Hypo-Kulturstiftung

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The Hypo-Kulturstiftung was founded on September 19, 1983 by the Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank (today: UniCredit Bank AG ). In general, it serves to promote cultural projects and institutions and is also the sponsor of the art gallery of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung . The foundation's capital is 11.5 million euros. The organization is a public foundation with legal capacity under civil law and is represented by the board of directors .

activities

The focus of the foundation is the fine arts and monument preservation .

Monument preservation

The Hypo-Kulturstiftung supports the continuous, long-term preservation of cultural values ​​and the protection of architectural monuments with various programs.

The monument award has been given to private owners since 1986 who have professionally restored their monuments with great dedication. In the meantime almost 200 winners have been awarded in all regions of Bavaria. The social awareness of the importance of historical monuments was only emerging in the 80s, today there is broad consensus on this. The Hypo-Kulturstiftung has actively accompanied this change over the years and played a key role in shaping it.

The Hypo-Kulturstiftung has been a founding member of the Bavarian Cultural Heritage Initiative since 2015. The aim of this public, non-profit foundation is to protect, save and revive the built heritage, the cultural landscapes and the intangible cultural assets such as customs, handicrafts, art, music and language - and thus to preserve them in the long term. The private civic engagement in interaction with state and municipal institutions is supported and promoted.

Museum Fund

The museum fund promotes the purchase of contemporary art . The aim is to support public art museums with supraregional importance, which provide an overview of the main trends in contemporary art in a permanent collection .

Grants

The funding for exhibitions helps to realize many smaller projects all over Germany. Museums, exhibition houses, art associations, professional associations and many other institutions receive valuable support in their initiatives.

Scholarships

Through scholarships are post-doctoral art historical and archaeological subjects and restorers supported.

Art Gallery

Karl Friedrich Schinkel Exhibition 2013

The foundation's art gallery in Munich is one of the largest exhibition venues in Germany. The house has around 300,000 visitors annually. Since the opening in 1985, 108 exhibitions (as of spring 2019) have been shown, which take up all art eras up to the present day. Border areas of art, prehistoric, non-European and interdisciplinary topics are also presented here - from archeology and old masters to contemporary art .

Board

  • Michael Diederich (Chairman)
  • Sandra Betocchi (Deputy Chair)
  • Ljiljana Cortan
  • Andrea Umberto Varese

Managing directors

  • Oliver Kasparek

Awards

The Hypo-Kulturstiftung received the Monument Protection Medal in 2019 for the promotion of monument preservation in Bavaria .

See also

Web links

Commons : Hypo-Kunsthalle  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. official website of the Monument Prize 2017
  2. ^ Winner of the Monument Prize. Retrieved August 27, 2020 .
  3. Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (ed.): Monument Protection Medal 2019 . Munich 2019 ( online [PDF; 11.4 MB ; accessed on October 23, 2019]).