200th anniversary programme of Badischer Kunstverein

As one of the oldest art associations in Germany, Badischer Kunstverein celebrates its 200th anniversary in 2018. The anniversary programme, which starts with a grand ceremony on the date of the Kunstverein’s founding (May 1) includes a new foyer design, a festival space in the atrium titled Club 2.0.0, and joint projects developed by several invited Allianzen (Alliances) from the fields of art, theory and design. The Allianzen are developed in collaboration with (local) partners and are conceived in relation to the exhibition history, both formally and thematically. Working outside of traditional methods, we are taking an alternative perspective on the Kunstverein’s exhibition history. Our aim is a collective re-reading that brings together various active collaborators, capturing diverse voices and co-creating new narratives.

Anniversary programme

Grand Ceremony (invitation only) 
May 1, 2018
Meze: A Cosmopolitan Culinary Stimulation, an artistic project by Viron Erol Vert
Openings
Club 2.0.0, festival space by Design Studio Schroeder Rauch
New foyer design by neue tische
Bar (A collective work by Franz Ackermann, Lucia Dominguez Madeira, Desirée Eppele, Tatjana Gaer and Aljoscha Heims)
The Launch of the Alliances (Chapter I)

Alliances - Chapter I
May 1–July 21, 2018

ITS INTERIOR / AND A FACADE. On the Architecture of Badischer Kunstverein
Ruth Buchanan/Andreas Müller, Katrin Mayer, Michaela Melián, and Heimo Zobernig, et al.
curated by Gloria Hasnay and Moritz Nebenführ
Architekturschaufenster e.V., Karlsruhe, Waldsraße 8

Two Hundred Years Young Songs
with artists Maxime Hourani and Mehtap Baydu
curated by Misal Adnan Yildiz and Didem Yazici

200 Sisters Souvenirs – 200 Years of exhibition catalogs, side notes and slippery images, a feminist exhibition (mis)reading
concept by Rebecca Stephany

Badischer Kunstverein Archive Website
Department of Communication Design, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG Karlsruhe)
(Prof. James Langdon, Timothee Charon, Riefka el Habachi, Manuel Hauschild, Emma Lilo Keller, Sven Krahl, Leonie Lude, Béla Meiers, Johanna Müller, Sun Young Oh, Johanna Schäfer, Moritz Schottmüller, Carlo Siegfried, Julian Wallis)

An Audio Play – On the history of Badischer Kunstverein
text and direction by Felicitas Wetzel and Volker Zander
literary contributions by Ann Cotton

Save Your Wednesdays!
May 9–June 6, 2018
Every Wednesday, Badischer Kunstverein invites you to join us at Club 2.0.0 for events and drinks at the bar!

May 9, 6pm
Lecture by Dr. Maria Männig (DE) 
The Gruppe Rih: Art Revolution in Karlsruhe

May 16, 6pm
Panel discussion (DE) 
Research on Gruppe Rih in Karlsruhe
with Ondine Dietz, Mirko Heipek, and Dr. Maria Männig

May 23, 6pm
Walking Tour (DE)
Von der Lange Strasse bis in die Waldstraße
with Dr.-Ing. Harald Ringler

May 30, 3pm 
Children’s ceramics workshop
Imaginist Kunstgewerbe
concept by Nicholas Wells

June 6, 6pm
Ceramics Workshop
Experimental Histories
concept by Nicholas Wells
in cooperation with Staatliche Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe

Summer Festival
Symposium on the present and the future of Kunstvereins
June 29–July 1, 2018

Monitor: Cultural Production in Karlsruhe
June 20–September 9, 2018

Alliances - Chapter II
September 14–December 1, 2018

Jubilee Editions
by professors of the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe

Photographic Exhibitions – Exhibition Photography:
Department of Media Art/Artistic Photography, HfG Karlsruhe
led by Prof. Susanne Kriemann and Friederike Schäfer

Exhibition Readings Seminar
with the curatorial studies programs of Goethe University and Academy of Fine Arts Städelschule, Frankfurt (Dr. Stefanie Heraeus), the Zurich University of the Arts (Prof. Dr. Dorothee Richter) and HfG Karlsruhe (Prof. Anja Dorn)

For detailed information, please visit our website.