newsletter #2 - WFFM 2014 XV Congress of the World Federation of
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newsletter #2 - WFFM 2014 XV Congress of the World Federation of
Antonio da Correggio, Leda and the Swan, c. 1532 | Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie | Photo: Caliari NEWSLETTER #2 BERLINISCHE GALERIE THE DEUTSCHE BANK The Friends of the Berlinische Galerie The Deutsche Bank Collection, continuously expanding YOUNG FRIENDS OF ART MUSEUMS REGISTER NOW! WWW.WFFM2014BERLIN.COM NEWSLETTER #2 - WFFM 2014 BERLIN - FEBRUARY 2014 - WWW.WFFM2014BERLIN.COM EDITORIAL Dear art and culture friends, welcome to our second newsletter! Welcome to 2014! “The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.” Pablo Picasso In this issue Gesa Wieczorek and Max Hilck of the Young Friends: Art Museums will introduce you to the young generation of museum friends, who will also be attending the congress. We will present to you The Friends of the Berlinische Galerie. Provide you with current exhibition recommendations for Berlin. Further we would like to take the opportunity and thank the Deutsche Bank for inviting the World Federation of Friends of Museums to an exclusive visit to the Deutsche Bank Collection Unter den Linden and the exhibition “Victor Man: Deutsche Bank’s Artist of the Year 2014“ at the Deutsche Bank KunstHalle. We are pleased to welcome the Deutsche Bank as one of our sponsors and are looking forward to our visit! Enjoy reading this issue of our newsletter! Yours Sarah Bórquez Editor In Chief NEWSLETTER #2 - WFFM 2014 BERLIN - FEBRUARY 2014 - WWW.WFFM2014BERLIN.COM THE FRIENDS OF THE BERLINISCHE GALERIE Museum of Modern Art, Photography and Architecture The Friends of the Berlinische Galerie first founded their association in 1975 to support the collection through its early days and subsequent expansion. Over the course of almost 40 years, they have helped the museum to acquire many works of art, to publish books and catalogues, and to turn promising projects into exhibitions. With a membership of 1,600, the Friends of the Berlinische Galerie are one of the biggest museum associations in Berlin. Members belong to every generation. They are at home not only in Berlin, but all over the world. The Friends fund initiatives, organise wide-ranging events about the collection and the temporary exhibitions at Berlinische Galerie, and broaden their education on excellent art tours. They have made it their purpose to experience and promote art. Since 2009 Berlinische Galerie has been working to attract more visitors from younger age groups. “Young at ’Art” the Young Friends are aged 20 to 30 and have become one of the biggest networks of dedicated art lovers in Germany. Photo: K.H.Hoedicke Art needs good friends They are regularly invited to closed events designed specifically with a younger audience in mind. The Berlinische Galerie The Berlinische Galerie is a foundation under public law. As Berlin’s museum of modern art, photography and architecture, it specialises in works created in the city from 1870 until the present day. Apart from maintaining a permanent exhibition, it exhibits contemporary artists of international standing and awards a number of art prizes. In 1975 the museum began life as an association under private law. In 2004 it moved into a home of its own close to the Jewish Museum in a converted industrial building with a generous exhibition space of 4,600 m2. Its holdings of fine art – paintings, prints, sculpture, multimedia – and photography, combined with its architectural artefacts and artists’ archives, form the basis for exciting dialogue driven by an interdisciplinary approach. It boasts outstanding collections on the themes of Dada in Berlin, Neue Sachlichkeit and the East European avant-garde. The art of divided Berlin and the reunited city provides another major focus. www.berlinischegalerie.de/freunde/ www.facebook.com/jungundartig NEWSLETTER #2 - WFFM 2014 BERLIN - FEBRUARY 2014 - WWW.WFFM2014BERLIN.COM THE DEUTSCHE BANK Collection The Deutsche Bank KunstHalle and the Freundeskreis Kathrin Conrad Art questions. It spawns new ideas for shaping our future. It inspires people, opens up new perspectives, and thus enables them to embrace unusual and innovative approaches. That is why Deutsche Bank’s commitment to art has been a focus for its cultural activities for more than 30 years. The idea to display stimulating artworks on all floors, rather than just the executive suites, was revolutionary - cultural capital that benefits every employee. Today, the Deutsche Bank Collection, continously expanding under the guiding principle “art works”, has more international presence than ever before and 95% of the collection is accessible at the workplace in more than 900 Deutsche Bank buildings worldwide or in exhibitions. The starting point of the collection is 1945: From the very beginning the bank decided to buy contemporary German art, promote young talent and explore current positions. Concentrating on works on paper and photography, the collection is nowadays devoted en- tirely to the present and to international art. In Berlin at Unter den Linden the Deutsche Bank Collection is on view throughout all four floors of Deutsche Bank’s head office - works ranging from the neo-expressive paintings by the “Neuen Wilden” to recent postconceptual positions document Berlin’s history as one of the most vital art metropolises in the world. On the ground floor the Deutsche Bank KunstHalle is established since April 2013 as a platform for international con- View on the art: Guided tour through the Deutsche Bank Collection, Unter den Linden Berlin | Photo: Mathias Schormann © Deutsche Bank NEWSLETTER #2 - WFFM 2014 BERLIN - FEBRUARY 2014 - WWW.WFFM2014BERLIN.COM Installationview of the exhibition The Circle Walked Casually, Deutsche Bank Collection | Photo: Mathias Schorman © Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle temporary art, presenting four top-class exhibitions a year. Starting in1997 Deutsche Bank operated the exhibition space together with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation for 15 years. The new concept of the KunstHalle comprehends large solo exhibitions devoted to the “Artist of the Year” as well as cooperations with a worldwide network of institutions, including the Tate in London and Berlin art institutions. Another main focus is the Deutsche Bank Collection which can be continually experienced anew through the different perspectives of international curators. Our house’s circle of friends, which was founded as the Deutsche Guggenheim Club in 1999, has been upheld under the name of Freundeskreis der Deutsche Bank KunstHalle since April 2013. Over the past 15 years, a number of connections to the venue - whose shows and programs are accompanied by the friends - and the art world have been established, and friendships among its members have grown. The basic idea of the Freundeskreis is to facilitate the approach to modern and contemporary art. It provides all art-lovers with special access to the KunstHalle and offers numerous opportunities to take a look behind the scenes of the art world in Berlin, Germany and abroad. The varied offers range from exhibition previews with artists and curators to exclusive monthly programs and joint art tours. In addition, the Freundeskreis has been committed for many years to a successful art education program for children and young people in social institutions. www.deutsche-bank-kunsthalle.de Kathrin Conrad is responsible for the Friends of the Deutsche Bank KunstHalle WFFM 2014 Exklusive Visit of the Deutsche Bank KunstHalle and Cocktail Reception Friday, 16th of May, 2014, 7 pm During the WFFM 2014, we are looking forward to welcoming the participants at the Deutsche Bank KunstHalle on the evening of May 16. Our show “Victor Man: Deutsche Bank’s Artist of the Year 2014” on view at the time as well as the Deutsche Bank Collection Unter den Linden will be exclusively open that evening. NEWSLETTER #2 - WFFM 2014 BERLIN - FEBRUARY 2014 - WWW.WFFM2014BERLIN.COM YOUNG FRIENDS of ART MUSEUMS Gesa Wieczorek and Max Hilck “Young Friends of Art Museums” is a branch of the German Federation of Friends of Museums (GFFM) established under this title in June 2007 to represent and communicate the young friends’ work and interests. The main goal of “Young Friends: Art Museums” is to introduce young adults to the world of fine arts. After the introduction is made it becomes necessary to keep the young audience in line. In order to maintain an excellent program quality the coordinators and representatives of each institution meet regularly to participate in combined workshops. It is evident that young friends are confronted with a range of important topics that regular and senior coordinators of friends of museums also have to deal with. As a matter of fact it is always challenging to win new members and to implement and use new ways of communication to do so. As a consequence the Young Friends of Art Museums published already their second booklet named „How to make Young Friends“ in 2013 which contains a considerable amount of information about this topic and others. This advice booklet is a handy how-to-do-it book on managing a circle of friends of museums. It could also be seen as a guideline for establishing new young friend’s circles. Mostly all of the young friends associations use facebook profiles to communicate with its members. Newsletter and common homepages are popular as well. It has become custom to organize parties in the respective museums that are not only for the purpose of communication and dancing but also for discovering the museums’ treasures by night often guided by young art students. It is our pleasure as representatives of the “Young Friends: Art Museums” to organize the Join the pARTy! Young Friends WFFM Meeting 2014 which is the first international meeting of Young Friends of Museums ever. Together we will explore museums, visit galleries and discover hidden corners of Germany’s capital. In addition to that we are looking forward to showing our guests the night life of Berlin – a variety of restaurants and famous bars and clubs are waiting for us! http://www.wffm2014berlin.com/young.html NEWSLETTER #2 - WFFM 2014 BERLIN - FEBRUARY 2014 - WWW.WFFM2014BERLIN.COM Current exhibitions The Circle Walked Casually The Art of Drawing 1903-2013 Franz Ackermann: Huegel und Zweifel (Hills and Doubts) 18 September 2013–31 March 2014 at Berlinische Galerie Alte Jakobstraße 124-128 10969 Berlin, Germany http://www.berlinischegalerie.de/ Otto Dix / Großstadt (Sketch for Großstadttriptychon), 1926 | © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2013 28 November, 2013 –2 March, 2014 at Deutsche Bank KunstHalle Unter den Linden 13/15 10117 Berlin, Germany The exhibition is showing works by Franz Ackermann (*1963, St.Veit Germany/painter,illustrator and installation artist). Ackermann developed especially for the Berlinische Galerie a spatial concept that places wall painting, panel art and photography in conversation with one another. Lines of sight play a role in his concept, as do transport and travel routes, room dimensions and the technical equipment that is to be found on the floors and in the walls and ceilings of the exhibition halls. http://www.deutsche-bank-kunsthalle.de The exhibition presents 132 works on paper by 50 international artists from the Deutsche Bank Collection featuring amongst others Joseph Albers, Joseph Beuys, Eva Hesse and Jakub Julian Ziólkowski curated by Victoria Noorthoorn. The Circle Walked Casually documents artistic concepts and formal developments of drawing without providing a chronological development. Instead, the exhibition follows a narrative line arising from a dialogue between the works. Together with the Brazilian set designer, filmmaker, and author Daniela Thomas and the architect Felipe Tassara, Noorthoorn conceptualized an exhibition architecture in which the drawings seem to be suspended in space. Franz Ackermann / U/City/Sudden Death, 2013 | © Franz Ackermann, © Photo: Jens Ziehe Hosted by REGISTER NOW! WWW.WFFM2014BERLIN.COM Supported by Contact Congress Office Editorial Office Managing Director Maria Pelzer ART + IMAGE Event Management Art + Cultural Arrangements [email protected] Sarah Bórquez WFFM 2014 Art and culture journalist Editor in Chief [email protected] Dr. Kathrin Erggelet GFFM German Federation of Friends of Museums of Fine Arts [email protected] Graphic design [email protected]