By Tatsuya Imaoka / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

17:45 JST, June 28, 2025

Why has humanity continuously repeated tragedies? This question came to mind while viewing a solo exhibition of artworks by German artist Anselm Kiefer at Nijo Castle in Kyoto.

The exhibition, which ended Sunday at the World Heritage site, featured selected works of the 80-year-old master, who represents a post-World War II artists’ circle in the country. Kiefer is known for massive works that touch on themes related to mythology, religion and science.

The artist, born in 1945, overlayed Japanese and Western histories and senses of beauty, and posed this deep question in a world where war has continued unabated.

This was Kiefer’s first large-scale........

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