Danish Painter Troels Wörsel Dies at 68

Troels Wörsel, the Danish painter known for his experimental approach to the medium, died at age 68. Born in Aarhus, he moved to Germany in the 1970s, living in Munich and then Cologne, where he engaged with Pop and Conceptual art. Wörsel questioned painting's formal components, incorporating existing images and exploring new techniques—such as attaching a paintbrush to an electric drill or painting on the backside of canvases. He gained international attention in 2007 representing Denmark at the 52nd Venice Biennale. His work is held in major collections including Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Washington Museum of Art, Centre Pompidou, and MoMA New York. He was represented by galleries including Aurel Schreiber Berlin, Galerie Fred Jahn Munich, Erhard Klein Bonn, Susanne Ottesen Copenhagen, David Nolan New York, and Galleri Riis Oslo.