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The Adventure of Our Collection I
Enjoy a week-long programme marking the return of the collection to the refurbisched Kaiser Wilhelm Museum.
After being closed for six years and undergoing a general renovation (2012鈥�2016) during which the museum building was refitted to meet international climate-control and security standards, the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum will reopen on 2 July 2016 with a first presentation from its collections.
An opening ceremony marks the start of an eventful week. The director of the Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Dr. Martin Hentschel, will present the new catalogue of the museum鈥檚 holdings of art from 1945 to the present and report on his time in office 鈥� an exciting period in the history of the museum, denoted by the controversy over the proposed sale of the painting by Claude Monet, the withdrawal of the Lauffs Collection as well as spectacular exhibitions and major acquisitions.
The festival week鈥檚 programme includes further talks, walking tours through the collection with artists with whom one can discus painting and sculpture while guided tours on the architecture, on individual works of art and ensembles in addition to Johan Thorn Prikker鈥檚 murals and the spaces by Joseph Beuys encourage taking a closer look at the building and collections it houses. Studio 1, the new open reference section of the collection of prints and drawings will be introduced. The educational program will take up its works in the new spaces on the ground floor and initiate its first project in Studio 2. Together with many other large and small events we hope to awaken a new interest in art and our museum.
Assembled from the immense holdings belonging to the Kunstmuseen Krefeld, an unconventional staging of works will be on view in the exhibition spaces under the title The Adventure of Our Collection I. Dialogues between current, modern and older art 鈥� sometimes across the centuries 鈥� will make thematic and stylistic affinities visible; contemporary photographs from D眉sseldorf demonstrate the significance of this renowned school and show the development of its various generations; applied art is contrasted with fine art; seemingly incongruous examples of painting pose challenges to our perception. Old friends like Claude Monet and Yves Klein, rediscoveries such as a work by Daniel Spoerri and numerous new pieces by Fabian Marcaccio, Alan Uglow, Thomas Sch眉tte, I帽igo Manglano-Ovalle and many others are moving into new spaces.
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Enjoy a week-long programme marking the return of the collection to the refurbisched Kaiser Wilhelm Museum.
After being closed for six years and undergoing a general renovation (2012鈥�2016) during which the museum building was refitted to meet international climate-control and security standards, the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum will reopen on 2 July 2016 with a first presentation from its collections.
An opening ceremony marks the start of an eventful week. The director of the Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Dr. Martin Hentschel, will present the new catalogue of the museum鈥檚 holdings of art from 1945 to the present and report on his time in office 鈥� an exciting period in the history of the museum, denoted by the controversy over the proposed sale of the painting by Claude Monet, the withdrawal of the Lauffs Collection as well as spectacular exhibitions and major acquisitions.
The festival week鈥檚 programme includes further talks, walking tours through the collection with artists with whom one can discus painting and sculpture while guided tours on the architecture, on individual works of art and ensembles in addition to Johan Thorn Prikker鈥檚 murals and the spaces by Joseph Beuys encourage taking a closer look at the building and collections it houses. Studio 1, the new open reference section of the collection of prints and drawings will be introduced. The educational program will take up its works in the new spaces on the ground floor and initiate its first project in Studio 2. Together with many other large and small events we hope to awaken a new interest in art and our museum.
Assembled from the immense holdings belonging to the Kunstmuseen Krefeld, an unconventional staging of works will be on view in the exhibition spaces under the title The Adventure of Our Collection I. Dialogues between current, modern and older art 鈥� sometimes across the centuries 鈥� will make thematic and stylistic affinities visible; contemporary photographs from D眉sseldorf demonstrate the significance of this renowned school and show the development of its various generations; applied art is contrasted with fine art; seemingly incongruous examples of painting pose challenges to our perception. Old friends like Claude Monet and Yves Klein, rediscoveries such as a work by Daniel Spoerri and numerous new pieces by Fabian Marcaccio, Alan Uglow, Thomas Sch眉tte, I帽igo Manglano-Ovalle and many others are moving into new spaces.
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