Sigmar Polke, Untitled (Quetta, Pakistan), 1974, gelatin silver print on Agfa paper
December 7, 2023 1:02 pm
Published by Emma Nilsson
The higher beings command you to stand in a basin filled with water while wearing shoes and being surrounded by floating cucumbers. To lie under a swinging pendulum with a bellows for camera lenses between your lips and let the.. View Article
June 9, 2023 2:04 pm
Published by Emma Nilsson
On the occasion of the exhibition on Gerhard Richter’s long-term loan to the Neue Nationalgalerie titled “100 Works for Berlin,” we had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Dietmar Elger, the director of the Gerhard Richter Archive. In his insightful.. View Article
© David Pinzer
May 19, 2022 12:19 pm
Published by Emma Nilsson
Volume VI is officially the last volume of the catalogue raisonné of Gerhard Richter’s paintings and sculptures. Does this mean that Richter will not be making any more paintings? That, at any rate, what he has said himself. In.. View Article
Art Basel Hong Kong 2021, © Art Basel
October 14, 2021 11:47 am
Published by Emma Nilsson
Rarely are the voices in the art world unanimously enthusiastic. Over recent weeks, physically going to fairs, exhibiting and meeting each other again has brought great joy, and surely will for quite a while to come. After a long period.. View Article
July 20, 2021 3:00 pm
Published by Emma Nilsson
Museum buildings that represent a collaboration between artist and architect are very rare. The idea for La Congiunta was born out of the close relationship between sculptor Hans Josephsohn and architect Peter Märkli. According to legend, they had been talking.. View Article
Gerhard Richter. Landscape,
exhibition view, Kunsthaus Zürich, 2021
Foto © Franca Candrian, Kunsthaus Zürich, Werke © Gerhard Richter
May 31, 2021 12:06 pm
Published by Emma Nilsson
The exhibition “Gerhard Richter: Landscape”, which is on view at the Kunsthaus Zürich until 25 July, was curated by the Berlin art historian Hubertus Butin. We got the opportunity to talk to him about it in mid-May. How did.. View Article
© Christiane Haid, Berlin 2020.
December 10, 2020 10:28 am
Published by Emma Nilsson
How often do you detect forgeries? As an expert on the art of Gerhard Richter, I come across two forgeries a month on average. It is frightening how much the number of fakes in this artist’s market alone has.. View Article
©Masi Lugano
September 30, 2020 2:29 pm
Published by Emma Nilsson
Dr. Tobia Bezzola has been the director of the Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana (MASI) in Lugano since 2018 and he is the President of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) Switzerland. Riva di Morcote: Mr. Bezzola, now that.. View Article
March 18, 2020 9:12 am
Published by Emma Nilsson
To mark the publication of the fifth volume of Gerhard Richter’s Catalogue Raisonné, Dietmar Elger, editor and head of the Gerhard Richter Archive in Dresden, provides insights into the various facets of this long and complex research work. The volume.. View Article