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‘Our little adventure’: Angela Merkel unveils portrait of herself in Berlin

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Kate Connolly in Berlin

2d ago

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The Guardian‘Our little adventure’: Angela Merkel unveils portrait of herself in Berlintheguardian.com
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Jérémie Queyras, 28, created painting over months of sessions at his studio where pair struck up unlikely bond Over months they met secretly in a studio in the government quarter of central Berlin – a young artist and his subject, the former German chancellor Angela Merkel. For hours at a time, while Jérémie Queyras painted her portrait, they bonded, Merkel has said, chatting “about all and sundry”. Sometimes they were silent, or they listened to classical music, taking it in turns to let each other choose the pieces. The result of what Merkel, 71, called their “little adventure” was unveiled to an invited audience of family, friends and a handful of art critics this week in the neo-baroque Bode-Museum in Berlin. Continue reading...

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