Germany
Industrialist and collector opens his 14th gallery
Reinhold Würth has converted a church for old masters
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
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
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
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
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
Peoples—times—spaces: exhibition explores archaeology in Germany
New exhibition at Kunst und Ausstellungshalle, Bonn.
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.
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
Berlin museums consider the Flick collection rejected by Zurich
The contemporary art belongs to the grandson of Nazi industrialist, Friedrich Flick
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
Hartmut Wilkening's barefoot bigwigs come to Galerie Voss
Putin unwinds in Düsseldorf
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
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
One of the few remaining German private collections of Gothic and Renaissance sculpture contains some magnificent pieces but provides little insight into its history
The exhibition disappoints and leaves the collector’s passion concealed
Battle to save Joseph Beuys wallcovering at Landesmuseum
Debate over whether it constitutes part of the original “Block Beuys” installation
Established fair experiments in Art Cologne's twenty-third year
Big names for private collectors and big sculptures for museum curators
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 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
Collector interview: Berlin poor but crucial
Erika and Rolf Hoffmann open their collection in Berlin
A guide to Art Forum '99, Berlin
100 collectors have been flown in for the contemporary art event