Gerhard Richter’s massive painting of Milan’s Piazza del Duomo (Cathedral Square) has sold for $37m USD, setting a new auction record for a living artist. Domplatz, Mailand (1968) was originally commissioned by electronics giant, Siemens, in an effort to cheers up their offices, and is instantly recognizable as Richter, with its fuzzy black-and-white photo-painting technique.
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Posted September 23, 2012
One of my favourite artists of all time, Gerhard Richter, will celebrate his 80th birthday early next year with a major retrospective at London’s Tate Modern spanning five decades of his varied work. To coincide with the event, filmmaker Corinna Belz brings us a documentary which shows the german artists notoriously secretive creative process. Watch some
…Gerhard Richter’s new show at Marian Goodman Gallery is one of my favourite exhibitions this year, the legendary German painter’s style has developed into some of the most iconic abstract paintings of the modern era. Art Info were luck enough to speak to the artist about his new works… Read the full interview here. I
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