Painter and sculptor Gerhard Richter calls an agreement that will allow the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz to permanently show around 100 of the artist's works in Berlin - and send them on their travels - a "delightful honor."

Artist Gerhard Richter is making an extensive body of 100 works available to Berlin's Nationalgalerie for the Museum of the 20th Century. This was announced by the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz on Monday.

According to the agreement, from 2023 works by the artist will initially be on display in the New National Gallery, and later in the new house at the Kulturforum. The agreement is a cooperation with the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, where parts of the works will also be on display. Both sides had already announced the agreement in the spring.
Permanent presentation of several works

This long-term loan agreement will allow the Foundation's houses to curate 40 works and 60 overpainted photographs by the Nationalgalerie. Among these works are the painting "Occupied House" (1989), but also important glass and mirror works such as "Mirror Gray" (1991) and also series of paintings from the late work such as "4,900 Colors" (2007), "Strip" (2013) or abstract works from recent years.

The four-part cycle "Birkenau" (2014) is the central work of the long-term cooperation and was already on view in a special exhibition at the Alte Nationalgalerie until the beginning of October. The Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) announced that this cycle would be on permanent display at the Kulturforum in the houses of the National Gallery of the National Museums in Berlin from 2023. The reason given was "its eminent importance for the history of Germany".