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‘In every slurp of paint, you see the Holocaust’: the genius and torments of Georg Baselitz

The German artist lived through Nazism and communism – and his horrific, shaming works, including a masturbating Hitler, forced his country to face its past. Yet in later life, he beautifully captured human frailty, portraying himself and his wife nude

The Guardian - UK

Kiefer honors forgotten female alchemists in war-scarred Milan ballroom with monumental exhibition

German artist Anselm Kiefer pays tribute to forgotten women of proto-science with his exhibition, "The Women Alchemists."

The Independent UK

Crossing into Darkness review – Tracey Emin takes her heroes on a descent to the gates of hell

Munch, Bourgeois, Gormley and Baselitz go shoulder to shoulder with up-and-coming artists in an exhibition that revels in its stygian gloom

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Belle Époque posters, sex and body art: The most unmissable art exhibitions of 2025

From Belle Époque posters to radical performance art, 2025 delivered exhibitions that pushed boundaries and opened dialogues.

Euronews

Almaty Museum of Arts opens its doors in Kazakhstan’s cultural capital

Dedicated to modern and contemporary art, the new museum marks a bold chapter in Central Asia’s cultural landscape

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Have the Tate to yourself: the best art exhibitions in London for summer 2025

The must-see London art shows this summer - with some minus the crowds

Evening Standard

Culture Agenda: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

A first-of-its-kind exhibition pairs Vincent van Gogh with Anselm Kiefer, cloned dinos make their comeback in 'Jurassic World: Rebirth', and Kesha releases her first album under her own label. Here's what to look out for this week.

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Kiefer/Van Gogh at Royal Academy: 'lust for life in the face of death'

4/5 Anselm Kiefer is the German painting of powerful intensity who was hugely inspired by van Gogh, as this fine exhibition intensely demonstrates

Evening Standard

Kiefer/Van Gogh review – Anselm puts the nightmare into Vincent’s sunflower visions

The Dutch artist looks like a prophet of the Holocaust when viewed through the 80-year-old German painter’s dark lens in this startling show, which makes you see how Van Gogh might have painted modern horrors

The Guardian - UK

A new exhibition highlights how German artist Anselm Kiefer was inspired by Vincent van Gogh

When he was 17 years old, German artist Anselm Kiefer retraced the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh from the Netherlands through Belgium and into France

The Independent UK

Anselm Kiefer review – creative giant crushed under Van Gogh’s starry might

This alienating exhibition makes the German artist look like a kitsch cabaret version of the Dutch master – the comparison is catastrophic for Kiefer

The Guardian - UK

Anselm Kiefer: Early Works review – his Nazi salute dominates a show haunted by horrors

From shocking images of him Sieg Heil-ing to a woodland watercolour haunted by the atrocities of war, the German artist confronts his homeland’s fascist past – and it’s never felt so relevant

The Guardian - UK

Sensual surrealism, Kiefer’s delights and Gehry’s Guggenheim: the best art and architecture shows to visit in 2025

Anselm Kiefer’s homage to Van Gogh, Ithell Colquhoun’s seaside of surrealism and Gilbert & George fill the galleries, while the V&A opens its archives at the illustrious new East Storehouse

The Guardian - UK

Queen Sonja of Norway calls art a ‘unifying force in turbulent times’ at printmaking awards

Anselm Kiefer received The Queen Sonja Lifetime Achievement Award

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Anselm Kiefer's vast mixed media works take over Florence's Palazzo Strozzi

A new exhibition, 'Fallen Angels,' sees Anselm Kiefer present a combination of old and new works that reflect Palazzo Strozzi's unique position within the Florentine Renaissance

The Guardian - UK

Streaming: the best films about artists

From Wim Wenders’ recent Anselm Kiefer documentary to Kirk Douglas’s tortured Van Gogh and Derek Jarman’s erotic ode to Caravaggio, cinema loves a brush with genius

The Guardian - UK

Anselm review – Wim Wenders’s immersive documentary is a treat for art lovers

Presented in both 2D and 3D, this absorbing film allows viewers to experience the epic work of German artist Anselm Kiefer

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From Wonka to Nicki Minaj: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Timothée Chalomet stars in the eccentric chocolatier’s origin story, while the rapper finally releases the sequel album to her 2010 debut

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The Cine Files: everything you need to see at the cinema in December

From a superbly creepy British debut to the return of Godzilla and farewell to a Japanese legend, here are the 21 best films to see this month

Chicago Sun-Times

2023 Chicago film festival: 10 movies to see

Fest brings 12 days of opportunity to see entertaining works tackling topics from the Ukraine invasion to Iranian bureaucracy to 19th century French cuisine.

Evening Standard

Why I live in Bermondsey: Dame Zandra Rhodes on the riverside area where she lives, works and runs a museum

Fashion and textile designer Dame Zandra Rhodes moved to Bermondsey in 1995. She tells Emma Magnus why she’s proud to live in the area

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Simon Schama’s cultural highlights

The historian and broadcaster on his favourite new sitcom, a moving art memoir, and why no one beats Anselm Kiefer

The Guardian - UK

Beyond Munch: Norwegian art shares spotlight with Bubbles the chimp in Oslo

As a major exhibition celebrates founder Hans Rasmus Astrup, the museum has been promoting fresher Norwegian talent

The Guardian - UK

‘Our house was bombed the night I was born’: Anselm Kiefer on the nightmares he can’t escape

The great German artist has tried again and again to read James Joyce’s twisted novel Finnegans Wake. His latest show takes inspiration from that book – and from a childhood making toys from the rubble of his family home

The Guardian - UK

Wim Wenders: cinema today ‘makes me nauseous’

Director who won Palme d’Or for Paris, Texas and has two films at Cannes this year bemoans lack of new stories in mainstream film

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