Gerhard Richter

Art and Money

Sugar Rautbord | Posted 05.28.2012

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The numbers are in. The prices of blue-chip art are bigger than they have ever been at a time when whole countries have contemplated fiscal bankruptcy and currency devaluation. Fine art is a art is a global currency less volatile than the euro, dollar or drachma... or Facebook stock.

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The Artist's Perspective -- Frieze Art Fair New York

Barbara Ernst Prey | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Frieze Art London, Art Exhibit, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sculpture, The Armory Show, American Art, New York, New York City, Culture, Frieze Art Fair, Randalls Island, Art Fair, New York Art Fair, Gerhard Richter, Gallery, New York Art, Home News

Although I was born in New York, grew up in New York and now live in New York, it was my first visit to Randall's Island in Manhattan -- just to see the inaugural Frieze Art Fair.

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Gerhard Richter Order Chaos

Daniel Maidman | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Chaos, Squeegee Paintings, Dirk Dzimirsky, Painting, Abstract, Gerhard Richter, Rule 30, Figurative, Corinna Belz, Arts News

He has discovered that chaos has an aesthetic, but you cannot impose an aesthetic on chaos -- you just keep rolling the dice until you get an outcome you like.

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This Painting Sold For How Much?!

Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Art Collecting, Rich People, Art Auction, Richter Fever, Abstract Art, Richter, Sotheby's Expensive Paitings, Art Market, Basquiat, Gerhard Richter, UK Arts, Berlin Art, Arts News

Value and currency flow differently amongst the art world elite, but Gerhard Richter's recent desirability has skyrocketed to insane new heights. On F...

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Who's At The Top Of The World's Art Market?

Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Video, Christie's Auction House, Art Sales, Art Auctions, Abstract Painting, Auction Houses, Sotheby's Auction, Sothebys-Contemporary-Art-Auction, Art Market, Christie's, Gerhard Richter, Contemporary Art Auction, Sotheby's, Arts News

Gerhard Richter is at the head of a changing art market. The German artist, known for his ability to cover a range of styles, from the abstract to the...

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Richer Than Rich: Art Outperforms S&P

Kia Makarechi | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Investments, Video, Art, Art Sales, Roy Lichtenstein, Art Auctions, Art Investment, Artnet, l.s. Lowry, Gerhard Richter, Damien Hirst, S&P 500, Clyfford Still, Arts News

If you ever find yourself choosing between some Warhols or a few stocks, we're here to make that decision easier. A new study has found that artwork b...

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New York Art Critic Offers Money, Sex for Fake Painting

Lisa Derrick | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Eric Doerringer, Marian Goodman, Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock, Jerry Saltz, Abstract Expressionist, Modern Art, Gerhard Richter, Arts News

New York Magazine's art critic Jerry Saltz loves Gerhard Richter's paintings. A lot. So much so that the three-time Pulitzer nominee offered either $1,000 or a sex act to any artist who could make him a replica.

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Gerhard Richter Retrospective At The Tate Modern

ARTINFO | Posted 12.12.2011

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WHAT: Gerhard Richter's "Panorama" WHERE: Tate Modern, Bankside, London WHEN: October 6-January 8, Sunday-Thursday 10AM-6PM, Friday-Saturday 10AM-1...

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PHOTOS: Must-See Exhibitions In London

Posted 11.05.2011

Read More: Raqib Shaw, George Condo, Kanye West, London Art 2011, London Exhibitions, Leonardo Da Vinci, Degas, London Art Exhibitions, London Art Exhibitions Fall 2011, Mike Kelley, Grayson Perry, Anri Sala, Gerhard Richter, Mutualart, UK Arts, Muybridge, Arts News

It’s back to school time for the kids, and you know what that means for us...the art world is back in action! After the lazy, lull days of summer wh...

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Top 10 Portrait Picks From The London Auctions

Bruce Helander | Posted 08.26.2011

Next week, London hosts contemporary auctions organized by Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips de Pury. While there are gems on the docket like Warhol'...

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The 54th Venice Biennale: And the Winner Is...

Artlog | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Artlog.com, Christoph Schlingensief, Christian Marclay, Susanne Gaensheimer, Haroon Mirza, Germany, Darius Miksys, Venice Biennale, Slidepollajax, Artlog, Gerhard Richter, Klara Liden, Arts News

The results are in for the 54th Venice Biennale's award recipients.

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Bipolar Americana: An Interview With Artist Grant Barnhart

Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Clowns, Americana, Football, B/D Interviews, Western, Rodeo, Painting, Cowboy, Ed Rusha, Interview, Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Beautiful Decay, Gerhard Richter, Beautiful/Decay, Grant Barnhart, Arts News

Via Beautiful/Decay: "Guitar Backstabs" The Midwest, motorcycles, cowboy boots, blue jeans, football—imagery associated with classi...

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Edith Beaucage: "hurluberlu" At CB1 Gallery

John Seed | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Glen Irani, Zaha Hadid, Edith Beaucage, CB1 Gallery, Robert Ryman, Painting, Female Artists, Gerhard Richter, Los Angeles, Video, Home News

Edith Beaucage's "hurluberlu" paintings, which feature idiosyncratic figures and architectural references are about the rich interaction of the imagin...

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Art in Anticipation: 11 Reasons to Look Forward to 2011

Rebecca Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Whether he's striking down the pope with a meteorite or restraining his dealer to a gallery wall with masking tape, Maurizio Cattelan does it with wit and panache. This promises to be an unprecedented and, likely, unorthodox installation.

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PHOTOS: STUDIO VISIT: Adam Helms Opens His Studio To Beautiful/Decay

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mixed-Media-Art, Adam Helms, Slidepollajax, Contemporary Art, Studio-Visit, Charcoal, Gerhard Richter, Portraits, Political Art, Beautiful/Decay, Studio Visit, Mixed Media, Arts News

Courtesy of Beautiful/Decay Adam Helms is known for drawing radicals and constructing ominous wooden watch towers. His current project is a series of...

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BLOG WATCH > Gerhard Richter on Art Observed

AO Art Observed | Posted 05.25.2011

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Currently showing at the National Museum of Decorative Arts in Buenos Aires, Argentia, is an exhibition of works by German artist Gerhard Richter. The...

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Artlog's Top Art & Culture Picks

Artlog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rob Pruitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Dan Flavin, Artlog, Robert Gober, Socrates Sculpture Park, Michael Werner, Nyc Art, Marcel Broodthaers, Gerhard Richter, Bushwick, Gagosian Gallery, Art, Nyc, Gavin Brown, Street Fashion, Artlog.com, Andreas Gursky, Mitchell Innes & Nash, Slidepollajax, Paula Cooper Gallery, Fashion, Allan Nederpelt, Olek, Benjamin Buchloh, Matthew Marks, New York News

The September gallery-opening season is hitting big time, and our list of must-see openings runs from desk-to-ceiling.

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CYBER ART: From Koons To Creed, The Top Ten Artist's Websites

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Martin Creed, Jeff Koons, Internet, Art, Olaf Breuning, Ed Ruscha, Artist, Websites, Artists, Gerhard Richter, Olafur Eliasson, Josh Smith, Kate Gilmore, Arts News

Artists are doing a little bit of everything these days: Vik Muniz and Julian Schnabel make movies, Jutta Koether and Tony Conrad play in a band, and ...

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Photorealist Painting vs. Painterly Photography

Marina Cashdan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inkjet Printer, Serpentine Gallery, National Portrait Galley, Photorealism, Wolfgang Tillmans, BP Portrait Award, Gerhard Richter, William Morris, Arts News

Every year, when the BP Portrait Award comes along I make a trip to the National Portrait Gallery in London to see it. And every year, the same discussion comes about with whomever I am perusing the exhibition with.

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The Macho Art World

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Bcam, Gerhard Richter, Picasso, The Inner Life, David Hockney, Eli Broad, Arts News

I considered writing a piece this week relating relationships and art to Valentine's Day, but found myself struggling with it. This was not because I...

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