Germany’s greatest living painter donates 100 works,including his Birkenau series, to capital’s current museumFans of the German painter Gerhard Richter are expected to flock to Berlin to view 100 works that he has in effect donated in a long-term loan to a current museum of contemporary art. The works include a series of paintings addressing the Holocaust that he has vowed never to sell.
The donation by the 89-year-old, and who is one of the world’s highest-priced living artists,is destined for the Museum der Moderne, which is under construction in the German capital. Related: Supreme court hears arguments in landmark cases over art stolen by Nazis during Holocaust Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com