Around this time, Richter was still painting in grays, though often laid on thick. He zoomed in so close on his subjects — ...

Richter’s art is about control, but also about chance,” says Suzanne Pagé, artistic director of the FLV. “That’s what’s so ...

Considered one of—if not the–most important living artist today, Gerhard Richter pioneered a new mode of painting. Deftly ...

A retrospective in Paris makes for a surprisingly personal journey through history with this purportedly impersonal artist ...

In Paris, the Cartier and Vuitton foundations and the Pinault Collection are all presenting major exhibitions running at the ...

German painter Gerhard Richter stands in front of his work during a press preview for his exhibition downtown Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The exhibition starts on April 26, 2017 ...

German painter Gerhard Richter feels at times like half-a-dozen artists rolled into one. In his figurative work, he ranges from near-photorealism to a kind of “distortionism” in which photograph-based ...

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The world-famous artist Gerhard Richter turns 90 today, February 9, and Germany is celebrating his legacy with a group of exhibitions offering new angles on his decades-long career. The trio of shows ...

For years now, one of the great mysteries in covering the film beat has been why so many viewers feel that an opening title “based on a true story” (or “inspired by real events”) somehow validates a ...

There’s a common adage that beautiful works of art — important art — can only come from a place of real suffering. It’s an adage that set writer-director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck on the path ...