Georg Baselitz: Nackte Meister

Kunsthistorisches Museum invited Georg Baselitz to take part in an exhibition project that has the artist enter into a visual dialogue with the Old Masters. This exhibition, whose title translates to Naked Masters, places works by Georg Baselitz alongside historical paintings of nude figures from the Kunsthistorisches Museum’s collection.

He selected the works himself – seventy-five of his own creations and forty from the Picture Gallery –, concentrating entirely on the nude, the naked figure. This juxtaposition aims to reveal insights into the history of nude portraiture as well as the currency that painting itself still has.