Gerhard Richter
Artist / Painter

Richter practices the dual means of representation and abstraction in painting to explore not only the nature of the medium but also its conceptual and historical implications. While these two modes of working are sometimes characterized in oppositional terms, he has famously embraced both, sometimes simultaneously, finding expressive pictorial possibilities in the tension between them. Throughout, he has tested the ability of art to reckon with personal history, collective memory, and identity, particularly in the context of post–World War II German society.

[The Met]

Gerhard Richter
Artist / Painter

Richter practices the dual means of representation and abstraction in painting to explore not only the nature of the medium but also its conceptual and historical implications. While these two modes of working are sometimes characterized in oppositional terms, he has famously embraced both, sometimes simultaneously, finding expressive pictorial possibilities in the tension between them. Throughout, he has tested the ability of art to reckon with personal history, collective memory, and identity, particularly in the context of post–World War II German society.

[The Met]

Corinna Belz, still from the documentary (detail), Gerhard Richter Painting
  • Pretty Doomed
    Oct 12–15, 2023
    Ugly Duck
    London, UK
    Save the date for Pretty Doomed, an unconventional art fair & exhibition presented by Ugly Duck & Queer Art Projects, which seeks to challenge the sustainability of the underground and queer art worlds, from the 12th to the 15th of October. Ugly Duck is one of the few independent art venues that showcases queer and alternative art in London. (more…)
  • Forgotten Realms / Residency
    Deadline Oct 26, 2023
    Art Inside Out
    Kungsbacka, Sweden
    Art Inside Out invites artist applications for participation in Forgotten Realms, an artistic residency that explores new representations of reality in the borderland between the mundane and the fantastical, myth and reality, past and present. The residency is connected to Tjolöholm Castle in Kungsbacka, at the Swedish west coast, with a relationship to Nordic and Celtic folklore, reflected in both the breathtaking natural surroundings and the impressive castle interiors. (more…)