![]() ![]() Photo: Achim Kukulies.Īt the centre of it all is the historic Düsseldorf Kunstakademie, where the city's 19 th-century school of painting and 20 th-century school of photography were founded where Nam June Paik and Joseph Beuys taught and next to which the famous Creamcheese Club hosted some of Kraftwerk's first gigs. An Annotated History of the Arab Image Foundation, K21, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (18 November 2017–25 February 2018). An Annotated History of the Arab Image Foundation is currently on view (18 November 2017–25 February 2018), with Carmen Herrera and Maria Hassabi exhibitions opening in December 2017.Įxhibition view: Akram Zaatari, Against Photography. Some 26 museums are based here, including the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, whose collection was founded on a donation of 88 Paul Klee works, and where Akram Zaatari's exhibition Against Photography. Meanwhile, Düsseldorf, the capital of Germany's most populous federal state and the economic heart of the Rhine-Ruhr region, developed an identity as a 'trade fair city', complete with a Media Harbour boasting Frank Gehry statement buildings, and an excellent cultural scene with a list of festivals ranging from the Duesseldorf Photo Weekend to the New Fall music festival. In the decades that followed, Art Basel became a global behemoth while Art Cologne remained distinctly regional, with a recent revival credited to the efforts of current director Daniel Hug ( Gagosian and White Cube participated for the first time in 2017). In reaction to this developing competition, Art Cologne rebranded in 1974 as Internationaler Kunstmarkt, alternating its location between Cologne and Düsseldorf until 1983, when Cologne became the fair's permanent venue. Prospect 68: International Preview of the Art in the Galleries of the Avant-garde was organised at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf in September 1968 by gallerist Konrad Fischer, offering an international alternative to Cologne's German-centric floor-an internationalism that formed Art Basel's identity when it started in 1970.Īt the time, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Cologne and Düsseldorf represented a regional art axis-something Studio for Propositional Cinema paid tribute to in its final exhibition at its Ackerstrasse space, formerly Daniel Spoerri's studio: drawings and watercolours by Bernd Lohaus, co-founder of Antwerp's historic Wide White Space ( Blumen, 21 October–19 November 2017). Established in 1967, Art Cologne is known as the first modern and contemporary art fair, which spawned similar events. Thus new lines were drawn on old grounds, with Art Düsseldorf's establishment representing a convergence of ongoing histories. Shortly after MCH's announcement, Koelnmesse, which organises Art Cologne, revealed a takeover of Berlin's abc contemporary and the launch of a new fair, Art Berlin (14–17 September 2017). ![]() ![]() Co-owned by Andreas Lohaus and Walter Gehlen, art.fair International GmbH ran Art.Fair Köln from 2003 to 2016 before suspending that to launch the first Art Düsseldorf at the 20 th-century industrial complex, Areal Böhler from 17 to 19 November 2017. History came full circle in February 2017, when Art Basel's parent company, MCH Group, announced its acquisition of a 25.1 percent holding in art.fair International GmbH. Düsseldorf, the capital of Germany's most populous federal state and the economic heart of the Rhine-Ruhr region, has developed an identity as a 'trade fair city', with an excellent cultural scene that includes a long list of festivals and cultural institutions.
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