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Hypebeast
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Fondation Louis Vuitton to Open Monumental Gerhard Richter Retrospective
Summary Just ahead of Art Basel Paris this October,Fondation Louis Vuittonwill unveil a landmark retrospective dedicated to seminal German artistGerhard Richter. Spanning the entirety of the institution's 10-gallery space, the eponymous exhibition will mount 270 works across mediums, marking the most comprehensive survey of Richter's career to date. The exhibition builds on Richter's longstanding relationship with the Fondation, where he was first featured in its inaugural collection showcase in 2014, and now, over a decade later, the artist returns with a sweeping presentation that traces more than six decades of artistic innovation. From his earliest figurative experiments in the 1960s to his most recent abstract and glass works, completed in 2024, the exhibition will include work across mediums, including his iconic oil paintings, steel sculptures, pencil and ink drawings, watercolors and over-painted photographs, underscoring Richter's deep engagement with materiality and perception. Expect an array of Richter's most acclaimed works, among them are'Uncle Rudi'(1965),'Gudrun'(1987),'Woman Reading'(1994) and'Self Portrait'(1996), alongside his 48Portraits, Cage Paintings, SilikatandSabine mit Kindseries. Co-curated by Dieter Schwarz and Nicholas Serota, the former directors of Kunstmuseum Winterhur and Tate, the show—which promises a display'unmatched both in scale and in chronological scope'—joins a growing list of monographic exhibitions at Fondation Louis Vuitton that spotlights prolific names in modern and contemporary art, The exhibition is set to open on October 17 and will remain on view through March 2, 2026. Check out the museum's website for more information on the upcoming showcase. Fondation Louis Vuitton8 Av. du Mahatma Gandhi,75116 Paris, France
Bloomberg
10-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Supermarket Billionaire Wants to Build AI Gigafactory in Europe
The Schwarz Group, Germany's largest retailer and owner of supermarket chain Lidl, is planning to pitch the government to be the lead developer of a major data center central to Europe's artificial intelligence efforts. The privately held retailer, which is controlled by billionaire founder Dieter Schwarz, will present its plan to spend billions of euros on Friday, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations.
