German museum dedicates rooms to Gerhard Richter works

Star German artist Gerhard Richter will have three rooms dedicated to his work in the permanent exhibition at the Neues Museum Nuremberg in southern Germany.

The permanent exhibition will display 20 paintings and a watercolour from all phases of the 92-year-old painter's career, ranging from his early student days and including still lifes, photographs, colour panels and abstract paintings.

Richter is among the world's most acclaimed and widely sought living artists, and is also consistently among the best-selling as well.

The Neues Museum Nuremberg says it has one of the largest public collections of Richter's work, with around 30 works on permanent loan.

The museum has developed a multimedia guide for smartphones to accompany the exhibition, which director Simone Schimpf told dpa on Thursday would immerse visitors in Richter's creative work and send visitors home as experts on the artist.