Editing John Heartfield (section)

==Death and legacy==
[[File:Grab von John Heartfield.jpg|thumb|Grave of John Heartfield in Berlin]]
Following a lifelong history of illness, Heartfield died on 26 April 1968 in East Berlin, [[East Germany]]. He was buried in the [[Dorotheenstadt Cemetery]], adjacent to Brecht's former home.

After his [[widow]] Gertrud Heartfield's death, the East German Academy of the Arts took possession of all of Heartfield's surviving works. When the West German [[Academy of Arts, Berlin|Academy of Arts]] absorbed the East German Academy, the Heartfield Archive was transferred with it.

From November to December, 1974 the Ministry of Culture and the Academy of Arts of the Democratic Republic of Germany (East Germany) hosted an exhibition of John Heartfield photomontages at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris.<ref>(John Heartfield catalogue from the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris)</ref>

From 15 April to 6 July 1993, the New York City [[Museum of Modern Art]] hosted an exhibition of Heartfield's original montages.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/16/arts/review-art-hated-the-nazis-loved-the-soviets-created-images-to-mock-and-admire.html |title=Review/Art; Hated the Nazis, Loved the Soviets, Created Images to Mock and Admire|journal=The New York Times|first=Michael|last=Kimmelman|date=16 April 1993}}</ref>

In 2005, the British [[Tate Gallery]] held an exhibition of his photomontage pieces.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} The [[Museum Ludwig]] in [[Cologne]] held a retrospective exhibition of [[Jacob Kjeldgaard|Marinus]] and Heartfield in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hitler blind und Stalin lahm. Marinus und Heartfield|url=http://kunstaspekte.art/event/hitler-blind-und-stalin-lahm-marinus-und-2008-08|access-date=21 July 2021|website=Kunstaspekte|language=de|archive-date=21 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721193808/https://kunstaspekte.art/event/hitler-blind-und-stalin-lahm-marinus-und-2008-08|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=23 November 2008|title=NETZEITUNG {{!}} KULTUR NACHRICHTEN: "Marinus" – ein Fotomonteur gegen Hitle"|url=http://www.netzeitung.de/kultur/1119217.html|url-status=live|access-date=21 July 2021|website=Netzeitung|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123031556/http://www.netzeitung.de/kultur/1119217.html|archive-date=23 November 2008|language=de}}</ref>

In 2023, an animated documentary about Heartfield was released, directed by [[Katrin Rothe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15807040/|publisher=imdb|title=Johnny &amp; Me}}</ref>