Gerhard Richter - Panorama

Time Out“Truly an artist for our age, and the next...” Expansive and life-affirming survey of Gerhard Richter's enduring painterly creativity in the face of modernity's extreme pressures...

The Observer“A tremendous survey of the German master...” Because he is such a virtuoso painter, as well as monastically reserved – the self-portraits are almost completely effaced – Richter's art has always seemed to arrive out of mystery...

Financial Times“An essential if nihilistic witness to an era...” Tate’s achievement is to show the arc of an exceptional career, made more comprehensible by the inclusion of some weaker work, but never descending into self-parody or repetition...

Guardian“The final painting in the room, superbly curated, shows the end of life...” Richter, at almost 80, is passionately drawn to the experiences of the eye and the light that makes everything visible. If these paintings are analogies of anything specific, it is our human love of looking at the world...

The Telegraph“Make sure you see this exhibition...” The scope and subtlety of what he has achieved with a paintbrush are astounding. The Tate’s solid chronological display may occasionally feel a little expected, but good on them...

The Independent“Early on there is real bite...” By any standard, Richter is a major contemporary artist. You can see how in this impressive show but not completely why...

this is london“Now the world greatest living painter...” Shows that at 80, Richter is at the peak of his powers in both his expressive abstracts and his hyper-realistic paintings from photographs...