Gerhard Richter belongs among the best internationally recognized modern German artists next to Sigmar Polke and Georg Baselitz. German Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) has gathered 27 characteristic pieces from Ricter's all periods for display. The artist's own selection can be regarded as a retrospective in nuce – a close-up of all his creative phases from photorealism of the 1960's to abstract works from the 1980.–90's In Kumu, Richter's "Survey" is accompanied by a series of paintings called "Mainstream" by young Estonian painter Tõnis Saadoja – a series of Richter's portraits in mixed technique, inspired by 48 portraits.

Photo: Stanislav Stepaško