Georg Baselitz - Back Again

Published to coincide with Georg Baselitz's first posthumous exhibition, 'Back Again' at White Cube Bermondsey (June - August 2026), this catalogue arrays recent paintings in which the artist revisited several central themes from his decades-long practice. Featuring large-scale reproductions of Baselitz's paintings and works on paper from the last three years of his life, the publication, designed by (Studio) Jonathan Hares, surveys Baselitz's opulent gold-ground paintings, a series depicting deities, alongside recurring motifs of the eagle and the artist's wife Elke - a presence that animated his work throughout his career. An essay by writer and academic Matthew Holman takes as its entry point the marionette figures Baselitz designed for the Salzburg Marionette Theatre's 2025 production of Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale). Holman proceeds to trace the threads of Baselitz's extraordinary artistic life: the Saxony countryside of his childhood, the enduring influence of his wife, Elke, and a mark-making practice that carried the weight of the history of painting.