Comment | Georg Baselitz's final exhibition is a warning that history is repeating itself

German painter Georg Baselitz died a week before the opening of his Venice exhibition “Eroi d’Oro (Golden Heroes)” on San Giorgio Maggiore, on view until 27 September. The show features monumental upright paintings of a single inverted nude figure drawn in fine black line on a gold ground, mostly depicting his wife, Elke Kretzschmar, plus one smaller inverted self-portrait. Baselitz recorded two short statements calling the works a “summation” of his life and work, framing them as meditations on old age and as politically charged reminders that the world feels “topsy-turvy.” The commentary links the Biennale’s tense political atmosphere and UK culture-war politics—including Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and a Reform pledge in Wales to control museum interpretations of history—to concerns about increasing pressure on museums.

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