The National Gallery in Berlin receives 100 works by Gerhard Richter.
A long-term loan agreement between the Gerhard Richter Art Foundation and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation was signed on Monday in Cologne - the painter's residence.
The works are to be shown first in the Neue Nationalgalerie and later in the Museum des 20.
Berlin / Cologne - century that is currently being built.
There will be a room dedicated to Gerhard Richter on the upper floor.
The collection of 100 works is of enormous value, as Richter is considered one of the world's most influential artists and his works achieve top prices.
"100 works by Gerhard Richter for Berlin - it is and remains a sensation," said the managing director of the Nationalgalerie, Joachim Jäger, after a message from the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.
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Associated with the contract is a cooperation with the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, where the works archive of Gerhard Richter is located.
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