An Intimate Filmic Portrait of the Artist Behind Kode´s exhibition, Georg Baselitz: A Life in Print
Get to know the artist behind the exhibition Georg Baselitz: A Life in Print, showing at Kode, now in the autumn until 22. february 2026. Evelyn Schels's documentary film Georg Baselitz – A German Painter (2013) draws a nuanced and in-depth picture of Baselitz's artistry, personality and biography. The filmmaker also gained access to the artist's studios in Germany and Italy, bringing you up-close to his creative process. 
Georg Baselitz was born in 1938 in Hitler's Germany, which was already on the path to the Second World War that left Europe in ruins. The experience of being born into a 'destroyed order' has remained a central theme of Baselitz's art, from the beginning of his career in the early 1960s onwards. With the growing international interest in German art in the 1980s, Baselitz became one of the biggest names on the global contemporary art scene. He is known for the artistic power of his images, as well as his provocative statements on art, gender and politics.