Kunsthalle Tübingen

The Kunsthalle Tübingen was founded in 1971. By the end of 2005, it was directed by Götz Adriani. Between 2006 and March 2009, Martin Hellmold was the director of the Kunsthalle. Currently, Daniel J. Schreiber is responsible for the exhibition program as managing curator.

Foundation

The private initiative of the Sisters Paula Zundel and Margarete Fischer- Bosch, daughters of Robert Bosch, the city of Tübingen allowed at the beginning of the 1970s, to begin construction of an art gallery. You should be a show house in memory of Paula's husband, the painter Georg Friedrich Zundel, be. In a new neighborhood on the northern edge of the core city finally did the Kunsthalle. It is a single storey building with a skylight, which allows excellent visibility.

History

Under the direction of Adriani 's international reputation of the Kunsthalle was already established in the early years. A feature for Adrianis understanding of art was (and is ) the programmatic exchange between contemporary art and modern art. This exciting change is the secret of success of the Tübingen Kunsthalle. Adriani promoted on the one hand, many young artists who gained international reputation a little later, for example, George Segal, 1972; Richard Hamilton, 1974; Celebrated Claes Oldenburg, 1975. Great international success ( and celebrates ) the Kunsthalle other hand, always with the monographic exhibitions of world famous painter, who founded the modern age. There were, for example, exhibitions of Paul Cézanne, 1978, 1982, 1993; Edgar Degas, 1984, 1995; Pablo Picasso, 1986, 2001.

The Foundation

In 2003, the Kunsthalle was transformed from an institution within the city administration of Tübingen in an autonomous body with charitable character. The newly established foundation under civil law allows the economic survival of the Kunsthalle, as the foundation's assets consists of private donations and a high financial support of the Zundel family.