Almost five years after her retirement, Angela Merkel has shown how she wants to be remembered – visually. The portrait painting of her – which, in keeping with German tradition, is painted of every outgoing chancellor in the way the portraitist wishes – does not offer a new reading of Germany's first female federal leader, but rather reinforces the image that has been formed about her. And in the process, it reignites the debate about whether t…
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Almost five years after her retirement, Angela Merkel has shown how she wants to be remembered – visually. The portrait painting of her – which, in keeping with German tradition, is painted of every outgoing chancellor in the way the portraitist wishes – does not offer a new reading of Germany's first female federal leader, but rather reinforces the image that has been formed about her. And in the process, it reignites the debate about whether t…