Georg Baselitz never made life easy for himself. That’s perhaps why, at 83, the painter is still able to surprise or even shock—and he’s as busy as ever. His upcoming schedule is filled with shows, at Thaddaeus Ropac, Palazzo Grimani, Fondazione Vedova, Gagosian, and Centre Pompidou. For Blau, from his studio on the Ammersee, he gives the most in-depth magazine interview of his laborious career.

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