A major retrospective of artworks by Wassily Kandinsky kicks off in Munich on Saturday as part of a world tour almost as peripatetic as the Russian-born modernist artist himself.
<b>With the world’s financial markets currently giving capitalism a bad name, David Wroe dons his Che Guevara t-shirt and heads to a new Berlin exhibition showing forgotten East German art.</b>
The Prince of Liechtenstein, Hans-Adam II, has labelled Germany “the Fourth Reich” amid a dispute with Berlin over efforts to hinder tax evasion in the tiny Alpine statelet.
A German casting agency has called for extras to try out in late September for the new Quentin Tarantino film “Inglorious Basterds,” but only those who fit Aryan stereotypes need apply.
A Swiss man has sold an elaborate Virgin Mary tattoo on his back to a German collector, with the understanding it can be exhibited three times yearly, a Zurich gallery said Monday.
Two of Richard Wagner’s great-granddaughters were chosen Monday to run the annual Bayreuth Festival devoted to the composer’s music, ending a bitter succession battle—for now at least.
Legendary opera singer Plácido Domingo is returning to Berlin this spring, <i>Die Welt</i> reported on Thursday. The world-renowned tenor will be back at the Berlin State Opera (<i>Staatsoper Unter den Linden</i>) this March to perform "Parsifal."
Belgian opera impresario Gerard Mortier is teaming up with Nike Wagner, great-granddaughter of composer Richard Wagner, in a bid to run the legendary Bayreuth Festival, a report said Monday.
The renowned German philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas has been awarded the European Prize of Political Culture at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.
Police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia said three expressionist works of art worth tens of thousands of euros were stolen from a museum in Gelsenkirchen on Friday.
A new production of "My Fair Lady" just opened in Berlin, but <b>Ben Knight</b> reports the musical has a unique history in the once-divided German capital.
A hobby historian says he's discovered that Posh Spice, also known as Victoria Beckham, is a descendant of a German communist from Heilbronn who was close to Karl Marx.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid tribute to Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who has died at 89, saying the "great" Russian writer played a decisive role in the demise of the Soviet Union, her spokesman said on Monday.
A performance of Richard Wagner's "Siegfried" at this year's Bayreuth Festival was delayed on Thursday evening owing to torrential rain that flooded parts of the legendary <i>Festspielhaus</i> theatre.
Berlin and Dubai wouldn’t appear to have much in common at first glance. But a recent artists exchange is sign of increasing cultural ties between the two cities, writes <b>Arsalan Mohammad</b>.
UNESCO announced on Thursday night it will allow Dresden to keep its world heritage status, but said the eastern German city could lose the honour if it continues building a controversial bridge over the Elbe River.
Lost scenes from German-Austrian director Fritz Lang's legendary silent film "Metropolis" have been discovered in Argentina, German weekly newspaper <i>Die Zeit</i> reported on Wednesday.
The Bayreuth Festival, the prestigious annual event dedicated to the music of Richard Wagner, is to go online, organizers said Tuesday—but it will be pricey and tickets are limited.
Australian director Barry Kosky is to become the next director of Berlin’s <i>Komische Oper</i> opera house, according to culture radio station RBB on Tuesday.
Germany’s most important literature award, the Georg Büchner Prize, has been awarded this year to Austrian novelist Josef Winkler, the German Academy for Speech and Composition announced on Tuesday in Darmstadt.
