Georg Baselitz, influential artist confronting Germany's past, dies

Georg Baselitz, a German artist born in 1938, used his art to confront the horrors of Nazism and communism. His provocative works, including a depiction of a masturbating Hitler, forced Germany to reckon with its past, while his later pieces captured human frailty. Baselitz's death marks the loss of a significant voice in contemporary art.

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