NEWSHelnwein

The collectors Peter and Irene Ludwig donate 53 works of Helnwein to the Museum Ludwig in the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg

Version by Gert Hof and Gottfried Helnwein, with Les Tambours du Bronx and Caspar Brötzmann 47th Berliner Festwochen, Arena, Berlin and Muffathalle, Munich

Rammstein's album "Sehnsucht (album)" is released with six different covers by Gottfried Helnwein.

The New York Times writes about Kent Logan, one of Americas leading collectors of contemporary art: "He amasses his art in true corporate fashion: with flow charts mapping what he has and what he doesn't. Hs most extensive acquisitions include Francesco Clemente's "Self-Portrait" (1984), Mark Tansey's "Occupation" (1984), Cindy Sherman's "Film Still #6" (1977), Gottfried Helnwein's "Untitled (Child)" (1996) and Anselm Kiefer's "Operation Sea Lion" (1975)."

At first he lives in Dublin and in 1998 he acquires a castle in County Tipperary where lives and works since then.

a series of photographic pictures of people who have died a violent death He photographs the photographs of dead people and again and again photographs the photographs of the photographs ultimately to the point of dissolution.