It is the 88th known surviving piece of Ru ceramic, one of which sold for $37.7m at Sotheby's in 2017

In a unanimous decision, the government’s advisory commission says it is likely the work was sold under duress

Law change follows refusal by some foundations to restitute property lost due to Nazi persecution

Some galleries received funding in the first package for exhibitions they can’t open in lockdown

The Dutch government adopts a committee’s “radical” guidelines, putting it at the forefront of European efforts to return colonial-era museum acquisitions

The bronze was taken because German law requires archaeological objects have export licences from the country of origin—but it was only travelling through to Austria from the US

Heirs plan to donate the work to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

“We do not want to create a big building that sits heavily” on this sensitive ground, says Robert Jan Van Pelt, one of the minds behind the project in Ukraine

Petition calls for more transparency in planned display of the collection of Emil Georg Bührle, who bought Nazi-looted art with a fortune built on weapons

As exhibitions are cancelled due to the pandemic, local artists are finding creative ways to show their art—and distract patients

Hamburg’s Kunsthalle to publish photographs of 843 paintings for free research tool

The musical scene was seized by the Gestapo in 1939 from Henri Hinrichsen, who died at Auschwitz

Travel restrictions could derail preparations, making 2022 date impossible, Sabine Schormann says

A new book by Jonathan Petropoulos explores Bruno Lohse’s devotion to Hitler’s number two

Initiative by the Nigerian artist Emeka Ogboh is supported by Dresden’s state museums

Government-funded image-recognition software will enable law enforcers to work with international organisations

As his new book is published, the auction house chief compares coronavirus fallout to previous economic disasters

Expecting the worst, French, German and Austrian auction houses have been surprised by how well sales have held up through the pandemic

Thousands signed petition to protect bleak concrete structure—nicknamed the Mouse Bunker—from demolition

Ruling upholds controversial decision by the beleaguered Dutch Restitutions Committee but counters an independent review

From the building, to the name and the cost, we bring you the Berlin art complex in a nutshell

The imperial origins and plundered artefacts of the Berlin art complex seem out of place in today’s Germany

City hopes the $230m new building will raise its profile as an art destination to match Basel

The programme includes webinars examining dealers and collectors

The government's treatment of claims for art plundered by Nazis has come under fire for placing interests of museums over "legal redress for injustice"

New Berlin arts complex suffers renewed setback in its problem-beset opening plans

The budget for 2021 allocates funding to preserve Berlin museum buildings, renovate the Bayreuth Festival theatre, boost provenance research and grant free admission to the Jewish Museum Berlin

Shops remain open in many countries even as museums are plunged once more into Covid-19 deep-freeze

Alfred Hammerstein’s departure follows criticism of Dutch committee’s decisions

Documenta organisers have warned about scam emails and requests recipients to contact them