by Ben Lima | 24 April 2010 | Contemporary, Museums
Neo Rauch, central figure in the so-called Leipzig School of German painting, observes his fiftieth birthday with a double retrospective in Leipzig and Munich. The catalog is from Hatje Cantz.
Reviews have appeared from Werner Spies, Catrin Lorch, Sebastian Preuss, and Deutsche Welle. See also comments from author and catalog contributor Uwe Tellkamp, a preview from Peter Richter, an interview with Rauch supporters Don and Mera Rubell, Rauch’s entry into the Kunstsammlung Brad Pitt (with an Eli Broad assist), and the challenge of filling Rauch’s Leipzig professorship.
