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Tag: German painting
Susanne Kuhn in Denver
In her first solo museum show, Leipzig artist Susanne Kuhn presents six large-scale paintings at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver. Like the rest […]
Rosa Loy’s Leipzig dreamworld
At artnet Charlie Finch absolutely swoons over Leipzig artist Rosa Loy’s new paintings. “Rosa is not afraid to blatantly paint-check her influences: languid nymphs sampling […]
Toenges, Tollens and the love of paint
“Michael Toenges and Peter Tollens,” Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Through Feb 23. German painters Michael Toenges and Peter Tollens, in thrall to the […]
German history paintings: Dix, Grosz, Beckmann, Meidner and Steinhardt
“Allemagne, les Ann�es Noires,” or “Germany: The Black Years,” organized by Annette Vogel and Bertrand Lorquin. Mus�e Maillol, Paris. Through Feb. 4. In the NYTimes, […]
Georg Baselitz retrospective at the Royal Academy
“Georg Baselitz,” Royal Academy of Arts, London. Through Dec. 9. In The Guardian, Adrian Searle reviews the Georg Baselitz retrospective at the Royal Academy: “For […]
Talking with Baselitz
“Georg Baselitz,” Royal Academy of Arts, London. Through Dec. 9. The exhibition includes works produced over the five decades of Baselitz’s career, from his earliest […]
Richter “happy it wasn�t a failure”
Gerhard Richter’s Cologne Cathedral south transept window, unveiled this week with a special mass. Cologne, Germany. On artnet, Kimberly Bradley reports: “Prior to the unveiling, […]
Preserving the Berlin Wall puts murals at risk
Adam Williams at Reuters: “Politicians and artists urged Berlin’s authorities on Monday to let them rebuild the longest surviving section of the Berlin Wall before […]
The art of restitution
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s “Berlin Street Scene” (1913�14), on view at Neue Galerie, New York, NY. Through September 17. In the Village Voice, Morgan Falconer reports: […]
Churches draw on the spiritual inspiration of contemporary artists
Valerie Gladstone points out in the NYTimes Travel section: “As a wave of contemporary art installations is being unveiled in cathedrals, churches and chapels across […]
Neo Rauch at the Met
Roberta Smith in the NYTimes: “Mr. Rauch�s dreams may be unlike any dreamed before, but they have not enabled him, as yet, to develop an […]
Anselm Keifer thinks big
Alan Riding looks at the artist chosen for the innaugural solo show at the Grand Palais in Paris. “Since moving to France in 1993, this […]
The inscrutable Sigmar Polke
In today’s NYTimes, Carol Vogel visits Polke in his Cologne studio before he ships his paintings to the Venice Biennale. As is always the case […]
Art Forum critics’ picks for the month
George Baselitz in New YorkChristopher Wool in Berlin
