Artothek (Munich)
The Münchner Artothek is one of around 150 Artothek in Germany and was founded in 1986 based on the models of the Artothek in Berlin and Cologne . Since then it has acted as a municipal gallery and art rental company for the state capital of Munich and is financed by the Munich Department of Culture . The collection of the Munich Artothek is one of the most extensive in Germany with around 1,500 pictures , photographs and sculptures .
Art rental
All citizens of the Munich area who can have a loan card issued in the Artothek after presenting their valid identity card are authorized to borrow. Possible loan periods are one, two or four months. The rental fees include insurance for the pictures.
Self-image
In the Munich Artothek can art be borrowed as well as in a library books. This idea was born in Scandinavia and the Netherlands in the twenties in order to enable as many people as possible - regardless of their financial means - to provide cultural education by borrowing art.
The Münchner Artothek promotes cultural education and artists from the Munich region. Through the wide range of artistic styles and forms of expression, it promotes the dialogue about art and culture and thus at the same time the diversity of opinions and a climate of openness.
tasks
Promotion of cultural education
The promotion of a (young) art audience is also a central task of the Artothek. It takes place in such a way that it arouses and promotes interest in art through the possibility of borrowing works of art . The openness to new art is growing, as modern exhibits can be taken home to let them work there. At the same time, the exchange with others (e.g. visitors or friends) about art and culture promotes openness for and discussion about modern art. If a user of the Münchner Artothek wishes to buy a picture himself, the Munich Artothek enables studio visits to the respective artist and encourages them to buy.
Artist funding
The Munich Artothek has an annual budget with which it buys works of art. An acquisition commission decides which works of art should be acquired. In addition to some city councils, it consists mainly of Munich's artistic personalities. The focus of the funding is on young graduates from the Munich Art Academy , but also established artists from the Munich region, who are often internationally known. The Munich Artothek now has an extensive art collection with around 1,500 works from a wide variety of trends.
Municipal gallery
Dealing with art and talking about art are also promoted as part of a varied gallery program. Based on the idea of supporting the regional art scene, the Artothek, as a municipal gallery, mainly presents art from the Munich area.
The openness to all styles is also reflected in the exhibitions: the rooms of the Artothek are used for solo exhibitions or themed exhibitions with several artists, whereby pictures from the exhibition are often acquired later for the collection.
For some time now, themed exhibitions have been combined with readings in order to allow the visual arts and literature to enter into a dialogue. In this way, the Munich Artothek promotes the exchange between sculptors , photographers , painters and writers as well as between different audience groups who are usually more interested in art or more in literature.
Web links
- Munich Artothek on www.muenchen.de
- Munich Artothek at www.kunstaspekte.de
- Munich Artothek at www.kunstmarkt.com
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 7.9 ″ N , 11 ° 34 ′ 24.4 ″ E