For Richter, each painting must survive the test of time. Only paintings that “hold up” in the days and weeks after they’ve been painted are a success. In much the same way, Gerhard Richter Painting ...

Gerhard Richter painted his close friend Sigmar Polke as a young child on an outing with his family, an early and foundational example of Richter’s photo-like paintings, many of them done in ...

German painter Gerhard Richter has joined an effort to save a renowned art library in his home city of Cologne. "The Art and ...