NewsAcquisitions
When everything turned upside down: Georg Baselitz donates six pathbreaking paintings to the Met
Portraits date from 1969, a pivotal point for an artist departing from conventional motifs
NewsAuctions
Phillips London sets new records for Emily Mae Smith and Portia Zvavahera in £26.3m contemporary evening sale
While the top lot of the night—a fiery self-portrait by George Baselitz—struggled to meet its low estimate, a bidding war broke out over Dana Schutz's painting of a bright orange Trump
FeatureArtists
Opera as art: the rise of the artist as impresario
Marina Abramovic's opera The Seven Deaths of Maria Callas, which opened to a socially distanced audience in Munich last week, is the latest in a long history of artistic explorations of the art form
NewsEast German art
Arseholes or artists? How East German art is becoming a new collecting frontier
As a cache of communist pieces stored near Beeskow castle for 25 years is being rehabilitated, the market for such work is growing
PreviewExhibitions
Birthday bash for Baselitz as he turns 80
Simultaneous exhibitions dedicated to German artist open in Basel
ArchiveGeorg Baselitz
"Georg Baselitz: Back Then, In Between and Today" exhibition in Munich will trace the patterns that run through his career
The retrospective, which will span from the beginning of his career to its current phase, will be held at the Haus der Kunst
ArchiveDamien Hirst
Proposals for Hirst and Baselitz shared show at the Albertina abandoned due to artists' objections
The works will be placed in different rooms within the permanent collection after artists were unhappy with ideas for an exhibition displaying them together
ArchiveFilms
Art in the media: Light and dark after the war at the Ferus Gallery and in the art of Georg Baselitz
Ostensibly disparate films illuminate art after the end of World War II
ArchiveGeorg Baselitz
Royal Academy retrospective brings Baselitz to Frieze
The spotlight placed on Baselitz by the exhibition has induced two dealers to display his work
ArchiveGeorg Baselitz
Georg Baselitz entrusts painting to Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark
The director admitted they would not otherwise be able to obtain such a piece
ArchiveJoseph Beuys
News from New York: Major Beuys work tipped for Beacon, while eco-artists discuss decomposition
And Connecticut energy broker Andrew Hall buys Georg Baselitz’s collection of German art
ArchiveArt market
Contemporary auction sales report: Boom continues, leading to some inexplicable results
One buyer pays against the odds for Sean Scully, while new records are set for Chilida, Hockney and Baselitz, among others
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Anish Kapoor and David Nash made Academicians of the RA
George Baselitz and Mimmo Paladino have also been honoured
ArchiveGeorg Baselitz
What's on in Paris: Galleries organise Baselitz shows to accompany retrospective at Musée d'art Moderne
A further exhibition of Dubuffet's output may present a rough comparison
ArchiveGeorg Baselitz
Georg Baselitz retrospective to take place at the Musée d'art Moderne
The first big French showing of East Germany’s most successful emigré artist
ArchiveGeorg Baselitz
The Baselitz blitz: Survey at the Guggenheim Museum may bring the artist unprecedented recognition
Will this reappraisal change the artist’s critical fortunes in America?
ArchiveGeorg Baselitz
Touring retrospective celebrates thirty years of Baselitz
Currently at the Munich Kunsthalle, the exhibition will next move to the Edinburgh National Gallery of Modern Art
ArchiveGeorg Baselitz
Michael Werner Gallery sells Berlinische Galerie a Baselitz for DM2.3 million
The buy was demonstrative of the gallery's commitment to acquiring works from that period
ArchiveGeorg Baselitz
Baselitz the outlaw: German banker's extensive collection to comprise one-man exhibition
The works will be displayed at the Palazzo delle Stelline before coming to rest in the Kunsthalle Bremen