FRANKFURT.- From February 23 to May 15, 2011, the Schirn presents a comprehensive retrospective dedicated to the German painter Eugen Schönebeck, which will feature almost all of his surviving paintings and his most important drawings. After devoting …
Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaisme Exhibition Explores Who Felix Nussbaum Was
PARIS.- Who was Felix Nussbaum? His work has only recently been rediscovered and in France, where he is not well known, his paintings have never been shown before. Through 23 January 2011, the Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme is presen…
Exhibition Dedicated Exclusively to Contemporary Cutouts at Hamburger Kunsthalle
HAMBURG.- Scherenschnitte, or “paper cuts,” have reemerged as a highly relevant trend in contemporary art in recent years. What is interesting are the different ways in which artists deal with form and content within the “cutout” me…
German Artist and Capitalist Realism Movement Founder Sigmar Polke Dies at Age 69
COLOGNE.- Artist Sigmar Polke’s gallery in London says the German painter has died at age 69. The Michael Werner Gallery said Friday that Polke died the day before in Cologne following an illness. Polke was a contemporary of Gerhard Richter, with whom …
German Artist and Capitalist Realism Movement Founder Sigmar Polke Dies at Age 69
COLOGNE.- Artist Sigmar Polke’s gallery in London says the German painter has died at age 69. The Michael Werner Gallery said Friday that Polke died the day before in Cologne following an illness. Polke was a contemporary of Gerhard Richter, with whom …