Positions - Visions II

Curatorial approaches for contemporary art biennials
with Kathrin Rhomberg and Vít Havránek
5.5.10, 7 p.m.

Kathrin Rhomberg (Foto: Manfred Unger), Vít Havránek (Foto: Abbe Libansky)

Kathrin Rhomberg, curator of 6th berlin biennial, and Vít Havránek, co-curator of Manifesta 8, are invited to give a first insight into their plans for this year's upcoming major art events. They will present their approaches for the respective location and discuss on what distinguishes a biennial in the remote Spanish region of Murcia from a biennial in the German capital Berlin. Likewise, we will pursue the question to what extent biennials are still the places for major social and political themes and how to address the local audience as a guest-curator.

Positions – Visions is a cooperation of the Society for Modern Art at Museum Ludwig, Cologne and the Kölnischer Kunstverein as well as part of the lecture series Art in context of the Society for Modern Art.

Lumpenball 2010

5.02.2010, ab 20 Uhr
Carnival party for members and friends of Kölnischer Kunstverein

Lumpenball Einladungskarte
August Sander, Maskenball, um 1926
© Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur
August Sander Archiv, Köln; VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2012

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Mariana Castillo Deball

Su 20.2.10, 4 pm

Portrait Mariana Castillo Deball

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Other countries, other institutions

Discussion with Henriette Bretton-Meyer
Do 1.7.10, 19 Uhr
Place: Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf

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Art association: today, tomorrow, yesterday

Discussion with Wulf Herzogenrath and Florian Waldvogel
We 7.7.10, 7 p.m.
Venue: Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf

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Open studio day

at Kölnischen Kunstverein and at Schokoladenmuseum
Sat 5.6.10, 2-6 p.m.

Shruti Mahajan, Adapter/Adaptor, 2009, Gouache auf Papier

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China City

Mon 7.6.10, 8 p.m.
Kölnischer Kunstverein, cinema at "Die Brücke"

CHINA CITY, 2010, Filmstill

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Subject and Society. Melanie Gilligan and Polly Staple

Artist Talk
Su 27.6.10, 12 a.m.

Portrait Melanie Gilligan,
Photo: Alessandra Chila

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Altruism as a Working Principle for Independant Art Institutions in Czech Republic

Guided Tour and Talk with Noemi Smolik

30.6.10, 7pm
Place: Bonner Kunstverein

Poster, Last Chance to See, 2010,
Design: lange+durach

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From Warhol to „The Wire“; on the proximity of art and television

Kalup Linzy, Melody Set Me Free, 2007
Videostill, Digital video, color, sound,
15 min 10 sec
Courtesy of the artist and Taxter & Spengemann, New York

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