Art Cologne
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| Branch | Art fair |
| Place of issue | Cologne |
| First exhibition | 1967 |
| Website | www.artcologne.de |
| Last exhibition | |
| date | Apr. 11, 2019 to Apr. 14, 2019 |
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| date | Nov 19, 2020 to Nov 22, 2020 |
The Art Cologne is one of the oldest art fairs in the world for contemporary art . It takes place every spring on the grounds of the Koelnmesse in Cologne-Deutz . It was launched in 1967 on the initiative of the gallery owners Hein Stünke and Rudolf Zwirner as the “ Cologne Art Market ” in Gürzenich, Cologne .
history
Eighteen galleries took part in the first Cologne Art Market in September 1967. With 15,000 visitors and a turnover of one million German marks , the event in Gürzenich in Cologne was a great success. The organizer was the association of progressive German art dealers founded by the founding fathers Hein Stünke ( Der Spiegel gallery ), Rudolf Zwirner and five other colleagues .
In 1968 the fair moved to the more spacious Josef Haubrich Kunsthalle , which existed until 2001 . Additional galleries were admitted, also from abroad, in order to prevent a competitive event with international participation in neighboring Düsseldorf . In 1974 the fair, called Cologne Art Market from 1970, moved to the Rheinhallen in Cologne-Deutz. The organization was transferred to the Cologne trade fair company. In 1975 the name of the fair was changed to "International Art Market" (IKM). The Art Cologne Prize was awarded for the first time in cooperation with the Federal Association of German Galleries (BVDG) . The fair took place alternately in Cologne and Düsseldorf. In 1984 the fair was given a new name for the last time: the IKM became Art Cologne, which has only been held in Cologne since then.
In 2007 Art Cologne was moved from the traditional autumn date to spring. Cologne Fine Art , also launched by today's organizer Koelnmesse, will take place in autumn . The director of Art Cologne has been the American art dealer Daniel Hug since 2008 . He succeeded Gérard Goodrow , who had been in office since 2003 .
environment
The "Art Market Cologne" has had competition in its own environment since the beginning of 1967. As all galleries that applied were never allowed to participate, there were always alternative offers in the context of Art Cologne: 1967 “Demonstrative” Cologne, 1968 “Prospect 68” Düsseldorf, 1969 “Neumarkt der Künste” Cologne, 1971/72 “Internationale Art and information fair “Düsseldorf.
In 1992, the Cologne gallery owner Christian Nagel launched the counter fair “Unfair”; In 1995, Nagel was one of the co-founders of the Art Forum Berlin , an expressly competing event. ART.FAIR has been establishing itself as a counter-fair since 2003 . In 2007, three more new art fairs started at the same time: the “List Cologne”, the “Tease Art Fair” and the “dc duesseldorf contemporary”.
In 1994 the Society for Modern Art at the Museum Ludwig awarded the Wolfgang Hahn Prize, named after the collector and chief restorer of the Museum Ludwig, for the first time during the fair . In 2006 Rudolf Zwirner, co-founder of Art Cologne, received this award.
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ART COLOGNE Prize
The ART-COLOGNE Prize is currently endowed with 10,000 euros and has been awarded annually since 1988 by the Federal Association of German Galleries and Art Dealers (BVDG) together with koelnmesse .
- In 1997, the two gallery owners Dina Vierny ( Musée Maillol , Paris) and Charlotte Zander ( Museum Charlotte Zander , Bönnigheim ) received the award .
- In 2009 Harald Falckenberg received the award because he made contemporary art accessible to a wide audience with his Falckenberg art collection .
- In 2010, the Grässlin family of collectors was awarded the prize for their “outstanding contribution to the mediation of modern art”.
- In 2013 the winner was the Munich gallery owner Fred Jahn. The reason for the award mentions, among other things: “It combines profound cultural-historical knowledge and connoisseurship with the economic ambitions of an art dealer at the highest level”.
- In 2014 Rosemarie Schwarzwälder received the award from the Wiener Galerie next St. Stephan .
- In 2015 it was awarded to the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen in Düsseldorf, founded in 1829 .
- In 2016, the Munich Galerie Thomas received the award , which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014.
- 2017 received the award Günter Herzog, the scientific director of the central archive of the international art trade in Cologne (ZADIK).
- In 2018, the entrepreneur and art collector Julia Stoschek received the award .
- In 2019 the prize was awarded to Christian Kaspar Schwarm , co-founder of the free online platform Independent Collectors .
- 2020 Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann
ADKV-ART COLOGNE Prize for art associations
Since 2006, in cooperation with Art Cologne and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Kunstvereine, the ADKV-ART COLOGNE Prize for Art Associations . The prize is endowed with 3,000 euros.
ADKV-ART COLOGNE Prize for Art Criticism
Since 2006, the ADKV-ART COLOGNE Prize for Art Criticism has also been awarded in cooperation with Art Cologne and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Kunstvereine . The prize is endowed with 3,000 euros. It is aimed at freelance journalists.
Award winners
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Competitor
In addition to Art Cologne, most important art fairs today are Art Basel and its offshoot Art Basel Miami Beach , The Armory Show - The International Fair of New Art in New York City , The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) in Maastricht , Frieze Art Fair in London as well as the Art Fair in Hong Kong .
Awards
- 2012: Cologne Culture Prize for the cultural event in 2011
literature
- Central archive of the international art trade ZADIK (ed.), With a foreword by Gerald Böse, Daniel Hug and Heinz Schnock and an introduction by Rudolf Zwirner (German / English): ART COLOGNE 1967-2016. The first of all art fairs , Walther König bookstore, Cologne 2016.
Web links
- Official website of Art Cologne
- Documentary videos from Art Cologne on Vernissage TV
- Interview with Oliver P. Kurth (Managing Director Kölnmesse GmbH) about the future of Art Cologne (2008)
- Interview with Daniel Hug, Director Art Cologne, Part 1 , Part 2 Video 2010
- World art on the advance , Deutsche Welle , April 19, 2013
Individual evidence
- ^ Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle , cityinfo-koeln.de, accessed on April 21, 2013.
- ^ Catrin Lorch: Gérard Goodrow, the failed savior. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of January 30, 2008.
- ↑ http://www.artcologne.de/presse/pressemmeldung.php?aktion=pfach&p1id=kmpresse_artcologne&format=html&base=&tp=k2&search=&pmid=kmeigen.kmpresse_1233590781&start=0&zahl=10&channel=kmeigen&language=d&archiv= not available ()
- ↑ Art Cologne press release ( Memento from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 131 kB), February 2010 (accessed on April 22, 2010).
- ^ Art Cologne Prize 2013: For Fred Jahn . In: FAZ of January 26, 2013, page 37.
- ^ Association of German Art Associations: ADKV-ART COLOGNE PRICE FOR KUNSTVEREINE 2015 , accessed on March 26, 2015.
- ↑ Monopol Magazin für Kunst und Leben from January 31, 2017 Award: Central archive director receives Art Cologne Prize , by Diana Kral , accessed on February 5, 2017.
- ↑ Kunstforum international on February 17, 2020: ART COLOGNE Prize 2020 for Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann , accessed on February 18, 2020
- ↑ ADKV website (accessed on April 22, 2010).
- ↑ Antje Stahl receives the ADKV-ART COLOGNE Prize for Art Criticism 2019 kunstvereine.de.
- ↑ Kito Nedo receives the ADKV-ART COLOGNE Prize for Art Criticism 2017
- ↑ Rose-Maria Gropp: Cool Cologne! faz.net April 21, 2012 , accessed April 21, 2012.