German painter Katharina Grosse was in the middle of installing one of her largest shows to date, at the prestigious Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, when the lockdown threw the museum’s schedule into ...

In the case of an artist who thinks big and works bigger, few can measure up to Katharina Grosse. Now, the widely-acclaimed painter may have found a gallery that can keep up with the scale of her ...

Aerial view of Katharina Grosse’s “Rockaway!” at Fort Tilden, with the artist waving below (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) One of the most remarkable places accessible to the public in ...

Do you consider yourself a painter, a sculptor or an installation artist? I’m a painter. I’m interested in the space generated by the painted image and how it can appear in any kind of existing field, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Katharina Grosse may be one of Germany’s most important painters, but she rarely picks up a paintbrush. Since ...

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As an avid surfer, artist Katharina Grosse is well aware that the ocean is under attack, and has been for a while. She also understands that the aggressor doing all the damage is humankind. According ...

Grosse transformed the urban surfaces and existing architectural elements to extend her exploration into the possibilities of painting. Courtesy: the artist (c) VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 Photograph: ...

German artist Katharina Grosse is famed for working on a monumental scale. Using industrial-strength spray-paint guns, she’s applied screaming colors onto railroad corridors, piles of debris, and ...

Katharina Grosse's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices of up to 565,677 USD for paintings, and 120,523 USD for works on papers. In the past 12 months, her paintings ...

Brazen bursts of brilliant color explode from the canvas, inviting the viewer to escape into the delightful frenzy that guides the eye and frees the mind. Gazing at Untitled (2017) offers comfort and ...