Germany

Lootingarchive

Looted art publicly acknowledged by Soviet Minister of Culture

A commission will be set up at Gorbachev’s behest to look into cultural property removed to U.S.S.R.

Schinkel: the architect who changed the face of Berlin

German reunification has made possible the first major exhibition,at the Victoria and Albert Museum, of all aspects of Schinkel’s work

The splendour of ruins?

To resurrect or not to resurrect Dresden’s Frauenkirche, which has been left in ruins as a slowly decaying war memorial

Famous Art Nouveau villa to be reinstated through bold effort by Saxon town

Collectors and dealers hold back to let Chemnitz buy back part of its history

Newsarchive

French war booty surfaces in East Berlin

The Musées de France knew about it for nearly twenty years

Lootingarchive

The sacking of Germany

Where is the world-famous antique glass from the Berlin Antiquarium? What has happened to the coin collection of the Royal Prussian Mint? Where is the precious antique jewellery from the Zahn-Bibliotek?

Collectorsarchive

Collector profile: Heinz Berggruen reflects on his collection as his masterpieces go on loan to the National Gallery

“Not all art dealers make good collectors, and it’s no use them trying to be something they are not”.