Gerhard Richter opened his largest-ever show at Fondation Louis Vuitton last month. We dive deep with the exhibition's curators.

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 ...

Gerhard Richter, “Betty” (1977), oil on wood, 11 13/16 × 15 3/4 inches (all images courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art) For an artist in his late 80s, Gerhard Richter has managed to remain ...

APRIL IS OFTEN a time of foggy, gray days and premonitions of rain, as the land—at least here on the East Coast—stirs to life. I happen to love this time of year for what I call its “carwash” effect: ...

In the long arc of art history, we’ve become reluctantly accustomed to the devastating loss of cultural artifacts due to war and human misdeeds, natural disaster, and just plain unfortunate accidents.

The much-debated "Birkenau" series by renowned painter Gerhard Richter is now on display at the Reichstag building in Berlin. The dark, abstract work is on loan and can be seen in the parliament's ...

Gerhard Richter's choir windows at Tholey Abbey. (Photo courtesy of the Meiser family and Abtei Tholey) Three soaring windows took on light for the first time at the oldest abbey in Germany last ...

At 80, most artists–especially those who have achieved such astounding critical success–might consider slowing down and enjoying it. But Richter, who is known for his intellectual curiosity and ...

The exhibition Gerhard Richter: Abstraction, held at the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, focuses on works by the renowned German painter which reveal his abstract strategies and techniques. The ...