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Neo Rauch

Neo Rauch is a German artist, who was born in 1960 in Leipzig in former East Germany. His paintings are known for linking biographical issues with the politics of industrial alienation.

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The painter Jochen Plogsties at work in Leipzig's Cotton Mill space

The 'cotton mill' is Leipzig's creative center

Jochen Plogsties was a master pupil of the internationally renowned Leipzig painter Neo Rauch.
ArtsJanuary 10, 202205:36 min
Two persons looking at Gerhard Richter's windows at Tholey Abbey

Gerhard Richter's church window revealed

It is German artist Gerhard Richter's latest, and perhaps the last, major work: the windows for Tholey Abbey.
CultureSeptember 17, 2020
Julia Jentsch receiving order of merit with Frank-Walter Steinmeier (picture-alliance/dpa/B. von Jutrczenka)

29 artists receive German order of merit

Ahead of Germany's national day, President Steinmeier presented honors to 29 personalities of the cultural world.
CultureOctober 2, 2018
Deutschland Bayreuth 2018 | Totale

The Bayreuth Festival wraps up another season

A Lohengrin of vivid imagery and a booed-out premiere by Placido Domingo were the highlights of the year. What's ahead?
MusicAugust 29, 2018
Bayreuther Festspiele 2018 | Lohengrin

'Lohengrin' at the Bayreuth Festival

The Wagner Festival opens the season with a production dominated by powerful images and strong voices.
MusicJuly 26, 2018
Deutschland, Bayreuth: Postkarten bei den Richard-Wagner-Festspielen

Bayreuth Festival: The 2018 Wagner celebration begins

Visitors can look forward to a new production of Wagner's "Lohengrin" — including the stage set by Neo Rauch.
MusicJuly 25, 2018
Gerhard Richter Abstraktes Bild 599

Fact Check: Germany and the art market

Germany is home to a thriving art scene, but the money is made elsewhere.
ArtsDecember 9, 201701:02 min
Arno Rink

Leipzig School artist Arno Rink dies, aged 76

The art pioneer painted up until his death despite his severe illness - and his final work remains unfinished.
CultureSeptember 6, 2017
Kultur.21 - Neo Rauch - Gefährten und Begleiter

Close-up on Neo Rauch

Star Leipzig artist Neo Rauch opened his studio to a documentary camera team.
CultureFebruary 13, 2017
Neo Rauch

Influential painter Neo Rauch revealed in new documentary

The film "Neo Rauch - Gefährten und Begleiter" by Nicola Graef offers insights into the world-famous artist.
FilmFebruary 3, 2017
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Euromaxx - Lifestyle Europe | 27.01.2017

Testing winter sports equipment, fashion by Giorgio Armani and a new film about Neo Rauch.
CultureJanuary 27, 2017
Bildergalerie Leipziger Schule Wolfgang Mattheuer

The Leipzig School: A history of art

The Leipzig School: A history of art
October 2, 20158 images
Leipzig School, Neo Rauch. Copyright: Jens Wolf/dpa.

Neo Rauch exhibition conquers Berlin

A Berlin museum presents Neo Rauch, the star of the New Leipzig School.
October 2, 2015
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Neo Rauch Exhibition

More than forty works by this famous artist are currently on show in an exhibition in the town of Aschersleben, Germany where Rauch grew up.
LifestyleApril 7, 201302:14 min
Florent Pieplu installing at the Demmeringstrasse art space

The other Berlin

Leipzig is gaining attention as Europe's new alternative cultural hub. Can it dethrone Berlin?
January 2, 2013
Installation at an exhibition of the New Leipzig School

Visit Germany

The German city of Leipzig has flourished as a center of historical sites and contemporary art life.
September 26, 2011

Leipzig - A City of Music and Art

The Saxon city Leipzig is home to just under 500,000 people, and boasts both an exciting past and present. Famous composer like Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Johann Sebastian Bach worked here. It's also a city of visual arts. Leipzig native Neo Rauch is one of the world's most successful contemporary artists.
CultureSeptember 25, 201105:20 min
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Rosa Loy and Neo Rauch Exhibition in Austria

Neo Rauch and his wife Rosa Loy present their works together for the first time at an exhibition in the private Essl Museum near Vienna. The two artists have been married since 1985. The exhibition "Hinter den Gärten" shows many works from the couple's private collection for the first time.
LifestyleSeptember 3, 201104:18 min
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Neo Rauch Retrospective in Baden-Baden

The Frieder Burda Museum in Baden-Baden is staging a 2011 exhibition of works by the Leipzig artist Neo Rauch. Forty of his major pieces are on display. This might not be the largest retrospective of works by Neo Rauch but it is a very personal one.
LifestyleMay 27, 201104:04 min
A painting called Waldbahn, in blues and yellows and greens

Neo Rauch 50

Dual exhibitions opened this week in Germany to mark the 50th birthday of painter Neo Rauch.
April 20, 2010
Neo Rauch standing in front of his painting, Vorfuehrung

Rauch turns 50

DW spoke to Don and Mera Rubell, among the first US collectors to recognize Neo Rauch's talent.
April 18, 2010
Leipzig's old City Hall

From Napoleon to Bach

Leipzig has been shaped by some of the most important figures in recent and modern history.
April 6, 2010

Culture calender

From music and art to film and dance - find out what's going on in Germany's cultural scene.
March 31, 2010
"Sekte 2004" by Neo Rauch, at the Carnegie Museum of Art

Volunteering for art

Young art lovers offer an alternative to the New Leipzig School with a non-profit gallery.
July 28, 2009
Martin Kobe painting of a room, untitled

Modern Art

German art is all the rage on the international market these days. Modern work fetches big prices.
February 5, 2009
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Documenta's Beauty

DW's Ramon Garcia-Ziemsen on the 12th documenta art show, which ended Sunday, Sept. 23.
September 24, 2007

Neo Rauch Exhibit

A solo exhibition of one of Germany's most successful contemporary artists opens at the Met Museum.
May 22, 2007

From East Germany to Easy Street

In the GDR, Gerd Harry Lybke was barred from working life. Today, he can take much of the credit for the popularity of the New Leipzig School, which has put Germany in the international vanguard of fashionable painting.
October 5, 2005

German Art Basks in the Glow of Success

German art is hip -- and well on the way to establishing itself as a brand on the international art market. Read more in DW-WORLD's dossier on Germany's flourishing art scene.
March 21, 2005

The Yearning for Kraut Art

Fresh blood has given the international popularity of German art a boost. Collectors in New York and London these days are eagerly snatching up works by young German artists.
July 29, 2004