PIN CODE. Friends of the Pinakothek der Moderne

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Pinakothek der Moderne

PIN CODE. Friends of the Pinakothek der Moderne eV is a support association with more than 800 members. The primary goal of the association is to promote the four museums in the Pinakothek der Moderne and the Museum Brandhorst in Munich . PIN has been supporting the Modern Art Collection and the State Graphic Collection since 1965 with acquisitions, exhibitions and projects. Since 2012, the Neue Sammlung - The International Design Museum and the Architekturmuseum der TUM have also been funded, and thus all museums that are located under the umbrella of the Pinakothek der Moderne. In 2016, the Brandhorst Museum was one of the association's funding goals. With a funding volume in the high six-digit range, PIN. a contribution to the support of exhibition and mediation projects as well as acquisition goals.

History, goal setting and activities

The friends' association was founded in 1965 under the name Galerie-Verein by art lovers, including Franz Herzog von Bayern and the collectors and patrons Cristof Engelhorn, Walter Bareiss and Alfred Winterstein. Since then, the association has acquired over a thousand works of art from the 20th and 21st centuries that have been given to the Bavarian State Painting Collections on permanent loan. The purchases include works by Francis Bacon , Georg Baselitz , Joseph Beuys , Georges Braque , Wassily Kandinsky , Neo Rauch , Gerhard Richter , Cy Twombly and Andy Warhol as well as numerous other works by contemporary artists.

One of the activities of the friends' association is the annual PIN festival with charity auction, which has been held since 2003. Collectors, gallery owners and artists auction works of art here in order to donate the proceeds to the museum. In this way, works by Candida Höfer and Björn Melhus (2003), Peter Doig (2004), Arnulf Rainer (2005), Tadeusz Kantor (2006), Luc Tuymans (2007), Philip Guston (2008), Zoe Leonard ( 2009), Neo Rauch and Wade Guyton , Ellsworth Kelly , Paul Pfeiffer , Lewis Baltz (2011) and Georg Baselitz (2012), Paul Klee (2015), Franz Erhard Walther (2017) and many other important artists.

In addition to promoting modernity and the post-war avant-garde, PIN's main focus is on. with the aim of discovering, discussing and acquiring contemporary art . In addition to the acquisitions, exhibitions and educational projects by the two houses are also funded.

PIN offers its members. a program with over 60 lectures, trips, exhibition previews and curator tours, artist talks, gallery tours and studio visits every year.

PIN.Young Circle

In the summer of 2011, the PIN.Young Circle for young art lovers up to the age of 40 was launched with its own program. Since then the young Freundeskreis u. a. Works by Franka Kaßner, Kathrin Sonntag, Natalie Czech, Florian Auer, Laure Prouvost and most recently the VR sports equipment ICAROS for the collections of the museums under the roof of the Pinakothek der Moderne.

Projects

Art period

PIN CODE. was co-initiator of the studio grant "art period", which was awarded in cooperation with Südhausbau . From 2005 to 2014 a. The following artist scholarship recipients from art period: Markus Selg, Nina Könnemann, Pablo Bronstein, David Maljkovic, Ralf Ziervogel , Nick Mauss, Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda, Ei Arakawa , Jochen Schmith, Mounira Al Solh, Juliette Blightman, Kerstin Brätsch, Adele Röder, Patrizio Di Massimo and Simon Denny .

PIN.occhio

That from the foundation of the Pinakothek der Moderne and PIN. The supported art education program PIN.occhio is aimed at socially disadvantaged after-school children between the ages of six and twelve. The creative encounter with art is intended to promote the personal development of the children and introduce them to the art museum as a place of experience and learning.

PIN.X

PIN.X enables young people from the age of 10 to enter the museum and thus access to art, education and culture. The free projects and workshops combine the use of digital media with a real visit to the museum, impart age-appropriate knowledge to secondary and secondary school students and illustrate works of art in the museum's extraordinary learning environment. PIN.X is an initiative of the Pinakothek der Moderne Foundation, PIN., The Museum Pedagogical Center and the Palais Pinakothek and is supported by the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture.

Club structure

The business of the association in Munich is managed by an honorary board, the members of which are elected for three years at the general assembly. Dorothée Wahl has been CEO of PIN since 2016. Katharina Freifrau von Perfall previously held this office from 2010. A board of trustees, which includes representatives from business, industry and patronage, is available to advise the board.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Art Hunters and money collectors . In: Welt am Sonntag , November 25, 2007.
  2. ↑ Elizabeth Bauschmid: The PIN.-friends ask for a dance . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 24, 2008.
  3. ↑ Linda von Beck: Celebrating for a good piece of art . In: Münchner Merkur , November 30, 2009.
  4. ↑ Stephan trading: Spend Able friends . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 30, 2009.
  5. ↑ Christian Mayer: Mission Kalimuna . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , 16./17. October 2010.
  6. ↑ Christian Mayer: "Where there is smoke, there is fire" Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 22, 2010
  7. ↑ "An evening for art". Munich Mercury. November 22, 2010
  8. ↑ Barbara Zahn: One for all, and all for Neo Rauch. PIN.-Fest in the Pinakothek der Moderne brings in 550,000 euros . In: TZ , November 22, 2010.
  9. ↑ Glitzern für Baselitz - Almost like in New York: Friends of the Pinakothek der Moderne celebrate a lavish party - and raise a lot of money with their auction . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 26, 2012.
  10. ↑ Evelyn Vogel: Schwebende Welt - Pin Young buys work from Kathrin Sonntag. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. December 14, 2012.
  11. ↑ Without academic cramp - Friends and support groups of museums and art associations rely on young talent . In: Junge Kunst , No. 88, 09–12 / 2011.
  12. ↑ "Conspiratorial patronage. A studio and scholarship house is celebrating its fifth anniversary. ”Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 6, 2010
  13. ↑ "Art Period. Promotion of young talent in Munich. ”And. The Münchner Kunstjournal, No. 38, April-June 2009
  14. ↑ “Ground Bones. Ralf Ziervogel's martial installation during the art period. ”Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 13, 2009
  15. ↑ I find it normal for data to dominate our lives, FOCUS Online, Jan. 18, 2013
  16. ^ "Heart and soul. Art for everyone, including the kids - PIN's credo. Friends of the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich." MADAME, November 2011
  17. ↑ PIN. Board of Directors ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 16, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pin-freunde.de