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Germaine Richier was a French Postwar & Contemporary sculptor who was born in 1902. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig in Vienna. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Louisiana Museum of Modern Art have featured Germaine Richier's work in the past.Germaine Richier's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 53 USD to 3,638,814 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 3,638,814 USD for LA TAUROMACHIE, sold at Sotheby's Paris in 2017. In the past 12 months, their sculptures have averaged 73,793 USD.Germaine Richier has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in July 2025. The artist died in 1959.
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of Fritz Wotruba鈥檚 death, the Belvedere is presenting a comprehensive exhibition that, for the first time, highlights the international reach of the Austrian sculptor鈥檚 career.
The New Museum, Manhattan鈥檚 only museum dedicated exclusively to contemporary art, today announced that its 60,000 sq ft building expansion designed by OMA / Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas in collaboration with Cooper Robertson will open in fall 2025.
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..Rendered in illusory realms while maintaining a self-reflexive approach to making, Richier鈥檚 sculptures describe the transition from materials into form...
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..Having preferred a classical approach to sculpture by working predominantly from live models in her studio, Richier locates an interior narrative within her subject and wrenches it into being through her...
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..Richier鈥檚 art was likewise shaped by a childhood spent in Provence in close proximity to nature, by Surrealist and Existentialist notions popular in her circles, by the experience of being both a woman...
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