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05/01/2026 - 01/10/2027
LUMA Arles
Parc des Ateliers, 35 avenue Victor Hugo
13200 Arles
Gerhard Richter is one of the most influential artists of our time, whose work has continuously reshaped the relationship between painting, photography, and perception. Overpainted Photographs is a body of work that occupies a unique place in his practice. Begun in the late 1980s, these works bring together two central and often opposing forces in Richter’s art: the photograph and the painted gesture. Working directly on small photographic prints, Richter applies oil paint, varnish, or enamel, by smearing, scraping, pressing, or dragging it across the image. The result is neither simply a photograph nor a painting, but a hybrid form in which both media are fundamentally altered.
LUMA Arles
Parc des Ateliers, 35 avenue Victor Hugo
13200 Arles
Gerhard Richter is one of the most influential artists of our time, whose work has continuously reshaped the relationship between painting, photography, and perception. Overpainted Photographs is a body of work that occupies a unique place in his practice. Begun in the late 1980s, these works bring together two central and often opposing forces in Richter’s art: the photograph and the painted gesture. Working directly on small photographic prints, Richter applies oil paint, varnish, or enamel, by smearing, scraping, pressing, or dragging it across the image. The result is neither simply a photograph nor a painting, but a hybrid form in which both media are fundamentally altered.