For the first time, Frank Auerbach's paintings are being exhibited in Berlin. As a child, he had to flee to England without his parents to escape the Nazis. His son, Jake Auerbach, shares how he coped with it.
A door with a combination lock like on a safe. Behind it, men stand on ladders, hanging paintings worth millions on the walls of a stately old Charlottenburg apartment.
Tuesday afternoon, half past four. The installation for the Frank Auerbach exhibition at the Michael Werner Gallery on Hardenbergstraße is nearing completion, and Jake Auerbach, the artist’s son, is searching for himself.
