Gerhard Richter's New Paintings Exhibited at Chambers Fine Art Through June 17

Gerhard Richter's new paintings are currently on view at Chambers Fine Art through June 17. These works evoke a range of responses, described as austere, calming, provocative, aggressive, confronting, soothing, luring, and denying. The exhibition includes grisaille works presented in a historically diverse context, demonstrating that this technique is more than just another color. David Cohen reviewed this show alongside exhibitions featuring Diana Al-Hadid, Mernet Larsen, and Andrea Zittel. Richter's work appears alongside that of earlier artists in scenes from an expat Russian painter's adolescence. A traveling exhibition examines how artists have approached nature over the past 500 years, while the Städel Museum presents a catalogue of German painting from a significant historical period. The Venice Biennale, established in 1895 and often called the Olympics of visual arts, selects national artists in odd-numbered years. A version of this coverage originally appeared in the New York Sun on June 11, 2007, under the title 'Pax American in the Serene Republic'.