Kunstverein Konstanz
The Kunstverein Konstanz is the oldest art association in the Lake Constance area and the fourteenth-oldest art association in Germany . When it was founded in 1858, the main interest was to create a forum for contemporary art in Constance . To this day, the Kunstverein Konstanz is the only institution there that exclusively offers exhibitions on contemporary art.
location
Since October 4, 1908, the Kunstverein has been using the specially constructed exhibition rooms in the rear building of the Wessenberghaus . It can be reached via the entrance of the Kulturzentrum am Münster in Konstanz, Wessenbergstrasse 43.
history
On March 14, 1858, 27 citizens of the city gathered in the "Museum", the society house on the southern Münsterplatz, with the aim of founding the Konstanzer Kunstverein. The association was founded at the first general assembly on April 24, 1858: “The purpose of the association […] is to: promote the visual arts in every way, to awaken the sense of art, in particular through exhibitions of individual works of art or entire collections of such and, as soon as the funds are sufficient, also through the purchase of works of art to form an art collection or to raffle among the members. ”Today the art association has around 550 members.
activities
For over 150 years it has been the primary concern of the Konstanz Art Association to present current and young art to a broad public in exhibitions and to sensitize them to contemporary art. At the same time, artists and their positions on current topics from art and society are promoted.
The program includes exhibitions by recognized artists from the region and all federal states, but also from the neighboring countries Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Austria. Positions by young artists are shown to the same extent, and the Konstanz Art Prize is awarded every two years together with the City of Konstanz. As a rule, the members' exhibition concludes the five exhibitions per year. Lectures, concerts, readings and excursions complete the program.
See also
literature
- Michael Günther, Anne Langenkamp, Axel Lapp: 150 years of the Kunstverein Konstanz. The Green Box, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-908175-51-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.kunstverein-konstanz.de
- ^ Anne Langenkamp: The history of the Konstanzer Kunstverein 1858-2008. From logs and other historical sources. In: Michael Günther, Anne Langenkamp, Axel Lapp: 150 years of the Kunstverein Konstanz. The Green Box, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-908175-51-3 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 39 ′ 47.3 " N , 9 ° 10 ′ 29.2" E