“Anselm Kiefer: Becoming the Sea” is on view at the Saint Louis Art Museum through January 25, 2026.

Thirty-five years after World War II, the German artist Anselm Kiefer stormed the international art scene with imagery that evoked the violence and trauma of conflict. Born in Germany in 1945, he grew ...

Come October 18, visitors who enter the Saint Louis Art Museum’s Sculpture Hall will be immersed in the work of Anselm Kiefer, the German artist whose 60-year career is captured, in part, by the new ...

But that’s enough to convey the gist of Kiefer’s career and philosophy. And it’s also why there’s no need to know a lot about the artist in order to appreciate him, his work and Wenders’ captivating ...

The artist’s fascination with subjects ranging from quantum theory to poetry reveals an intellect that moves freely between ...

“Nigredo,” Anselm Kiefer’s 1984 work in oil, acrylic, emulsion, shellac and straw on a photograph, mounted on canvas with woodcut, will be featured at the St. Louis Art Museum’s exhibition “Anselm ...

"Grenze (Border)" is a painting by Anselm Kiefer in "Anselm Kiefer: Becoming the Sea" at the St. Louis Art Museum. When Min Jung Kim, the Barbara B. Taylor Director of the St. Louis Art Museum, ...

An art documentary by Wim Wenders steps inside the work of a man who says his art is about ‘the open wound of German history’ Born two months before the Nazis surrendered, celebrated German artist ...