Frankfurter Kunstverein

The Frankfurter Kunstverein eV is a non -profit organization which is dedicated to the dissemination of contemporary art. He is one of the oldest German art associations.

History

The Frankfurter Kunstverein was founded in 1829 by a group of influential citizens of Frankfurt am Main, including the senator and later Mayor of the Free City of Frankfurt, Johann Gerhard Christian Thomas, the historian Johann Friedrich Böhmer and the art historian Johann David Passavant. The association soon belonged to almost all major citizens and artists in the city. Its purpose was the promotion of the arts and art sense in the merchant city, as well as the acquisition of new works to the public.

Built in 1861 the building of the Kunstverein in Junghofstraße was destroyed in a bombing raid in 1944. Even before that, the art association was weakened by the Nuremberg laws and the persecution, expulsion or destruction of its Jewish members. As the Reich Chamber of Culture affiliated institution he was temporarily banned in 1945 by the American Military Government. 1948 moved into the Kunstverein a new domicile at the Eschenheim system, but ranged revenue barely to cover running costs and for more than the exhibition of local artists. Mid-1950s, had to close these spaces of the Kunstverein. In 1962, could be related with its modern extensions after temporary makeshift quarters, the historically reconstructed stone house. With increased financial support from the city and under the new director Ewald Radtke the international exhibition of 20th century art was now possible.

Positions

The Frankfurter Kunstverein is based in the Stone House at the Roman mountain. It is an exhibition center for contemporary art and also organizes guided tours, lectures, film programs, symposia, art tours and other events to promote contemporary art and artists. Director since 2009, the art historian and curator Holger Kube Ventura. The Association has got about 1750 members.

Directors of the Art Association (since 1945)

  • Curt Grave Kamp (1945-1961) Exhibitions include Frankfurt Contemporary Art, 1947 ff; , Fritz Winter, 1952; Ernst Wilhelm Nay; 1952 Georg Meister man, 1953; Hann Trier, 1960
  • Ewald Rathke (1961-1970) Exhibitions among others Edvard Munch, 1962; Amedeo Modigliani, 1963; Arnold Böcklin, 1964; Picasso drawings, 1965; Wolf - paintings, watercolors, drawings, photographs, 1965/1966; Constructive painting, 1966/1967; Alexei Jawlensky, 1967; Compass New York 1967 / 1968.
  • Georg Bussmann (1970-1980) exhibitions include Art and Politics, 1970; Guttuso, 1974; Art in the 3rd Reich. Documents of the submission. 1974; George Grosz, 1975
  • Peter Weiermair (1980 to 1998) shows such as Robert Mapplethorpe, 1981; Franz Mon, 1986; Positions of Swedish painting 1873-1995, 1995; PROSPECT International exhibitions of contemporary art, 1986, 1993, 1996; The image of the body, 1993; Luigi Ontani, 1996; Alfred Hrdlicka, 1997; Helen Levitt, 1998.
  • Nicolaus Schafhausen (1999 to 2005) exhibitions, including Liam Gillick, 1999; To the people of the City of the Euro, 1999; Video installation Cinema of deconstruction, 1999-2000; Stephen Prina, 2000; Christa Nearer, 2001; Marcel Odenbach, 2002; fresh and upcoming, 2003; Nation, 2003; German painting two thousand and three, 2003; Cerith Wyn Evans, 2004
  • Chus Martínez (2006-2008) exhibitions include The Martha Rosler Library, 2006; Whenever It Starts It Is The Right Time, Strategies for a discontinuous future, 2007; Respect the artist, 2007; The Great Transformation - Art and Tactical Magic, 2008; Natascha Sadr Haghighian - fruits of labor, 2008;
  • Holger Kube Ventura (since 2009) exhibitions, including the Future Together, 2009; In the nature of things, 2010; Sven Johne: Reports from the Crack of Dawn, 2010; Tales of Resistance and Change - Artists from Argentina, 2010, 2011: Dierk Schmidt Image Leaks To Image Politics of Resources, 2011: Maya Schweizer and Clemens von Wedemeyer Metropolis - Report on China; 2011: On the Metaphor of growth, Ragnar Kjartansson: Endless Longing, Eternal Return; Frontiers of Another Nature - Contemporary Photo Art from Iceland, 2012: Demonstrations - Normative Orders; Painting the uncertain areas - Painting of Uncertain Places; Art Stories in Stone House (1962-2012) - To the People of the City.2013: Chance of showers - forms of weather.
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