Catherine Hickley
Catherine Hickley is the Museums & Heritage Editor of The Art Newspaper
Nicholas Cullinan is appointed director of the British Museum
Cullinan, currently the director of the National Portrait Gallery, faces an array of challenges in rebuilding the oldest national museum in the world’s reputation
Swiss dealer Eberhard Kornfeld bequeathed Kirchner, Giacometti works to Bern Kunstmuseum
Kornfeld died last year, shortly before turning 100
From long-lost portrait by Gustav Klimt to a painting by the ‘Persian Picasso’: our pick of the April sales
Plus, a mid-career painting by African American artist Hughie Lee-Smith
How allegations about David Adjaye continue to impact global museum projects he has been involved with
While the architect, who has been accused of sexual misconduct, has been fired or stepped down from a number of contracts, other institutions continue to work with Adjaye Associates
Germany to replace Nazi-loot advisory panel with binding arbitration
The changes will allow Germany to better meet its commitments under the Washington Principles, the country's culture minister says
Early Gerhard Richter mural, painted over in 1979, resurfaces in Dresden
Painting in a stairwell and foyer at the German Hygiene Museum is one of the few early works to survive
German Academy of Arts opens Otto Dix archive—and recalls a scandal
Dix’s war painting The Trench, lost during the Second World War, is in focus at the opening
Laurie Anderson withdraws from German professorship after criticism of Israel
The artist and Grammy winner supported a 2021 petition by Palestinian artists titled “Letter Against Apartheid”
Klimt portrait believed lost for a century to be auctioned in Vienna
The auction house Im Kinsky estimates the price of the 1917 painting at between €30m and €50m
Berlin Senate drops 'anti-discrimination clause' in funding agreements after protests
Senator Joe Chialo says he is responding to criticism that the clause restricted the freedom of art
Frankfurt’s Städel shows anniversary gift of works by Honoré Daumier
Collector Hans-Jürgen Hellwig will donate more than 4,000 works by the French artist best-known for his cartoons
German culture minister implements changes to ease restitution of Nazi-looted art
But her most important reform proposal faces opposition from the state of Bavaria
Caspar David Friedrich: his rise from obscurity to fame
Slew of shows this year mark 250th anniversary of German artist who, as a favourite of Hitler, had fallen out of favour
The must-see exhibitions in 2024: from two Michelangelo shows in London to the Met's most expensive painting
We round-up the biggest shows opening each month
German Academy of Arts criticises 'dangerous' violations of artistic freedom
The statement follows a number of exhibition cancellations because of curators’ or artists’ views on the Middle East conflict
Dealer Johann König opens second Berlin gallery in former telegraph office
This is the first König space to launch since a number of artists left the gallery's roster last year
Berlin’s state museums raise ticket prices as costs climb
“We have to increase income and reduce spending,” says Hermann Parzinger, the president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Caspar David Friedrich sketchbook to be sold in Berlin proposed for national heritage list
The auction house, Grisebach, says the sketchbook’s candidacy for the list will not affect plans for today’s sale
Candice Breitz exhibition in Germany is cancelled over her Middle East views
The artist says the “level of German self-righteousness is beyond absurd”
Swiss government approves panel to assess claims for art acquired in Nazi and colonial eras
New panel is to find “fair and just solutions” for disputed works in museums
German photo biennial cancelled after curator’s posts are deemed antisemitic
The host cities warn that the cancellation jeopardises “the future of the entire event"
Documenta finding panel resigns out of 'grave concern' for show’s future
The committee's mass resignation follows the departure of Ranjit Hoskoté, a writer who came under pressure for signing a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions statement
New antisemitism scandal hits Documenta as panel member resigns
Ranjit Hoskoté, who was on the jury charged with selecting Documenta's next artistic director, steps down amid furore over him signing a statement from BDS, a movement that German parliament describes as “antisemitic”
Jewish cabaret artist’s heirs file suit for return of 12 works by Schiele
Vienna museums sued for return of works held by collector murdered in Dachau
Hamburg art collector and patron Harald Falckenberg dies aged 80
Falckenberg, one of Germany’s most important private art collectors, once said he was drawn to “outsiders and freaks"
Christie’s to auction Pechstein painting after settlement reached with heir
Hilda Graetz sold 'Still Life With a Cup' to fund her new life in South Africa after her art dealer father died in a concentration camp
Kunsthaus Zurich advisers quit in conflict over new Bührle exhibition
The experts were hired after a previous iteration of the show was deemed inadequate in addressing the dark legacy of Emil Georg Bührle, who made his fortune selling weapons to Nazi Germany
German parliament approves Berlin centre devoted to Nazi terror in occupied Europe
The new centre is to “include groups of victims who have so far received less attention,” the Bundestag says
Bavaria recovers a Baroque painting with help from the FBI
The landscape was in the possession of the family of an American soldier who had served in post-war Germany
Dutch dealer returns Weenix landscape stolen in the Second World War to Dresden museum
The painting, acquired by Augustus III, hung in a Soviet general’s home after the war