Catherine Hickley
Catherine Hickley is the Museums & Heritage Editor of The Art Newspaper
The exhibition at the Gemäldegalerie, open to the public from today, shows 60 works brought to Berlin for safety from the Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art
The Ulmberg collection, comprising works by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Max Beckmann, Lyonel Feininger, Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois, may go to the city of Chur
For 20 years, the troubled Expressionist found refuge, respite and inspiration in the Alpine town
The construction of Saadiyat Cultural District is due to be completed, while the Studio Museum in Harlem will unveil its new 82,000 sq. ft building
The grandchildren of Ras Desta Damtew, an Ethiopian general and noble, are seeking to recover the piece, listed in the online auction catalogue as coming from the estate of an Italian soldier who was present at Desta Damtew’s execution
In an impassioned speech at the Neue Nationalgalerie, the artist accused Germany of gagging artists and conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism
Richard Semmel, a Jewish textiles entrepreneur in Berlin, was forced to sell the painting after fleeing Nazi persecution in 1933
Currently the director of the Paris Fashion Museum-Palais Galliera, she will take over from Juan Ignacio Vidarte in April 2025
After Ernst Klimt’s sudden death at 29, Gustav completed "Hans Wurst Delivering an Impromptu Performance in Rothenburg" and signed it in his brother’s name
The painting depicting the prodigal son was sold by Eduard Fuchs, a Communist writer, after his escape into exile in 1933
Opening of the Museum of West African Art Institute in the Nigerian city will include a live archaeological dig
While a long-awaited cut to value-added tax this January has been welcomed, Germany’s contracting economy has “scared” a number of gallerists, says director of world’s longest-running art fair
The panel said there is no evidence that the works, which are held in the collection of Bremen Kunsthalle, were lost as a result of Nazi persecution
The mask was produced from a mould made in 1918, after the artist had succumbed to Spanish flu
Missing for more than 80 years, the 1865 pastel will be handed over in a ceremony today after the couple who bought it relinquished it voluntarily
Top lots at the auction arranged by the esteemed curator before his death in August included two “date paintings” by On Kawara, a close friend
Joe Chialo has come under fire from artists and pro-Palestinian factions over state policies
Museums dedicated to Viking culture and artefacts are taking shape in two cities in Denmark and the Norwegian capital, Oslo
The repatriations show policy continuity despite the new right-wing government, experts say
Six sponsors cooperated to buy “a masterpiece of Cubism of priceless art historical value” for the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich
The portrait of the Duke of Saxony, attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder and his workshop, will be auctioned by Christie’s in New York in January 2025
The three curators, Ivet Ćurlin, Nataša Ilić and Sabina Sabolović, were selected by a seven-member committee to lead the 2027 edition, which marks the event’s 50th anniversary
The former director of Cologne’s Museum Ludwig “shaped the art discourse of the last five decades like no other", the museum says
US-based Manton Foundation's gift will establish a research facility and "intellectual hub" at Somerset House
The sketchbook will be shown in all three cities to mark what would be the artist's 250th birthday
Fischer, who resigned after a thefts scandal at the British Museum, has been announced as the founding director of the new institution, which is expected to open in 2026
The prize rewards a space for children that “will cement museums as places they belong and feel welcome as they grow up, regardless of their background”
Ackermann is to take up the post in June 2025 after nine years managing Dresden’s state art collections
The space, once used by the likes of Karl Marx, is finally available for all visitors to the London institution to see
The work, to be auctioned at Sotheby’s today, was one of more than 2,500 held as collateral and sold, shortly before the Nazi invasion, by the Dutch bank Lisser & Rosenkranz