The article reviews Georg Baselitz's final body of work, created shortly before his death at age 88. Painted from a wheeled office chair due to physical frailty, the works depict falling bodies, upside-down nudes, and frantic insectile forms, grappling with mortality. The exhibition includes golden canvases that canonize Baselitz and his wife Elke, alongside recurring eagle motifs from his youth in postwar Germany.
This review matters because Baselitz was one of the most influential painters of his generation, and this exhibition represents his last artistic statement—a raw, emotional reckoning with death. It offers a rare glimpse into how a major artist confronts his own end, making the work both a personal farewell and a significant moment in contemporary art history.