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

Germany’s Council of Jews said Peter Schäfer “lost the trust of the Jewish community”

The opening festivities were to begin this year, but the final stage of construction is behind schedule

Study reveals that up to 8% of museum acquisitions were looted from private citizens

Kalemegdan served as a military site for the Roman Empire and is a candidate for Unesco World Heritage status

Our pick of highlights for sale over the next fortnight

Kunsthalle Rostock, the only museum built under the GDR, remembers Berlin's asbestos-riddled parliament building and culture hub

Medieval sculpture on façade of Unesco World Heritage site in Wittenberg is one of around 30 similar pieces across Europe

Restitutions Committee recommends return of two Golden Age works to heirs of Jacob Lierens

German city launches €85m plan to prevent further decay of infamous rally grounds

Antonin Stanek’s sudden firing of National Gallery director Jiri Fajt sparked international protests and a petition

Laboratory tests revealed "sensational" discovery that the figure in Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window was overpainted decades after the artist’s death

Software entrepreneur Markus Hannebauer opens Fluentum to the public with Dutch artist Guido van der Werve

“Safety comes first,” the building’s manager says

Anti-immigration party AfD is using provocative 19th-century work on its posters for the upcoming European elections

Sotheby's assisted the return of the books, including 11 medieval manuscripts, which were found in Belgium

Regulation is designed to protect against smuggling and cut off a source of terrorist financing

Australia is pursuing further repatriations from Germany, ambassador says

Show at the Hamburger Bahnhof explores how the German artist hid behind Hitler's "degenerate" label

On the same day, the nearby Neues Museum Weimar will open a new permanent exhibition on early Modernism

But the Sackler Staircase in the museum will keep its name

Zentrum für politische Schönheit sees artistic freedom under attack

Hasso Plattner also plans to put his Impressionist works on permanent display in his Barberini Museum

Painting acquired for Oslo's National Gallery was bought at auction from heirs of Jewish dealer persecuted by the Nazis

The entrance building to Museum Island is the German capital’s answer to the Louvre Pyramid

German advisory commission on Nazi-looted art says paintings in government collection should be restituted to the descendants of Max James Emden

The exhibition opening in April at the Museum of Fine Arts is billed as the artist’s biggest-ever solo show in Germany

The UK architect talks about working in China and the decline of its "funny-shaped" buildings