Fondazione Giorgio Cini Presents Georg Baselitz Final Works in Eroi d'Oro Exhibition
On June 17, 2026, Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice opened Eroi d'Oro, an exhibition containing Georg Baselitz's final works. The artist died six days before the show opened at the age of 88. Sixteen monumental paintings nearly five metres tall are displayed in two rooms lined with black fabric, each portraying a single inverted figure drawn with fine black line on golden ground, with all but one depicting his wife Elke Kretzschmar.
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A smaller self-portrait shows Baselitz seated upside down, and the exhibition includes a short film with his voice. The works feature coloured paint flurries echoing Willem de Kooning and reference Hokusai's late self-portrait. Baselitz described the means as simple and ordinary to construct his connection to the world, himself and his wife.
- Artists: Georg Baselitz
- People: Elke Kretzschmar
- Museums: Fondazione Giorgio Cini
- Locations: Venice
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