Germany

Collectorsarchive

Industrialist and collector opens his 14th gallery

Reinhold Würth has converted a church for old masters

Collectorsarchive

Nazi bunker transformed as private collectors put their art on display

German advertising guru to show over 500 works from his private collection on a rotating basis

Art marketarchive

Swedish and German auction houses take advantage of the rising Russian Market

A growing number of mid-size European auction houses are trying to cash in on the Russian boom

Germanyarchive

Germany to give €73m towards new visitor centre in Berlin

The complex is expected to attract 4m visitors a year by the end of the decade

Baselarchive

My Basel: Maureen Paley

The gallerist gives her take on Basel's highlights

June 2005archive

My Basel: dealer Iwan Wirth on his Basel highlights

The insider scoop on where to find the best food and company

Incoming Russian minister dismisses German restitution claims

Alexander Sokolov does not seem interested in returning looted art

Russian Minister on looted Baldin collection: “This collection should be returned and we will return it”

A legal loophole may enable the restitution to Germany of a collection taken to the USSR by a Soviet army officer in 1945

Francearchive

Franco-German accord on cultural diversity

Accord reflects fear of American cultural imperialism

Books: Restitution justice, American style

Two books reveal the complexities involved in restitution

The endless enigma: Dalí and the magicians of multiple meaning

The 250 puzzle pictures, revolving pictures, and distorted and double images dating from the 11th century to the present day, brought together for this exhibition (until 9 June), are ambiguous in the very best sense.

Germanyarchive

The Rhineland is still the hub for German contemporary art collectors

This is the richest area of Germany, and it has a buoyant cultural life; but the expense of it is beginning to drive the artists out

Collectorsarchive

Berlin museums consider the Flick collection rejected by Zurich

The contemporary art belongs to the grandson of Nazi industrialist, Friedrich Flick

Collectorsarchive

Four German collectors and their passions

The Anglophile, the Entertainer, the Benefactor and the America lover

German museums commit themselves to provenance research concerning supposed Nazi loot

The younger generation has asked tough questions and come up with some answers

All eyes on the collectors as Cologne's Ludwig Museum opens after renovation

The refurbished and extended Ludwig Museum has opened, with hundreds of Picassos on display and a colour-coded system for requesting sponsorship

Looted artarchive

Further cultural valuables to be returned to Germany

A medieval stained-glass window to return to Frankfurt-an-der-Oder, while Germany will pay for the rebuilding of a 14th-century church in the Pskov region

Battle to save Joseph Beuys wallcovering at Landesmuseum

Debate over whether it constitutes part of the original “Block Beuys” installation

Art fairsarchive

Established fair experiments in Art Cologne's twenty-third year

Big names for private collectors and big sculptures for museum curators

Art marketarchive

The Old Masters market in Germany seems stable but are the collectors a dying breed?

Trade at home is still strong, but Germany is looking for business beyond its borders

Art fairsarchive

Art Forum struggles again, the German capital proves itself still too isolated with too few collectors

Despite support from public institutions and a glittering collectors programme Art Forum needs a loyal and affluent clientele

A wound still festering at the heart of Germany

Parliament has finally voted to build Berlin's memorial to the Holocaust

Collectorsarchive

Collector interview: Berlin poor but crucial

Erika and Rolf Hoffmann open their collection in Berlin

Art fairsarchive

A guide to Art Forum '99, Berlin

100 collectors have been flown in for the contemporary art event