Kunsthalle Bern

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Kunsthalle Bern
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Established1918
Location, Bern, Switzerland
Coordinates46°56′39″N 7°26′58″E / 46.9443°N 7.4494°E / 46.9443; 7.4494
TypeKunsthalle
DirectorPhilippe Pirotte
Public transit accessHelvetiaplatz
Websitehttp://www.kunsthalle-bern.ch

The Kunsthalle Bern is a Kunsthalle (art exposition hall) on the in Bern, Switzerland.

It was built in 1917–1918 by the Kunsthalle Bern Association and opened on October 5, 1918. Since then, it has been the site of numerous expositions of contemporary art. The Kunsthalle gained international renown with expositions by artists such as Paul Klee, Christo, Alberto Giacometti, Henry Moore, Jasper Johns, Sol LeWitt, Gregor Schneider, Bruce Nauman and Daniel Buren, and with thematic expositions such as Harald Szeemann's (1969).[1]

On the occasion of its 50th anniversary the Kunsthalle Bern became the first building ever to be wrapped entirely by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in July 1968.[2]

Directors[]

  • 1918 – 1930:
  • 1931 – 1946:
  • 1946 – 1955:
  • 1955 – 1961:
  • 1961 – 1969: Harald Szeemann[3]
  • 1970 – 1974:
  • 1974 – 1982:
  • 1982 – 1985: Jean-Hubert Martin
  • 1985 – 1997:
  • 1997 – 2005:
  • 2005 – 2011:
  • 2012 – 2014:
  • 2015 – 2022:
  • 2022: Kabelo Malatsie[4]

Literature[]

  • Jean Christophe Ammann / Harald Szeemann, Von Hodler zur Antiform. Geschichte der Kunsthalle Bern, Bern 1970.
  • Hans Rudolf Reust, Aus dem Musée éclaté an den Ort des Werks, Kunsthalle Bern 1969-1993, Bern 1993, ISBN 3-85780-088-7

References[]

  1. ^ "Live in your Head". Flash Art. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  2. ^ "Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Wrapped Kunsthalle Bern".
  3. ^ "Bad Attitudes: Harald Szeemann's Landmark Exhibition Was a Scandal in Its Day". Observer. 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  4. ^ Maximilíano Durón (June 25, 2021), Kabelo Malatsie to Become First Non-European to Helm Switzerland’s Kunsthalle Bern ARTnews.
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