RuhrKunstMuseen
The RuhrKunstMuseen , also known as the RKM , are a network of twenty museums in the Ruhr area , which was founded on the occasion of the year of the Capital of Culture and with the support of Ruhr.2010 , but which should continue to exist beyond that.
The majority of the museums focus on the art of the 20th century and the present, the art of the 19th century as well as old and non-European art are represented in individual houses with significant holdings. From Duisburg to Hamm, from Hagen to Marl, a coherent network of collections extends over 15 cities, housed in buildings of industrial culture, castles, architecture from the post-war decades and new buildings. A visit to the museums is also a representative foray into the building culture of the Ruhr area.
The cooperation of the RuhrKunstMuseen makes it clear which holdings of modern and contemporary art the Ruhr museum landscape has.
Participating museums
20 art museums in the Ruhr area together form the RuhrKunstMuseen . |
- Bochum Museum
- Art collections of the Ruhr University Bochum with the Modern Collection and the Situation Art Foundation
- Josef Albers Museum Square Bottrop
- Museum Ostwall , in the Dortmunder U
- Museum DKM , Duisburg
- Küppersmühle Museum for Modern Art at Duisburg Inner Harbor
- Lehmbruck Museum , Duisburg
- Folkwang Museum , Essen
- Art Museum Gelsenkirchen
- Osthaus Museum Hagen
- Emil Schumacher Museum in the Kunstquartier Hagen
- Gustav Lübcke Museum , Hamm
- Municipal gallery in the Strünkede Castle Park of the Emschertal Museum , Herne
- Flottmann-Hallen , Herne
- Sculpture Museum Glaskasten Marl
- Art Museum Mülheim an der Ruhr in the Alte Post
- Ludwig Gallery Castle Oberhausen
- Recklinghausen art gallery
- Center for International Light Art , Unna
- Märkisches Museum , Witten
Common projects
In 2010 the RuhrKunstMuseen carried out their first joint exhibition project "Mapping the Region" . The fourteen exhibitions in the museums and at other exhibition locations are under the curatorial direction of the individual museums and each show a common theme in order to capture the region. The term "mapping" is meant both cartographically and artistically. The range of exhibitions ranges from installations (multi-part exhibitions "Liquid Area" in the Flottmann-Hallen and the Städtische Galerie Herne) to photographs ("Über Tage" from the pixel project in the Ruhr area , "Mines and Huts" by Bernd and Hilla Becher ) and Painting ("World Views: Landscapes in Art"), sound installations ("Electrical Walks" by Christina Kubisch ) and light objects ( Mischa Kuball "New Pott. 100 Lights / 100 Faces") to experimental art ("Hacking the City" des Museum Folkwangs with venues in the city of Essen and the Internet).
In addition, the museums offer an educational program in the form of three different bus tours, called "Collection Tours" . The "Twice Art and Back" tours are aimed at students of all ages and types of school. For each school class, one museum visit on two days with a common theme is on the program, one museum at home and one by bus. Thanks to sponsorship from Deutsche Bank, these tours are free for the students. The program is designed for a capacity of 20,000 students in 100 schools in the Ruhr area. The "East / West" tours are aimed at adult visitors; three museums are visited in one day. An art mediator guides you through the exhibitions and provides background information on the bus trips. The "Travel Conversations" tours lead to selected exhibitions of the "Mapping the Region" projects. In addition to the art mediator, an expert from another specialist field (e.g. architect, philosopher, artist or spatial planner) is also present here. These tours have a capacity of 3,000 participants.
The RuhrKunstMuseen have published a joint collection guide as a self-portrait, which on around 270 pages shows a description of the museums and their collections as well as photographs of selected masterpieces as well as the exhibition rooms and the architecture.
The joint work of the museums in the form of exhibition projects, educational programs and public relations work is intended to test and establish long-term forms of cooperation. The goal is to build a permanent joint organization beyond 2010.
In 2012, the RuhrKunstMuseen published the illustrated book PUBLIC ART RUHR with 100 works of art by 100 artists in the public space of the Ruhr Metropolis as part of the program of the same name they initiated . RUHR SELECTION - The Art Travel Guide for the Ruhr Metropolis was published in 2013 .
Since 2013, the RuhrKunstMuseen have been organizing the restoration of works of art in public spaces and their subsequent public revelation as part of their Public Art Ruhr New Revelations series.
Financing of cultural tourism marketing
RuhrKunstMuseen was founded at the start of the Capital of Culture year by a mixture of public partners and sponsors ( City of Essen , Regional Association Ruhr , Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia , Initiativkreis Ruhr , European Fund for Regional Development of the EU and Minister of State for Culture of the FRG) and sponsors ( accenture , Deutsche Bank ).
As part of the state government's Erlebnis.NRW funding competition, the tourism marketing of the RuhrKunstMuseen is one of the projects recommended for funding and will receive funding from the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the EU until September 2014 in order to work with Ruhr Tourismus GmbH to permanently promote the RuhrKunstMuseen brand on the cultural tourism market Position in the market.
Publications
- PUBLIC ART RUHR - The Ruhr Metropolis and art in public space. Wienand Verlag, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-86832-134-0 .
- RUHR SELECTION - The art travel guide for the Ruhr Metropolis. Ed .: RuhrKunstMuseen / Ruhr Tourismus GmbH, Oberhausen 2013.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ "RuhrKunstMuseen, die Sammlung", published by the RuhrKunstMuseen and the Ruhr.2010, published by Hatje Cantz Verlag, 1st edition. March 2010, ISBN 978-3-7757-2617-7 .
- ↑ Ruhr.2010 press release on the start of the RuhrKunstMuseen, September 16, 2009 ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ziel2.NRW - Erlebnis.NRW: Overview of the winners proposed for funding (DOC file; 786 kB)
