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art forum berlin 2009 September 24 - September 27, 2009

Vernissage September 23,

September 24 Artist Talk 5.30 p.m. Gerwald Rockenschaub (artist, Berlin) in conversation with Hans-Jürgen Hafner (curator, Berlin).8 p.m Does Berlin need a Kunsthalle? Personalities from the Berlin and the international art and cultural scene discuss the project of a Berlin Kunsthalle. Klaus Biesenbach (Chef Curator Museum of Modern Art, New York) Thomas Eller (artist and former executive director of the Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin), Olafur Elliason (artist, Berlin), Florian Schmidt (Spokesperson of the initiative Berliner Kunsthalle, sociologist, Berlin), Klaus Wowereit (Mayor of the City of Berlin)In cooperation with the Hamburger Bahnhof.

Venue: Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – BerlinInvalidenstrasse 50 – 51, Berlin Friday,

Szeptember 25 : Collectors' Panel 4 p.m. Collecting art in Berlin Erika Hoffmann (collector, Berlin), Heike Catherina Mertens (Board member Kultur, Schering Stiftung, Berlin), Christiane zu Salm (collector, Berlin), Christian Boros (collector, Wuppertal and Berlin), Thomas Köhler (Berlinische Galerie, Deputy Director, Head of Collections and Programme Planning) and Ivo Wessel (collector, Berlin) Host: Christiane Hoffmans (Welt am Sonntag, Kultur und Kunstmarkt, Düsseldorf).

Artist Talk 5.30 p.m. What makes the difference? Why Berlin and not Paris? Why Paris and not Berlin? Damien Deroubaix (artist, French, lives and works in Berlin), Nicolas Moulin (artist, French, lives and works in Berlin), Jan Kopp (artist, German, lives and works in Paris), Veit Stratmann (artist, German, lives and works in Paris) Host: Valerie Smith (Head of Department Fine Arts, Films and Media, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin).

Saturday, September 26 4 p.m. The Hungarian Art Scene About the current art scene in Hungary, discussants Anna Bagyo (Art Consultant, Budapest), Margit Valkó (owner Kisterem Gallery, Budapest), Zsolt Somlói (collector, Budapest), Barnabás Bencsik (Director Ludwig Museum, Budapest), Zsolt Petrányi (Director Kunsthalle Mücsarnok, Budapest), Balázs Kicsiny (artist, Budapest) Host: Gábor Ébli (Associate Professor, Institute for Theo¬retical Studies Moholy-Nagy University for Art and Design Campus, Budapest).

Sunday, September 27 4 p.m. Young galleries in the international art market How to build up a brand? How important are art fairs for young galleries? Do new ways exist to make the gallery and its artists known to the public? How do young galleries hold their own against the established galleries? These and other issues will be discussed by young gallery owners participating in the sector focus. Sylvia Kouvali (owner Gallery Rodeo, Istanbul), Tatjana Pieters (owner Tatjana Pieters / Onetwenty Gent), Elizabeth Díaz Soto (owner EDS Galería, Mexico City), Sassa Trülzsch (owner Galerie Sassa Trülzsch, Berlin), Eva Winkeler (owner Galerie Eva Winkeler, Frankfurt on the Main) Host: Abaseh Mirvali (Cultural and public policy projects producer, Mexico-City).

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