Tag: Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter, born in 1932 in Dresden, Germany, embarked on his artistic journey by studying at the Dresden Hochschule für Bildende Künste from 1951 to 1956, with a primary focus on mural painting. His transformative encounter with Documenta II in Kassel, Germany, in 1959 prompted a shift in his artistic direction. Following his escape from East Germany in 1961, Richter pursued a second course of study at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, where he collaborated with peers Sigmar Polke, Konrad Lueg (later known as the gallerist Konrad Fischer), and Manfred Kuttner, forming the short-lived “capitalist realism” group.

Since 1964, Richter has showcased his work in numerous solo exhibitions across prestigious galleries and museums globally. The artist’s inaugural solo exhibition in a public institution took place at Gegenverkehr, Zentrum für aktuelle Kunst, in Aachen, Germany, in 1969. In 1972, he gained recognition as the sole artist chosen to represent Germany in its national pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Remarkably, Richter holds the record for the most appearances at Documenta in Kassel, Germany, surpassing all other artists. Explore the profound artistic journey of Gerhard Richter through his impactful solo exhibitions and contributions to renowned international art events.

An exhibition of new & recent work by Gerhard Richter.

15 January 2024 • Mark Westall

David Zwirner to present an exhibition of new and recent work by renowned German artistGerhard Richter at the gallery’s 24… Read More

5 NYC Exhibitions for Celebrating Spring

31 March 2023 • Vittoria Benzine

Most New York galleries close at 6 p.m. Brooklyn-based art writer Vittoria Benzine has dutifully applied that control variable the past few months, recording photons and watching the days get longer by the week. Daylight savings only amplifies what naturally happens this time of year — and after a two week grace period for Benzine’s annual energetic thrashing at the hands of the vernal equinox, she emerged again to see what the sky looked like at 6 p.m. Pretty amazing.

New series of 31 Gerhard Richter photographic prints on show in the New year

20 December 2022 • Mark Westall

In a presentation organized in collaboration with the artist, Gerhard Richter’s >> mood << (2022), an edition of thirty-one photographic prints, will be on view at the Gagosian Shop in London’s historic Burlington Arcade.

David Zwirner now represent Gerhard Richter.

7 December 2022 • Mark Westall

David Zwirner now represent Gerhard Richter. The gallery will present its first solo exhibition of works by the artist in… Read More

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Gerhard Richter’s Cage paintings to be shown in Los Angeles & New York

14 October 2020 • Mark Westall

Gagosian is to show Gerhard Richter’s Cage paintings (2006) in Los Angeles and New York. The presentation follows their inclusion, as a cornerstone, in the artist’s retrospective, Gerhard Richter: Painting After All at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York earlier this year

The exhibition WHAT’S UP TWENTY TWENTY looks at what it means to be a collector in the world today

17 June 2020 • Mark Westall

Opening Thursday 18th June, and curated by Lawrence Van Hagen, WHAT’S UP TWENTY TWENTY is an exhibition and art sale for our time, one that challenges the physical exhibition space as we know it and releases viewers from the confines of one gallery in one location.

New: Gerhard Richter 50 years of editioned works

5 November 2019 • Mark Westall

Gagosian is to present editioned works by Gerhard Richter spanning fifty years. Throughout his distinguished career, Richter has remained at the forefront of contemporary abstraction and image-making

New Gerhard Richter: Overpainted Photographs

3 April 2019 • Mark Westall

Gagosian is to present overpainted photographs by Gerhard Richter. Throughout his long and eminent career, Richter has expanded the potential of image making through a dialogue between old and new media.

My week in the art world – Nature calling (indoors)

27 June 2018 • Staff

This week I set about finding as much nature in Mayfair’s galleries as possible –

Richter in Southampton

9 May 2018 • Paul Carey-Kent

Gerhard Richter is the most expensive and famous living painter, so it is quite a coup for Southampton’s John Hansard Gallery to reopen with a major show of his work (in conjunction with Artist Rooms, to 18 August).

Atypicalia

11 April 2018 • Paul Carey-Kent

What’s the value of early or atypical work by a highly marketable artist? Such work is doubtless consigned for sale in the hope that some of the repute of more characteristic work will rub off.

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‘Use It Up’: Paul’s ART STUFF ON A TRAIN #203

22 February 2017 • Paul Carey-Kent

Paint is expensive stuff, best make the most of it. For the first time Tai-Shan Schierenberg is showing his sculptures

SEE: Three Top Contemporary Masters in Mayfair During #FriezeWeek: Indiana, Viola and Richter

14 October 2015 • Staff

With the art world in a frenzy state this week due to the opening of one the three most important… Read More

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First Exhibition of Gerhard Richter’s Colour Charts since the 60’s

3 August 2015 • Mark Westall

Gerhard Richter: Colour Charts is an exhibition of paintings selected from the artist’s original nineteen Colour Charts produced in 1966.

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Daniel’s Value and Ideas #76: Top of the Flops

3 July 2015 • daniel barnes

But then something mystifying happened, something so strange that it feels like we are free-floating in some kind of art market panic room of a cosmos. Francis Bacon’s Study for a Pope 1 did not sell.

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Manchester International Festival 2015 opens this Thursday.

1 July 2015 • Mark Westall

Gerhard Richter, Arvo Pärt, Björk, Ed Atkins, FKA twigs, Douglas Gordon, Hélène Grimaud, Charlotte Rampling, Nico Muhly, Paris Opera Ballet, Wayne McGregor, Olafur Eliasson, Jamie xx, Maxine Peake, Antony, Justin Fletcher, Arca, Invisible Dot Ltd, Damon Albarn, Rufus Norris.

Gerhard Richter and Arvo Pärt two of the world’s greatest artists collaborate for the first time.

6 March 2015 • Mark Westall

This remarkable project, several years in the making, brings together two of the world’s most influential and enduring cultural figures: artist Gerhard Richter and composer Arvo Pärt.

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Daniel’s Value and Ideas #56: The Usual Suspects

13 February 2015 • daniel barnes

Auction week heralded the usual suspects: Richter, Hirst, Warhol, Fontanna, Boetti, Klein, Murillo, Twombly, Baselitz, Dubuffet, Basquaiat. Different works, but the same artists endlessly circulating the market.