Günther Uecker

Galleries were enthusiastic about how the fair went, despite slower sales and a significant drop in visitors.

Düsseldorf, the capital of Germany’s most populous federal state and the economic heart of the Rhine-Ruhr region, has developed an identity as a ‘trade fair city’, with an excellent cultural scene that includes a long list of festivals and cultural institutions.

Despite his fixation on scars and wounding and his worries for the future, Uecker remains essentially optimistic and outward-looking. As he says, ‘The greatest danger in the world is anger.’