Contrary to much popular belief, all art is not political. But in the first half of the 20th century—when Germany was experiencing rapid industrialization and militarization; the rise of ...

A show at the Kimbell Art Museum considers a tectonic period in history and explores the way artists including Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Max Beckmann and Paul Klee, as well as lesser-known figures, ...

The largest exhibition of Estonian art ever held in Germany opens Thursday at Dresden's Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, bringing centuries of artistic exchange into focus in "Spiegel im Spiegel: Encounters ...

They’ll get a glimpse at how politics influences the arts. The “Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910-1945” exhibition, which is debuting in Fort Worth ahead of a nationwide tour ...

Like its precursor, it was called “Degenerate Art.” It opened in Munich on July 19, 1937, and presented around 700 works (selected from the thousands that had already been removed from German ...

“Since the gallery opened in Cologne, we were always entrenched in the German art scene while also championing international artists right from the start,” Magers tells Observer ...

A German court is putting its foot down. Birkenstocks are not art. Birkenstocks are cool enough for influencers, Hollywood stars and even Barbie — but they do not qualify as art, Germany’s top ...

But Germany’s top court begs to differ, ruling Thursday that the famously comfy cork shoes and sandals are no work of “applied art” at all. In a legal drama that has been unfolding for ...

Birkenstock sandals are displayed in Birkenstock store in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Can the sandals be considered art? That's what Germany's Federal Court of Justice had to ...

The German government has approved a new system to make it easier to return Nazi-looted art to their rightful owners. Germany’s federal government has set up a new arbitration court to simplify ...

The German government will cut value-added tax (VAT) for art sales to a reduced rate of 7%, meeting a long-standing demand of dealers who said they suffered a disadvantage relative to competitors ...

Far from stick figures, three-wheeled cars, and misshaped animals, Laurent's paintings have an professional air about them, ...