Firenze

1998

His first retrospective in North America

In 1998 Richter’s first North American retrospective is shown at the Art Gallery of Ontario and at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

2000 · 受賞

State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia

11 September 2001

11 September: the flight to New York is diverted to Halifax

Richter was flying to New York on 11 September 2001, but because of the attacks, including on the World Trade Center, his plane was diverted to Halifax, Nova Scotia. A few years later he made one small painting specifically about the planes crashing into the towers: “September” (2005).

2002

The retrospective “Forty Years of Painting” at MoMA

In 2002 the Museum of Modern Art in New York holds the retrospective “Forty Years of Painting”: 188 exhibits, an unprecedented number of works by a living artist for that museum.