Kunstmuseum Bern has taken possession of first works from controversial collection of Nazi-era art due to go on show in November

The former British Museum chief, appointed as founding director in 2015, will steer the project to completion

Owner says Andreas Achenbach’s Sicilian Landscape was bought in a “normal gallery transaction”

City aims to keep Documenta experience alive in five-year hiatus between shows

“Unity seesaw” is to be unveiled in 2019 in front of the city palace

Preserved by Saxon elders and plundered by Stalin’s Red Army, textiles return to view for first time since Second World War

American Numismatic Society purchased the coins with aim of tracing original owner

Building in Unter den Linden expected to open mid-2018

German government researchers say another 150 works in the collection may have been looted

The duo’s Scapegoating Pictures are part of an exhibition marking 500th anniversary of the Reformation

German baking company agrees settlement with heirs of Emma Budge in fourth restitution in a year

Research into post-war seizures of art in East Germany could spark international restitution claims

New barrier at East Side Gallery heritage site will keep tourists back

The proto-scientific craft has long been misconstrued as merely an attempt to produce gold

The Bright Stone of Honour and the Tomb of Marceau will go on show in Cologne this week

Wilhelm Hack Museum acquires The Judgement of Paris from heir

Spanning 3000 years, the exhibition covers the Egyptian origins of alchemy to its influence on contemporary artists such as Koons

Canadian “Big Maple Leaf”, weighing 100kg, is the largest and purest gold coin in the world

The Mosse Art Research Initiative aims to recover thousands of missing works

Etruscan warrior figure was consigned to London dealer who contacted British Museum

British architect David Chipperfield’s proposal to restore the Haus der Kunst sparks furore

Auction house removes image from online version after German journalist spots error

Four art works from the controversial collection have now been returned to the families of their original owners

Bern to focus on “degenerate” art while Bonn focuses on Nazi looting in show that will move on to Berlin

Public authority loses appeal to remove from display the works of Erich Klahn, which feature swastikas and other Third Reich symbols

With backing from Wim Wenders, first presentation of “Gold Projections” coincides with Berlin Film Festival

Manaf Halbouni’s "Monument" to Aleppo comprises three wrecked buses by the city’s Frauenkirche

German food company makes restitution to heir of Jewish dealer Jacques Goudstikker

The software billionaire gives us a tour of the Barberini Museum in Potsdam

Heirs’ lawyer says firm “sets a standard of best practice” for private collectors