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Curious ? Art in the 21st Century from Private Collections 29 January – 2 May 2010 Contemporary art thrives first and foremost thanks to the commitment of private collectors. This exhibition marks the beginning of a long-term cooperation with key private collectors of contemporary art in Europe. Spanning all forms of contemporary artistic expression, from drawing to large-scale installation, the exhibition provides a uniquely fresh insight into the multifaceted trends of 21st-century art. The wide-ranging selection encompasses artists from different generations such as Vito Acconci, Birgit Brenner, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Hanne Darboven, Marcel Dzama, Peter Fischli/David Weiss, Ceal Floyer, Hannah Höch, Kitty Kraus, Alicja Kwade, Daniel Lergon, Lucy McKenzie, Thomas Scheibitz, Tino Sehgal, Katja Strunz and Cathy Wilkes. Lucy McKenzie, Deathwatch (Detail), 2004 © courtesy Sammlung Goetz |
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Byzantium Splendour and Everyday Life 26 February – 13 June 2010 A wide-ranging selection of magnificent and historically important works of art brings to life the fascinating history and art of the Byzantine empire. The exhibition provides a comprehensive survey of the 'Byzantine millenium' which began with the foundation of Constantinople by Constantine the Great in 324 AD and ended with the conquest of the city by the Ottomans in 1453. The exhibition focuses on the period of Byzantium's greatest glory from the time of Justinian I (527–565) to the sacking of Constantinople at the hands of Christian crusaders in 1204. More than 400 loans from European and American museums – precious ivories, spectacular icons and manuscripts, architectural fragments, sculptures and everyday objects – are presented in their original contexts. Digitally reconstructed sites (e.g. Constantinople or Ephesus) address key questions about the Byzantine state, its art, culture, society and economy and offer visitors an unprecedented insight into everyday life in the Byzantine empire. An exhibition of the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn, in cooperation with the Roman-Germanic Central Museum, Mainz |
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Liam Gillick Ein langer Spaziergang... Zwei kurze Stege...* 1 April – 8 August 2010 (new date) The English artist Liam Gillick is internationally acclaimed as an artist whose practice investigates the continuation of radical Modernism into the present. He has been appointed to represent Germany at the 53rd Biennale in 2009 – the first non-German artist to be honoured with a one-man exhibition in the German Pavilion. The Art and Exhibition Hall is delighted to be able to bring the artist to the attention of a wider audience in Germany after the conclusion of the Biennale. Focusing on the interaction between the critical potential of Gillick’s art and the aesthetic qualities of his works, the exhibition traces the development of the artist’s practice with important groups of works that shed light on the themes he addresses. *One long walk... Two short piers... |
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Afghanistan.
Surviving Treasures A selected Collection of the National Museum of Afghanistan 11 June – 3 October 2010 In the late 1970s archaeologists working in Afghanistan discovered the remnants of an ancient cemetery dating from around the time of Christ’s birth. Some of the graves yielded large numbers of spectacular gold ornaments of incalculable artistic and cultural value. The legendary finds bear witness to the ancient kingdom of Bactria, situated at the crossroads of a wide range of Eastern and Western cultures. Conceived by the Musée Guimet in Paris, the exhibition presents some 220 works that have miraculously survived the decades of war and destruction that have ravaged Afghanistan. Illustration: Bracteates with disc-shaped decoration, Afghanistan, Tillya Tepe, Grave III, Second quarter of the 1st century AD, Gold, National Museum of Afghanistan, © Thierry Ollivier/Musée Guimet |
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Thomas Schütte 15 July – 1 November 2010 (new date) Internationally acclaimed as one of the most significant German artists, Thomas Schütte participated in several of the documenta exhibitions and won the prestigious Golden Lion at the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005. Schütte’s sculptures address a wide range of subjects and are characterised by a multifaceted formal vocabulary. His work encompasses voluminous sculptures that reflect the life of ordinary people in everyday situations, architectural models, memorial sites, drawings and watercolours. The exhibition was planned in cooperation with the Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, and continues the Art and Exhibition Hall’s series of monographic presentations of leading German artists such as Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Georg Baselitz and Markus Lüpertz. Illustration: Mirror drawing, 1998, watercolor, ink, pencil on paper, Photo: Florian Kleinfenn, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2009 |
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VIBRACIÓN. Modern Art from Latin America The Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection 17 September 2010 – 30 January 2011 (new date) The exhibition presents an overview of 20th-century abstract art in Latin America, an unknown continent as far as classical Modernism is concerned. The display draws on the holdings of the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, which caused a sensation when the collection first opened in Miami in 2005 and which now makes its first appearance in Europe. The exhibition focuses on three European émigré artists whose work had a decisive impact on abstract art in Latin America: the German photographer Grete Stern, the German sculptor Gertrude Goldschmidt (Gego) and the Swiss Mira Schendel. Illustration: [M] Julio Le Parc, Formes Virtuelles par déplacement du spectateur, 1966, Six transposable backgrounds: mixed media © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2009 |
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Napoleon and Europe Dream and Trauma 17 December 2010 – 25 April 2011 During the near-twenty-year span of his reign, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), more than any other historical figure, revolutionised the political, social and cultural landscape of Europe and wrought changes that can be felt to this day – both positively and negatively. The Art and Exhibition Hall has been able to secure outstanding loans from all over Europe in order to draw a comprehensive picture of Napoleon and his time. Painting and sculpture reached new heights of excellence in the Napoleonic era – both in the propaganda paintings by David, Gérard and Ingres and in the work of those who opposed the French emperor, among them Goya and the German romanticists. Under Napoleon’s aegis the Louvre was opened as the first ‘modern’ museum of fine arts. The exhibition will also shed light on the large-scale plundering of art collections in the countries occupied by Napoleon. Illustration: François Pascal Baron Gérard, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, c. 1810, Musée du Malmaison |
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Subject to change without notice. Last Update: 01.03.2010 |