Gerhard Richter. Truth in Semblance

Opening on August 27, the Museum of Fine Arts – Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest is hosting an exhibition of works by the world-renowned contemporary German master Gerhard Richter, who turns ninety next year.

Entitled Gerhard Richter. Truth in Semblance, the show is the artist’s first comprehensive exhibition in Hungary, featuring almost 80 works from Hungarian and international public and private collections, and representing every period in his career. The works range from his iconic photo-paintings of the 1960s, through the color-rich abstract pieces for which he is perhaps best known, to his most recent, intimate pencil drawings. The latter were produced after his announcement in the autumn of 2020 that he had finished his painted oeuvre – a fact that lends the Budapest show particular significance, according to the website of the National Gallery.

Gerhard Richter. Truth in Semblance is the fourth in the series of exhibitions organized by the Museum of Fine Arts – Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest to showcase the trends in German art since 1945. The series began in 2012 with Material Becomes Picture, presenting the works of Günther Uecker, and continued in 2014 with an exhibition of works by Jörg Immendorff, entitled Long Live Painting! The third artist included in the series was Georg Baselitz, whose exhibition Preview with Review was held in 2017.The aim of the Hungarian National Gallery is to present to the public the diverse art phenomena and defining trends in Germany since World War II by focusing on the most emblematic and internationally celebrated figures from the German art scene.