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 ...

Gerhard Richter, one of the most important German painters of the post-WWII era is 91. A recent show at David Zwirner Gallery on 20 th Street in New York, which closed this past weekend, was a vivid ...

Gerhard Richter is commonly known as the world’s greatest living painter. A master of both figurative and abstract work, his prices are among the highest in the world—what about Richter inspires such ...

Colours fuse and split, curdle, judder and smear in the elusive work of a nonagenarian artist still out to surprise The strength and pleasure of Gerhard Richter’s work lies in its boundlessness, its ...