In 1997, the German artist Martin Kippenberger passed away. He was born in 1953 in Dortmund and would have turned 60 on February 25, 2013. Today, his work is celebrated internationally and is a permanent part of the most important collections and museums in the world. The question of his significance continues to spark lively discussions: hailed as the Beuys of the 1980s, the German Warhol, or the heir to Picabia, he is equally known as a dilettante and a genius, an enfant terrible and a provocateur, a networker and a visionary. For decades, he was almost completely ignored by the art world, always striving for recognition, which was only granted to him by a small circle. Ruthless in his criticism, no joke was too harsh, and no provocation too painful for him to explore the limits of himself and others. The professional self-promoter understood w.