Anyone looking for material to include in a time capsule of the 1980s will want to consider the catalogue of the Sigmar Polke retrospective. This show, comprising some one hundred works by the ...
The alchemy of good curating amounts to this: sometimes placing one work of art near another makes one and one equal three. Two artworks arranged alchemically leave each intact, transform both and ...
A lavish and scholarly Polke retrospective at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice puts the artist’s playful experiments with the moving image center stage, casting better-known work in fresh light. Selected ...
Installation view, ‘Alibis: Sigmar Polke 1963–2010’ at the Museum of Modern Art, April 19–August 3, 2014 (© 2014 The Museum of Modern Art, photo by Jonathan ...
The Museum Frieder Burda was opened by the eponymous publisher in 2004 in a Richard Meier building in the German spa town of Baden-Baden (literally “Bath-Bath”) known for its natural springs and one ...
The late German artist Sigmar Polke was not the type to make things easy for anyone. After trying to interview him in Los Angeles in 1995, reporter Kristine McKenna wrote that she felt like Margaret ...
Sigmar Polke Selected Exhibitions in 2014: Sigmar Polke: Early Works on Paper, Michael Werner, New York; traveled to Michael Werner, London (solo exhibition) Alibis: Sigmar Polke, 1963–2010, The ...
The opening days of TEFAF Maastricht 2026 have reaffirmed the fair’s position as the world’s pre-eminent marketplace for art. VeneKlasen, New York is presenting Sigmar Polke: The Dream of Menelaus, ...
Installation view of “Alibis: Sigmar Polke 1963–2010,” The Museum of Modern Art, April 19–August 3, 2014. © 2014 The Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Jonathan ...
The British painter is still in his studio, 365 days a year. In a late turn to self-portraiture, he has turned his scrutiny on himself. By Elizabeth Fullerton “If Wall Street hadn’t taken a dive, ...