Berlin. From June 4 to September 18, 2016, Berlin
Biennale will again present Germany’s capital with international works
of contemporary art – and BMW will once more support the exhibition as
partner. Curated by the New York-based artist collective DIS, this
year’s artistic programme will seek to materialize the paradoxes that
increasingly make up the world in 2016: amongst others the virtual as
the real, nations as brands, people as data, culture as capital, and
wellness as politics. In the upcoming months, more than 150
international artists and members of other disciplines will be
participating in the discourse within various formats forming the
9th Berlin Biennale. Besides KW Institute for Contemporary Art this
year’s art works will be also displayed at the Akademie der Künste,
the ESMT European School of Management and Technology located in the
former headquarters of the GDR state council, the reopened Feuerle
Collection as well as the passenger ship Blue-Star of Riedel shipping company.
Together with Allianz Cultural Foundation and ifa (Institut für
Auslandsbeziehungen), BMW will enable the Young
Curators Workshop as part of the Berlin Biennale
already for the sixth time. Developed by philosopher Armen Avanessian,
this year’s concept is dedicated to the topic and challenges of
“Post-contemporary Art”. The 10-day workshop from September 8-17 aims
to exchange ideas, discuss curatorial issues and practices and
strengthen the initiative of young curators worldwide.
As in previous years, the participants of the 9th Berlin Biennale
include artists closely connected to BMW Group’s international
cultural engagement. As such, the next BMW Art Car artist Cao
Fei will present two stills of her video work “Haze and Fog”
(2013) in a light box installation as part of the LIT project
exhibited in the foyer of the Akademie der Künste. In addition,
Romanian artist Alexandra Pirici, who will present her work “Public
Collection” together with Manuel Pelmus as part of BMW Tate Live
during the opening weeks of the new Tate Modern, will be part of the
main programme of the Berlin Biennale. On Saturday, June 4, BMW hosts
an exclusive media brunch with the curatorial team DIS and artists of
the Biennial such as Alexandra Pirici.
Since its inception in 1998, the Berlin Biennale has become one of
Germany’s most important events of contemporary art. It is shaped by
the different concepts of curators appointed to enter into a dialogue
with the city of Berlin, its general public, the people interested in
art as well as the artists of this world. The previous eight editions
of the Berlin Biennale explored a variety of exhibition formats and
involved diverse curatorial agendas.
The city of Berlin and the BMW Group are connected through a lasting
and wide-ranging cultural partnership. Besides the Berlin Biennale,
the list of long-term commitments to the arts in Germany’s capital
city includes the Preis der Nationalgalerie, the Gallery Weekend
Berlin and the abc art berlin contemporary. In addition, an
international artist-in-residence exchange program for young Chinese
and German artists was launched in 2014. Beyond the extensive
commitment to the arts, the long-standing open-air format “State Opera
for All” – a music initiative of BMW and the Staatsoper Unter den
Linden – celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.
For further information about the programme accompanying the
exhibition of the 9thBerlin Biennale, please refer to: http://bb9.berlinbiennale.de/de/
Venues and opening hours:
Akademie der Künste
Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin
ESMT European School of Management and Technology
Schlossplatz 1, 10178 Berlin
The Feuerle Collection
Hallesches Ufer 70, 10963 Berlin
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Auguststraße 69, 10117 Berlin
Wed-Mon 11am – 7 pm, Thu 11am – 21 pm, Tue closed
Blue-Star sightseeing boat of Reederei Riedel
Two hour boat trip
Departure Fischerinsel, Märkisches Ufer 34, 10179 Berlin
Wed-Mon, no boat trips on Tue