Krist Gruijthuijsen director Grazer Kunstverein


24/05/2012

The search for a new artistic director for the Grazer Kunstverein attracted a large amount of applicants from home and abroad. It was a hard task for the jury to draw a pre-selection out of a variety of high-quality applications. Out of the candidates that were interviewed, the new artistic director was selected:

Krist Gruijthuijsen (NL,1980), curator, critic and co-founder of the Kunstverein Amsterdam, will be the new artistic director of the Grazer Kunstverein from 1st September 2012 onwards.

Gruijthuijsen was chosen due to his international experiences, his competence and his knowledge of founding and directing a Kunstverein in order to continue and renew the high-value, internationally oriented focus of the organization.

Under the direction of Søren Grammel, the Grazer Kunstverein has developed itself into a platform for presentation and production of contemporary art in Graz and with a strong international reputation. Daniel Pies, who is currently functioning as interim director, has successfully continued the program until this autumn.

Fresh signals Fresh Signals RSS feed

News & links from Metropolis M & co.

Daft Punk's new album is astoundingly ambitious, creating a frenzy even before it has appeared. Dorian Lynskey gets beyond the helmets to talk to the notoriously shy French duo DR - 19.05.13

Final Call 17.05.13
The Gallerist Programma of De Appel is looking for candidates.
Read more..

23 May - Onomatopee at the Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven: A day’s programme on poetry and freedom in a European context. DR - 16.05.13

Director outlines vision for new Palestinian Museum. Jack Persekian emphasises giving a voice to local history, as foundation stones are laid. DR - 15.05.13

Buoyant Mood and High Quality Work Equal Strong Sales 15.05.13
The second edition of Frieze New York closed on Monday 13 May with galleries reporting high collector attendance and robust sales across all levels of the market.
Read more..

What's the point of art school? Live blog The Guardian DR - 14.05.13

Anarchism 13.05.13
Join Nicoline van Harskamp (and her team at NASA) for the last and full reading day of Reading Anarchism with Katrin Böhm, Melanie Bonajo, John Jordan and Elena Loizidou. With music by Almudena Rubio Perez.
Read more..

More on Frieze New York (no images). Also here (images). And here (a case of censorship - met voor de Nederlanders een hoog kroningsdaggehalte - 'overijverige dienders' van wie de organisatie zich distantieert). DR - 11.05.13

Visiting Frieze New York on Randall’s Island is like being sucked into a black hole. You get on a ferry (or a bus, or a bike, or a taxi), enter a giant, spacious tent, and then time stops. Or it disappears. Or it slips away. Next thing you know, you stumble out dehydrated and drunk off your speakeasy cocktail (more on that tomorrow) and notice the sun starting to sink in the sky. DR - 11.05.13

The British arts community has hit back at government demands to focus on economics and profitability by producing a report showing it offers the country blockbuster profits on the back of arthouse funding. DR - 09.05.13

1 2 3 4 5 »