22 August 2010, 3 pm
Joint Finissage with Kunsthalle
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We cordially invite you to the finissage of the exhibitions Mainframe by Henrik Plenge Jakobsen and Kunstausstellung by Hans-Peter Feldmann at Kunstverein and Kunsthalle.
3 pm: Talk Join us for coffee and cake! |
10 - 25 July 2010
Private Landscapes
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Opening: Friday, 9 July 2010
6 pm: Panel discussion with Christiane Kuhlmann, curator at Folkwang Museum Essen, and Hungarian curators Alexa Csizmadia and Ágnes Sebestyén. The artists will be present. 7 pm: Exhibition opening 10 pm: Party with DJs Hans Nieswandt (D) and Péter Soltész (HU) at Salon des Amateurs Within the last few years the art world has come across a new generation of Hungarian photographers and honoured them with numerous exhibitions and awards. To name but a few, there are especially artists born in the late 1970s and early 1980s, such as Sári Ember, Marcell Esterházy, Donát Kékesi, Alexandra Emese Lázár, Ágnes Éva Molnár, Hajnal Németh, Anna Ildikó Pető, Peter Puklus and Bálint Rádóczy. Their works characterised the visual profile of the Festival SCENE HUNGARY IN NRW on posters and program booklets. The young artists work in global contexts: they connect external stimuli with subjective impressions of their home country, where most of them are still living. The distinctiveness of their images lies in their nearness, in the intimate and the personal. At the same time, they provide an insight into the Hungarian living conditions: the everyday life, the feasts, the growth of towns and a longing for nature. Within the Festival SCENE HUNGARY IN NRW the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf and the Stadthausgalerie in Münster present in cooperation with the NRW Kultursekretariat a selection of photographic works. These will give a glimpse into Hungary's present, but also of the trends of Hungarian contemporary photography. The group exhibition has been developed in cooperation with the artist and was curated by Eszter Tóth. |
June-August 2010
LAST CHANCE TO SEE.
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Friday, 25 June 2010
Subject and Society Polly Staple, director of the Chisenhale Gallery, London, will discuss the background to the new film »Popular Unrest« with MELANIE GILLIGAN and ask her about her working methods and the overall collaboration with the twelve main actors. The discussion will also focus on MELANIE GILLIGAN's ideas on the relationship between the individual and society and the economisation of social relationships, as well as television as a source of her inspiration.
Stephan Strsembski, curator of the exhibition, and Noemi Smolik, art critic and expert on the Czech art scene, will guide us through the exhibition ALTRUISMUS | ALTRUISM and discuss the situation for independent art institutions in the Czech Republic, the history of their origins/how they came about/into being as well as their working methods by comparison with Kunstvereine in German speaking countries.
Kunstvereine only exist in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. What do comparable institutions look like in the rest of Europe? And what are the salient characteristics of a Kunstverein for somebody who only knows this model from a distance?
Prof. Wulf Herzogenrath, director of the Kunsthalle Bremen, and Florian Waldvogel, director of the Kunstverein in Hamburg, will discuss an number of topics: the current perspectives for the Kunstverein as an institution, productive crises of the past, and models for the future.
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23. Mai 2010, 18 Uhr
Filmprogramm mit
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Zum Ende seiner Einzelausstellung im Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen zeigt der österreichische Künstler Florian Pumhösl (*1971) ein eigens zusammengestelltes und kommentiertes Filmprogramm. Es handelt sich um eine Auswahl von Filmen, die Pumhösl gewissermaßen als Fußnote zu Alexander Rodschenkos Bild Expressiver Rhythmus (1943-44) zusammengestellt hat. Beginnend mit Frank Gilbreths Fatigue Study sind es Filme, in denen standardisierte und rhythmische Bewegungsabläufe eine Rolle spielen. Sie thematisieren unter anderem die psychischen Veränderungen und Zustände, die mit industrieller und visueller Automatisierung einhergehen. Das Programm: Frank Gilbreth: Time & Motion Studies - USA 1910er-1920er
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18. Mai 2010, 19 Uhr
Die Moderne, das Museum und die Bilder - ein uneingelöstes Versprechen (ein Fallbeispiel)
Ein Vortrag von Harald Uhr |
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Nicht erst seit der letzten Documenta und der Berlin Biennale ist der Rekurs oder Verweis aktuellster Kunstentwicklungen auf die Formensprache der Moderne ins Bewusstsein gelangt. Wie ist jedoch ein Umgang mit der Moderne zu bewerten, die vornehmlich ihr Dasein im musealen Kontext fristet? Dieser und anderer Fragen geht Harald Uhr beispielhaft anhand einer Ausstellungskonzeption für das Museum Abteiberg in Mönchengladbach nach. Harald Uhr ist Kunsthistoriker, freier Autor und Kurator in Bonn. |
6 - 9 May und 20 - 23 May 2010 *Budapest
* exclusively for members of Kunstverein |
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This year we offer our members two trips to Budapest. We will discover art and cuture of the Danube metropolis and stay at the famous Gellért-Hotel, in which thermal bath Matthew Barney shot the last part of his legendary Cremaster Cycle.
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21- 25 April 2010
44. Art Cologne
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As every year, the Kunstverein is represented to show its new and old editions. Visit us in hall 11.3, booth A 53. |
4 and 5 February 2010, 6 pm*
Round tour Kunstakademie
* exclusively for members of Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen
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On the occasion of the traditional open atelier days at the academy of arts in Dusseldorf we offer two guided tours. |
23 January 2010, 4 pm
Civil-military surface: Camouflage
A lecture by Dr. Hanne Loreck |
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9 - 17 January 2010
images - ideas
In cooperation with -1/MinusEins/Experimentallabor |
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images - ideas (Ideenbilder) deals with questions raised by a text more than 2000 years old: Plato's Parable of The Cave. The Greek philosopher offers a concise allegory for misapprehension, delusion and the disentanglement of chimeras. Space, light, cognition and truth had been genuinely linked. Today, in times of picture overkill, visual manipulations and virtual worlds, Plato's allegory is still up-to-date. Discussion meeting with Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans Belting Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Salber |
Sunday, 20 December 2009, 11 am - 5 pm
X-mas Sale
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Big fleamarket in the Kunstverein and Kunsthalle: posters, editions and catalogues.
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Premiere: 5. Dezember 2009, 20 Uhr
NippleJesus von Nick Hornby
Weitere Vorstellungen: 6./10./11. und 12. Dezember jeweils 20 Uhr |
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Der Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen zeigt im Dezember ein Ein-Personen-Theaterstück von Nick Hornby, in dem sich ein ehemaliger Türsteher als Museumswärter versucht. |
29. November 2009*
Tagesfahrt nach Frankfurt am Main
* exklusiv für Mitglieder des Kunstvereins für die Rheinlande und Westfalen |
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Eine Tagesreise nach Frankfurt am Main mit dichtem Programm: Das Museum für Moderne Kunst bietet Einzelausstellungen von Jack Goldstein und Peter Roehr sowie die Neupräsentation der Sammlung. In der Schirn Kunsthalle wird der russische Konstruktivist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy gewürdigt, im Portikus die amerikanische Künstlerin Rachel Harrison. Das Städel wiederum zeigt Sandro Botticelli und beweist, dass auch Renaissancekunst überaus aktuell sein kann! |
24. Oktober 2009*
Tagesfahrt nach Leverkusen
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Eine Tagesfahrt nach Leverkusen ins Museum Morsbroich, das unter dem Titel Revolutionen des Alltäglichen eine spannende Auswahl junger Kunst aus Lateinamerika von Gabriel Kuri bis Diango Hernández bietet. Danach geht es weiter nach Bonn, wo wir uns im dortigen Kunstmuseum die Ausstellung Ferne Nähe.Natur in der Kunst der Gegenwart anschauen. Künstler wie Peter Doig, Rodney Graham oder Daniel Richter versprechen neue Blicke auf ein klassisches Thema der Kunst. |
22 October 2009, 7.30 pm
Book presentation
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The former cultural manager of Dubai reads fom his experience report. Free entrance |
2. - 5. Oktober und 15. - 19. Oktober 2008 *Venedig BIENNALE
* exklusiv für Mitglieder des Kunstvereins für die Rheinlande und Westfalen |
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In diesem Jahr findet die 53. Biennale in Venedig statt. Die Künstlerliste des Biennale-Direktors wartet mit spannenden Namen auf, unter anderem Ulla von Brandenburg und Blinky Palermo, die auch im Kunstverein zu sehen waren. Für unsere Mitglieder bieten wir eine vier- und eine fünftägige Reise in die Lagunenstadt an.
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12. September 2009*
Tagesfahrt nach Köln
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Im Rahmen eines Ausflugs nach Köln besuchen wir eine umfangreiche Ausstellung von Isa Genzken im Museum Ludwig sowie ausgewählte Galerien, die unter anderem John Stezaker und Nic Hess zeigen. |
22. August 2009, 15 Uhr
KURZ VOR HEUTE: VOM GRÜNDGENSPLATZ ZUM HEERDTER DREIECK
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Prof. Dr. Jürgen Wiener führt ein in die Architektur der 60er und 70er Jahre. Treffpunkt: Eingang Schauspielhaus/Gründgensplatz. |
4 July 2009, 3 pm
Virtually Yesterday: The buildings of the GeSoLei and the 20s
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A guided tour by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Wiener on and around the permanent buildings of the exhibition "Gesundheitspflege, soziale Fürsorge und Leibesübungen" (GeSoLei) 1926 in Düsseldorf.
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16 May 2009, 2 - 9 pm
The dishonoured promise
City between urban memory
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An open conference on town development in Düsseldorf and the debate about the future of "Dreischeibenhaus", "Tausendfüßler" and "Schauspielhaus".
In cooperation with Markus Ambach Projekte.
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26 April and 3 May 2009, 3 pm
Represenations of Nature in an urban context: The Park
Guided tours with Markus Ambach
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Within the context of Isabelle Cornaro's exhibition the Kustverein hosts two guided tours in cooperation with Markus Ambach. These deal, as well as Cornaro's works, with the cultural over-accentuation of nature. On the 26th of April we tour the Malkastenpark and on the 3rd of May the palace garden of Benrath.
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22 - 26 April 2009
43. Art Cologne
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This year's Art Cologne comes with a new director and a new design concept: for the first time in hall 11 reduction and concentration seem to be the key words. As every year, the Kunstverein is represented to show its new and old editions. Visit us in hall 11.3, booth A 30 / G 31, right next to the bar und lounge in „Open Space". |
26 March 2009, 7.30 pm
Book Launch Heterologics
by Christian Jendreiko
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Within the exhibition „Städtische Bühne" in 2007 the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen presented Christian Jendreiko's performance „Gottesrauschen" („God's White Noise"). Jendreiko's new book, „Heterologics" documents this and other performances in word and image.
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12 and 13 February 2009, 6 pm
Round tour Kunstakademie
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On the occasion of the traditional open atelier days at the academy of arts in Dusseldorf we offer two guided tours. |
6 December 2008, 12 am - 7 pm
X-mas SALE
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Big fleamarket in the Kunstverein as well as posters and catalogues out of 41 years of history of the Kunsthalle Exhibitions are open, entrance is free!
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28 November 2008, 7.30 pm
Artist talk Ian Wallace
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On the occasion of his current solo exhibition at Kunstverein an artist talk between Ian Wallace and Vanessa Joan Müller will take place on Friday, 28 November at 7.30 pm. They will be talking about his work, imagery, the relation of photography and painting as well as the Vancouver School and his artist colleagues such as Jeff Wall. The talk will be held in English. Free entrance!
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22 November 2008*
Day trip to Essen and Krefeld
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On Saturday, 22 November we would like to visit the exhibtion Street & Studio at Folkwang Museum Essen. Afterwards we will take a detour to Museum Haus Esters and Haus Lange in Krefeld to see the exhibition of Andreas Gursky. A day trip circling around photography and its different genres thus thematically related to our current exhibition by Ian Wallace.
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7 - 9 November 2008*BRUSSELS BIENNIAL
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Three-day guided tour to Brussels on the occasion of the 1st Brussels Biennial premiering this fall.
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26 October 2008, 8 pm
Wim Mertens Duo
(BE, Otto Dorolez / violin, Wim Mertens / Piano, voice)
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From 22 - 26 October for the 4th time approximation 7:1 - pieces for solo piano will take place at Salon des Amateurs. This year's festival focusses on sound alienation and transformation. In presenting musicians and composers from various genres approximation 7:1 2008 tries to re-position contemporary piano-improvisation at its interfaces to Electronic Music, New Music, Minimal Music, Jazz and Songwriting. The concert of Wim Mertens Duo on Sunday, 26 October takes place at the Kunstverein.
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21 August 2008, 7.30 pm
Talk to ghosts! - A short history of appropriation as artistic practice
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Art is not always entirely new. Since the 80s well established as artistic practice, explicit appropriation is today booming again in contemporary art production. The current exhibition "The perception of ideas leads to new ideas" gathers works of artists, who appropriated exisisting works. |
1 July 2008, 7.30 pmUNCANNY ARCHITECTURE |
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On the occasion of the current exhibition "No Soldiers in the Scenery" of Kristoffer Frick and Eric Bell (21 June– 27 July 2008) we cordially invite you to "Uncanny Architecture", a film-screening and talk with Kristoffer Frick and Eric Bell. Afterwards DJ Bernhard Schreiner.
This event will take place at Salon des Amateurs. |
10 May 2008, 7 pm
Town for Tomorrow |
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The Scottish town Cumbernauld, 13 miles north of Glasgow, was built from 1956 on to solve major housing problems in the neighbouring city. In the 60s the town was newly designed by architects and urban planners with a focus on functionality and quality of living. The event will take place at Salon des Amateurs. |
28 February 2008, 7.30 pm
Singplay |
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A singplay for 5 actors: both intimate play and Tableau Vivant. "Singplay" takes up central motifs of Ulla von Brandenburg's oeuvre and transforms them into a performative play. |
16 - 20 April 200842nd Art Cologne |
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Presentation of our new and old editions at the 42nd Art Cologne. Visit us in hall 4.1, booth A 19.
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11-13 April & 25-27 April 2008*Berlin Biennale* exclusively for members of Kunstverein |
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Three-day guided tour to Berlin on the occasion of the 5. berlin biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst from 5 April till 15 June 2008. We offer a tour from 11 - 13 April and a second one from 25 - 27 April 2008. |
10 April 2008, 7.30 pm
Young art in the international art-business
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One week before the 42nd Art Cologne we cordially invite you to a lecture of Jörg-Michael Bertz (expert of modern and contemporay art, Art Consultant), who talks about the standing of young contemporary art in the international art-business. |
8 April 2008, 7.30 pmLetter and other news
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On the occasion of her current exhibition "Where there is a a network of red over the green" (until the 20th of April) we will show other films by Ulla von Brandenburg. This event will take place at Salon des Amateurs. |
20 January 2008, 2 - 5 pm
Talking about Palermo |
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For all eternity? – Palermo's work's from the restorers point of view
Pia Gottschaller, Biblioteca Hertziana, Rom // Antje Janssen, Kunstmuseum Bonn // Ulrich Lang, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/Main Palermo and his Düsseldorf milieu "Limit-experience" - On Palermo's works |
08 January 2008, 8 - 11 pm
Nachtfoyer Special - Palermo |
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The Palermo exhibition is closing soon (20 January). Therefore the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen and the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf cordially invite you to Nachtfoyer Special with extended opening hours and free guided tours. The exhibition will be open until 11 pm.
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