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Georg Baselitz has now died at the age of 88 He was the star of German post-war art – radical, brutal
30 April 2026
By Kerstin Stremmel
He gave the art world a headache. And these headaches always rose from the back of the neck, slowly but with a vicious intensity. Because what Georg Baselitz did was an affront. He painted upside down. Today, his upside-down art can be admired in all the major museums. People have learned by now not to crane their necks to see his monumental paintings. Today, they know at a glance: That's Baselitz.
