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5/10/2010

Art Forum Berlin

Exhibition Grounds Messe, Berlin

From October 7 to 10, 2010, the fifteenth edition of art forum berlin – the International Art Show - will take place.

Leading galleries from the world’s most important art centres will present art from 1960 to the present day. 40,000 art lovers (collectors, artists, art dealers, museum directors and curators) from all over the world are regularly visiting the International Art Show. All the artistic means of expression are represented at art forum berlin. The repertoire ranges from painting, sculpture and photography to installations and to drawings, graphics, performance and video art. Sectors for young art (focus) and for cultural institutions and international art magazines complement the exhibition programme. Every day, panel discussions (Berlin talks) invite the interested public to discuss current issues around collecting and exhibiting art together with renowned personalities of the international art scene.

During art forum berlin, the museums, galleries and private cultural institutions in Berlin present a multifaceted programme of high-quality exhibitions. Exclusive receptions and events are additional attractions and meeting points. On this webpage, you find practical information for your visit to art forum berlin, photos of the last edition, information on the participating galleries and artists as well as press releases. From among more than 300 applications, the international Selection Committee has chosen over 100 leading galleries from 18 countries which will present art since 1960 in Berlin.

Sector galleries

The list of participants of the sector galleries will this year be expanded by numerous new galleries. In addition to international and Berlin galleries which have taken part in art forum berlin last year, the following exhibitors will present themselves for the first time in Berlin: Andréhn-Schiptjenko (Stockholm), Andersen's Contemporary (Copenhagen, Berlin), Iragui gallery (Moscow), Yvon Lambert (Paris, New York) Kunsthandel Jörg Maaß (Berlin), David Nolan Gallery (New York, Berlin), Galerie Parisa Kind (Frankfurt am Main), Skopia (Geneva), Galerija Škuc (Ljubljana), Galerie Wima Tolksdorf (Frankfurt am Main, Berlin), Galerie Jacky Strenz (Frankfurt am Main ) Vintage Galéria (Budapest) and Galerie Susanne Zander (Cologne). The magnificent architecture of the light-flooded exhibition halls, built by architect Richard Ermisch in the thirties of the last century, offers the participant galleries an ideal platform for presenting their artists.

This year, for the first time the galleries are given the opportunity to present solo exhibitions of their artists which the galleries themselves have curated. The projects not only make an in-depth insight into the work of the respective artist possible but also give rise to stimulating, unexpected and, in some cases, provocative discussions. What will be presented are works by artists of different cultural origins, from different generations and with a variety of artistic approaches. Projects or groups of works by the following artists will be shown: Markus Amm, Keren Cytter, Andrea Geyer, Douglas Gordon, João Maria Gusmão und Pedro Paiva, Imi Knoebel, Annika Larsson, Isa Melsheimer, Efthis Patsourakis, Mathilde Rosier, ROTAR, Vincent Tavenne, Tatiana Trouvé, Jorinde Voigt, Peter Weibel, Martin Walde, and Ralf Ziervogel.

Sector focus

The sector focus for young galleries which are no older than six years will be one of the highlights of the International Art Show at this year’s art forum berlin. The Selection Committee and the Show Management have decided to integrate the sector focus into the two historic Ermish Halls. Within the sector galleries, the stands of the young galleries will be in the centre of the respective hall. Furthermore, the sector focus has an attractive novelty: Each gallery admitted by the Selection Committee was authorized to invite one additional gallery to participate. The new concept allows the young galleries to decisively co-determine the orientation of the sector. Each participating gallery may show works by a maximum of two artists. With this reorientation of the concept of the International Art Show, not only the quality of the group of participants is decisively strengthened, but the profile of art forum berlin – concentration on the most recent artistic creations – is further sharpened.

Also new is the loosened-up stand architecture by the English designer Jason Smith (Spread Design, London). It reflects the new concept of the sector by two large stands measuring 25 m2 forming a unit.

In the context of its state initiative “Project Future”, this year again the Senate Administration for Economy, Technology and Women will make prize money amounting to € 7,000 available for the “best” stand in the sector focus. The galleries will be judged by Ariane Beyn, artistic director of the DAAD artists’ programme, Axel Haubrok, collector, and Holger Liebs, chief editor of monopol.

The following galleries will exhibit in the sector focus the artists listed with the first-mentioned gallery being the one chosen by the Selection Committee and having invited the second-mentioned gallery to participate:

The sector focus for young galleries will be one of the highlights of the International Art Show. The Selection Committee and the Show Management have decided to integrate the sector focus into the two main halls. Within the sector galleries, the stands of the young galleries will be in the centre of the respective hall. Furthermore, the sector focus has an attractive novelty: Each gallery admitted by the Selection Committee was authorized to invite one additional gallery to participate. The new concept allows the young galleries to decisively co-determine the orientation of the sector.

Exhibiting galleries:

Andersen's Contemporary Copenhagen - Andréhn-Schiptjenko Stockholm - ARNDT Berlin - Alfonso Artiaco Naples - Martin Asbaek Gallery Copenhagen - Jürgen Becker Galerie Hamburg - Galleri Bo Bjerggaard Copenhagen - Niels Borch Jensen Galerie Berlin, Copenhagen - carlier | gebauer Berlin - Carreras Mugica Bilbao - Mehdi Chouakri Berlin - Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin - COSAR HMT Dusseldorf - Galerie Anselm Dreher Berlin - Andrew Edlin Gallery New York - Galeria Heinrich Ehrhardt Madrid - Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin, Leipzig - Galerie Fahnemann Berlin - Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese Stuttgart - Galerie Bärbel Grässlin Frankfurt am Main - Galerie Karin Guenther Hamburg - Galerie Michael Haas Berlin, Zurich - Häusler Contemporary Munich, Zurich - Herald St London IBID Projects London - Galerie Grita Insam Vienna - Galerie IRAGUI Moscow - Johnen Galerie Berlin - Galerie Kadel-Willborn Karlsruhe - Georg Kargl Vienna - Galerie Ben Kaufmann Berlin - Galerie Parisa Kind Frankfurt am Main - Kisterem Budapest - Klosterfelde Berlin - Christine König Galerie Vienna - Johann König Berlin - Leo Koenig Inc. New York - Galerie Krinzinger Vienna - Kuckei + Kuckei Berlin - Galerie Bernd Kugler Innsbruck - Yvon Lambert Paris, New York - Galerie Gebr. Lehmann Dresden, Berlin - Galerie Gisèle Linder Basel - Stella Lohaus Gallery Antwerp - Kunsthandel Jörg Maaß Berlin - Mai 36 Galerie Zurich - Galerie Hans Mayer Dusseldorf - Galerie Mark Müller Zurich - Galerie Vera Munro Hamburg - Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder Vienna - Galerie Neu Berlin -Neugerriemschneider Berlin - New Jerseyy Basel - David Nolan Gallery New York - Nosbaum & Reding - Art Contemporain Luxembourg - Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch Berlin - Galerie Nathalie Obadia Paris, Brussles - Produzentengalerie Hamburg Hamburg - Rodeo Istanbul - Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery Sydney - Galleria S.A.L.E.S. Rome - SCHAU ORT. Christiane Büntgen Zurich - Esther Schipper Berlin - Galerie Thomas Schulte Berlin - Sies + Höke Galerie Dusseldorf - Skopia / P.-H. Jaccaud Geneva - Galerija Skuc Ljubljana - Fredric Snitzer Gallery Miami - Galleria Franco Soffiantino Turin - Jacky Strenz Frankfurt am Main - Team Gallery New York - Galerie Daniel Templon Paris - Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman Innsbruck - Galerie Barbara Thumm Berlin - Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf Frankfurt am Main, Berlin - VAN HORN / Daniela Steinfeld Dusseldorf - Tim Van Laere Gallery Antwerp - Galerie Anne de Villepoix Paris - Vintage Gallery Budapest - Galerie Wentrup Berlin - Galerie Jocelyn Wolff Paris - Galerie Thomas Zander Cologne - Galerie Susanne Zander / Delmes & Zander GbR Cologne - ZERO... Milan.

Sector focus

AMBACH & RICE Seattle - Andreas Melas Presents (AMP) Athens Beaver Projects Copenhagen Galleri Niklas Belenius Stockholm - BISCHOFF/WEISS London - Galerie Dana Charkasi Vienna - DUVE Berlin Berlin - Figge von Rosen Galerie Cologne - IMO Copenhagen - Klemm's Berlin - Galerie KUNSTAGENTEN Berlin - Laden fuer Nichts Leipzig - Lüttgenmeijer Berlin - Norma Mangione Gallery Turin - Kai Middendorff Galerie Frankfurt am Main - MOT International London - MUSEUM 52 New York London, New York - Neon Parc Melbourne - Newman Popiashvili Gallery New York - On Stellar Rays New York – Pianissimo Milan – PSM Berlin - Galerie Jette Rudolph Berlin - Utopian Slumps Melbourne - Galerie Tanja Wagner Berlin - Galerie Eva Winkeler Frankfurt am Main, Cologne.

berlin talks

In the context of art forum berlin, personalities from the international art world meet daily from October 7 to 10 in the Palais am Funkturm (berlin talks Lounge) for the berlin talks. The berlin talks provide the interested public not only with first-hand insider information but also with a chance to discuss with the participants. In the panel discussions at 4 p.m., museum directors, art collectors, curators and art critics will discuss topics around collecting and exhibiting art. The artist talks, scheduled at 5.30 p.m., are rounds of talks with artists.
Entrance Hall 19, Hammarskjöldplatz, 14055 Berlin

Programme berlin talks

Thursday, October 7, 2010
5.30 p.m. artist talk
The prominent contemporary artist Monica Bonvicini is the first guest at the artist talks. Holger Liebs, Chief Editor of Monopol – Magazin für Kunst und Leben, will be talking with the Italian artist who has been living in Berlin for years. In her works, Monica Bonvicini relates to socio-political issues of society. With large, in some cases monumental installations, she deals with architecture and space as well as with the phenomenon of power and seduction. The Venice-born artist studied at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin and at the California Institute of the Arts. Since 2003, Bonvicini has been Professor of Performative Art and Sculpture at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna. She participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Until November 14, 2010, the Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel honours her with a major solo exhibition entitled BOTH ENDS.
Discussion in German in cooperation with Monopol – Magazin für Kunst und Leben

Friday, October 8, 2010
4 p.m. berlin talks
Museums in Crisis – Current Trends in Museums
Under this title, this discussion will critically look at current developments in collecting exhibiting institutions in the international context. At times when public funding is decreasing, it appears to be more urgent than ever to discuss the institutional conditions of museum work. Which possibilities of a solid exhibition practice and sustained collecting policy result from the internal perspective of curators and directors of museums renowned worldwide “after the crisis”? Which social and discourse function does the present museum have in different urban and geo-political contexts? How does it position itself vis-à-vis the power of the market? These issues will be discussed between the host, André Rottmann, Chief Editor Texte zur Kunst, Berlin, and directors and heads of collections of internationally significant museums: Susanne Gaensheimer, Director Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Joanna Mytkowska, Director Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Bartomeu Marí, Director MACBA, Barcelona, and Matthias Mühling, Head of Collections Art after 1945, Lenbachhaus, Munich.
Discussion in English in cooperation with Texte zur Kunst

5.30 p.m.
artist talk
He is considered to be a pioneer of conceptual art in Germany: Timm Ulrich. In his photographs, installations and performances, in addition to his own body, the artist born in Berlin in 1940 repeatedly focuses on language and other sign systems. In the course of the last five decades, his work, in which Dada and Constructivism merge, has developed beyond trends and fashions. Sven Beckstette, Chief Editor Texte zur Kunst, Berlin, will talk with Ulrichs about the relationship of words and pictures and address the question of why for the artists of the nineteen-sixties language was an important starting point from which to leave painting and sculpture behind. In March 2010, Ulrichs celebrated his 70th birthday, an occasion for the Kunstverein Hannover and the Sprengel Museum to dedicate to him a joint retrospective from November 28, 2010 to February 13, 2011.
Discussion in German in cooperation with Texte zur Kunst

Saturday, October 9, 2010
12.30 p.m., berlin talks
“The Mermaid's Mirror – From Private Passion to Public Opinion”
Von privater Leidenschaft zur öffentlichen Meinung
With the current exhibition Being Singular Plural: Images from India, the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin for the first time presents current film- and video works from India (until 10.10.2010). Anupam Poddar, New Delhi, collector and founding director of the Devi Art Foundation, will on the occasion of this exhibition talk with Sandhini Poddar, Assistant Curator for Asian Art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on his commitment to contemporary art from India, Pakistan, Central Asia and Iran. Anupam Poddar is considered one of India’s most influential art collectors. The collection of the Poddar family in New Delhi contains more than 2,000 works of art, mainly videos and photographs. It is the aim of the foundation to promote the dialogue among the artists of the Indian subcontinent.
Discussion in English in cooperation with the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin

4 p.m., berlin talks
Thermostat – under this title, 24 French Centres d'art and German art associations will present thirty exhibitions and events from June 2010 to April 2011. The jointly developed projects, which take place in Germany as well as in France, are based on the principle of bringing together different curatorial approaches and points of view. The discussion will be among directors of the Kunstvereine and Centres d'art: Janneke de Vries, Director GAK – Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Yann Chevallier, Curator, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers and Axel John Wieder, Director Künstlerhaus Stuttgart. Host: Jens Emil Sennewald, journalist and art critic from Paris.
Discussion in English in cooperation with the Institut Français, Berlin

5.30 p.m.
artist talk
"Fighting Fire with Fire"- Artists running project spaces talk about strategies and motivations“
Hosted by Dieter Roelstraete, Curator Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, artists who run project spaces will discuss their ambitions, inspirations, ideas, strategies and motivations. What do project spaces mean for artists? Which are the differences to galleries and public institutions? How can projects of this kind be financed? These and other issues will be discussed by Julieta Aranda, the building, Berlin, Renata Kaminska, Bel Etage, Berlin, Tjorg Douglas Beer, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Markus Draper, Bel Etage, Berlin, and, as the international guest: Emanuel Rossetti, New Jersey, Basel.
Discussion in English and German in cooperation with Bel Etage, Berlin

Sunday, October 10, 2010
4 p.m. Uhr, berlin talks
Kunst Sammeln und Bewahren, Traum oder Albtraum? (Collecting and Conserving Art, Dream or Nightmare)
With Harald Falckenberg, Hamburg and Erika Hoffmann, Berlin
The panel hosted by Friedrich Meschede, Berlin, is to present the strategies and concepts of ambitious private collectors. What happens when a private concern is to become a public collection? Do private collections appropriate the same principles as museums: - collecting – conserving – exhibiting, or is it not the conserving in particular which becomes the collector’s nightmare as well? When and where to go with the concepts, curiosities, art works? How does a private obsession differ from the public contract of the museums?

Since 1997, every Saturday Erika Hoffmann has opened her living space and her work space in a former factory building in Berlin Mitte. The Hoffmann Collection (since 1968) contains works of contemporary art from a variety of media. Since 2001, the Falckenberg Collection has been located in the factory halls of the Phoenixwerke in Hamburg-Harburg. It contains approximately 2,000 works of contemporary art. Their focus is on German and American contemporary art of the last 30 years.

5.30 p.m
artist talk
“Filling the Void – Understanding Space“ / „Die Leere füllen – den Raum verstehen"
Abaseh Mirvali (producer of cultural and public policy projects, Berlin/Mexico City) talks with Rosa Barba, artist, Berlin, Saadane Afif, artist, Berlin and Franck Leibovici, arist, Paris.

Presse contacts Messe Berlin
Michael T. Hofer
Group Press and Public Relations Director
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art forum berlin
Press and Public Relations Officer
Susanne Tschenisch
Telephone: +49-(030) 30 38 22 95 Fax: +49-(030) 30 38 22 96 E-Mail:
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Opening Day October 06, 2010
Premiere 11am - 3pm
Preview 3pm - 6pm
Vernissage 6pm - 9pm

Exhibition Grounds Messe Berlin, halls 18-20, Palais am Funkturm,
Entrance Hall 19, Hammarskjöldplatz, Berlin-Charlottenburg
Day ticket €18, Reduced ticket (schoolchildren and students) €12
2-day ticket €32
Evening ticket (after 4 p.m.) €12
children up to 12 years of age
(accompanied by adults) free

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