January 22, 2026 – February 28, 2026
Georg Baselitz: Geschichte
Cristea Roberts Gallery
Opening Reception and Talk
(Contact [email protected] to confirm your attendance):
Thursday, January 22 2026, 6 PM – 7:30 PM
43 Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5JG
Online Viewing:
https://cristearoberts.com/exhibitions/279-georg-baselitz-geschichte/
On the occasion of Georg Baselitz’s 88th birthday, Cristea Roberts Gallery is pleased to introduce Geschichte, the artist’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. Georg Baselitz: Geschichte presents a new body of work that focuses on one of Baselitz’s most enduring and provocative motifs – the eagle or Adler. The exhibition brings together over twenty etchings and aquatints that depict the inverted eagle alongside other animals, such as the hare and the deer, as well as the artist’s most recurrent muse, his wife Elke.
The title of the exhibition, Geschichte, comes from the German word for history or tale. With this dual meaning in mind, Baselitz establishes a dialogue between two of his most famous motifs: the eagle and Elke, bringing them together in a new narrative (or Geschichte), whilst acknowledging the historical importance of both themes in his oeuvre.
Baselitz’s graphic work often interrogates both personal and political histories and is constantly engaged in a disruptive process of orienting and disorienting, challenging what defines traditional, symbolic or subversive picture-making.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a new book featuring an in-depth essay by writer and art critic Alastair Sooke. For all artwork enquiries please contact [email protected].
