Gerhard Richter gives Holocaust art to Berlin

Germany’s greatest living painter donates 100 works, including his Birkenau series, to capital’s new museumFans of the German painter Gerhard Richter are expected to flock to Berlin to view 100 works that he has in effect donated in a long-term loan to a new museum of modern art. The works include a series of paintings addressing the Holocaust that he has vowed never to sell.The donation by the 89-year-old, who is one of the world’s highest-priced living artists, is destined fo