Gil Bronner

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Gil Bronner (2016)

Gil Andreas Bronner (* 1962 in Düsseldorf ) is a German real estate developer and art collector .

Life

Bronner, son of the architect Dan-Georg Bronner, who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1931, and his wife Cary, who was born in the area of ​​the League of Nations mandate for Palestine , was born in Düsseldorf in 1962, where his parents came via Israel , Berlin and Hamburg in the same year. The art-interested parents collected art of the classical modern and created the Cary and Dan-Georg Bronner Foundation , which is committed to the promotion of contemporary art and artists. Bronner, who acts as a trustee and board member of this foundation, did an apprenticeship in business administration by studying business administration in Cologne and worked as a real estate entrepreneur in the mid-1990s in the new federal states, where he discovered the art of the New Leipzig School for himself. After stays abroad in the United States, Canada and Japan, the focus of his real estate development is on the cultural sector, in particular on studio houses . As a new member, Bronner introduced himself to the Düsseldorf Jonges at the beginning of 2015 .

Philara collection

From 2006 onwards, Gil Bronner initially housed his own collection, consisting mainly of contemporary art, comprising over 1300 objects, on the site of the former Leitz factory at Walzwerkstrasse 14 in Düsseldorf- Reisholz , where he also organized exhibitions from 2008 onwards and created around 70 studios for local artists and classes at the Düsseldorf Art Academy .

Philara Collection (2017)

From October 2014 he had the architectural office Joachim Sieber convert the commercial halls of the former Lennarz glass factory in a back yard at Birkenstrasse 47 in the Düsseldorf district of Flingern into a multifunctional art gallery with a covered exhibition area of ​​over 1700 m², including rooms and cabinets for painting, graphics, Installations, video art and sculptures as well as an area of ​​220 m² for temporary exhibitions. Part of the premises is on two underground floors. There is also the Café Lennarz and a 550 m² roof terrace for an open-air sculpture exhibition with a view of the Düsseldorf – Elberfeld railway line and the Rethel branch. The main room of this art center, which opened on June 26, 2016, is a two-storey hall that is equipped with a crane runway. The complex, which is used in particular to exhibit parts of Bronner's private collection and shows the industrial architecture of the previous use, also includes areas of a former industrial track. Neighbors in the backyard are the Wim Wenders Foundation , the office of the Düsseldorf District Association of the Federal Association of Visual Artists and the Düsseldorf Film Workshop . The exhibition hall celebrated its premiere as a concert hall with the piano sonata "Waldstein" , which the pianist Igor Levit performed on November 13, 2016.

As a reference to his children Philip and Lara, the art house and collection trade under the name Philara . They are supported by Philara - Association for the Promotion of Contemporary Art and funded by the Cary and Dan-Georg Bronner Foundation . Their aim is to show current developments in the art market. The ever-expanding collection of contemporary art includes works of various genres such as painting, sculpture, installation, photography and works on paper. Its characteristic is the juxtaposition of local young talent and established, internationally active artists. The Art Center and the Philara Collection , curated by Katharina Klang as Director, are among the destinations that prompted the widely read British travel magazine National Geographic Traveler to include Düsseldorf as the only German of 17 travel destinations worldwide in its 2017 Cool List . The Italian business newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore also highlighted the importance of the Philara Collection in February 2017 in a report on Düsseldorf's art scene.

See also

Web links

Commons : Gil Bronner  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ “Everything makes sense in hindsight.” Interview from November 19, 2014 in the blog.artengine.io portal , accessed on February 18, 2017
  2. ↑ “Closer”. ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: eiskellerberg.tv , June 24, 2016, accessed on February 18, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eiskellerberg.tv
  3. ^ Collector Gil Bronner opens new exhibition rooms. ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: zeit.de , June 23, 2016, accessed on February 18, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zeit.de
  4. ↑ Stefanie Stadel: Gil Bronner: There is still something going on. In: kulturwest.de , accessed on February 18, 2017
  5. ^ Annette Bosetti: New sponsor, new name. In: rp-online.de , November 25, 2015, accessed on February 18, 2017
  6. ↑ Stefanie Stadel: Out of the box. In: welt.de , August 21, 2016, accessed on February 18, 2017
  7. ↑ atmosphere! Gil Bronner on the new location of his art collection Philara and other passion projects. In: cube-magazin.de , accessed on February 18, 2017, Cube. The Düsseldorf magazine for architecture, modern living and lifestyle , issue 3, 2016, p. 48 f. Digitized
  8. ↑ Uwe-Jens Ruhnau: “Switching from election campaign to everyday life” . In: Das Tor , Issue 2, Düsseldorf 2015, p. 6 f. ( PDF )
  9. ^ Christiane Meixner: A new private museum for contemporary art: The fine skin. Great art in the backyard: the collector Gil Bronner shows his collection in Düsseldorf. In: tagesspiegel.de , August 13, 2016, accessed on February 18, 2016
  10. ↑ See also presentation of the Philara Collection on Facebook , accessed on February 18, 2017
  11. ↑ Philara: The Passions of an Art Collector . In: Top Magazine Düsseldorf . Issue 3/2016, accessed on February 19, 2017
  12. ↑ Alyssa Baffenstein: Collector Gil Bronner on Why Düsseldorf Is the Best City for His Philara Collection (And Not Berlin). In: news.artnet.com , July 8, 2016, accessed February 18, 2017
  13. ↑ Annette Bosetti: New cool art factory. In: rp-online.de , June 24, 2016, accessed on February 18, 2017
  14. ^ Collector Gil Bronner opens new exhibition rooms. Süddeutsche Zeitung , June 23, 2016, accessed on August 25, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Tea Time with Beethoven. In: rp-online.de , November 14, 2016, accessed on February 17, 2017
  16. ^ "Philara": Art collector opens museum. ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: .wdr.de , June 24, 2016, accessed on February 18, 2017  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www1.wdr.de
  17. ↑ Association register no. VerR 10224, Düsseldorf District Court
  18. ↑ About us. In: philara.de , accessed on February 18, 2017
  19. ↑ Collectors & their collections: No. 13. Gil Bronner is a German-Israeli property investor who is creating a museum for his art collection in Dusseldorf. His goal? 'To illustrate what's currently relevant in the art market.' In: christies.com , February 2, 2015, accessed February 18, 2017
  20. ↑ Alexandra Wehrmann: The young boss of the Art House Philara. In: rp-online.de , February 15, 2017, accessed on February 18, 2017
  21. ↑ National Geographic Traveler (UK) reveals The Cool List: 17 must-see destinations for 2017. In: pressreleases.responsesource.com , December 1, 2016, accessed February 17, 2017
  22. ↑ Raffaele Vertaldi: 72 ore a Dusseldorf. In: 24ilmagazine.ilsole24ore.com , February 10, 2017, accessed February 19, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Bronner, Gil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bronner, Gil Andreas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German real estate developer and art collector
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf