Listen as Anselm Kiefer offers his own meditation on the motif of the sunflower 🌻
Taking on a subject closely associated with Van Gogh, Anselm forgoes the Dutch painter’s vibrant yellow palette, and instead gives his sunflowers an almost anthropomorphic presence as they rise from the ground into the greying or gilded skies above.
👉 View the paintings at ‘Anselm Kiefer’ at White Cube Mason’s Yard until 16 August 2025.
👉 Explore the artistic dialogue between the two artists at ‘Kiefer / Van Gogh’ at the Royal Academy of Arts, London until 26 October 2025.
👉 Visit Anselm Kiefer’s flags featuring an iconic sunflower motif on Bond Street until 22 July 2025.
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Video: © White Cube (Sam Smith).
Audio courtesy of the Royal Academy of Arts © Royal Academy of Arts 2025.
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