The Kunstverein Nürnberg (art association
Nuremberg
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, official name "Kunstverein Nürnberg - Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft e.V.") is a venue for exhibitions of contemporary art. The association was founded in 1792 and is Germany's oldest arts association.
The association's exhibition space is situated in a building designed 1930 by architect
Otto Ernst Schweizer, well known for buildings such as the
Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Ernst-Happel-Stadion (), known as Praterstadion until 1992, is a association football, football stadium in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Austria's capital Vienna. With 50,865 seats, it is the largest stadium in Austria. It was built between 1 ...
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The gallery shows a wide range of international contemporary artistic positions.
Past exhibitions (selection):
* 2015 ''Transparencies'' - Neil Beloufa, Juliette Blightman,
Ryan Gander, Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff,
David Horvitz
David Horvitz (born 1974) is an American artist who uses art books, photography, performance art, and mail art as media for his work. He is known for his work in the virtual sphere. Horvitz is a graduate from Bard College.
Career
Horvitz use ...
, Metahaven,
Katja Novitskova and Yuri Pattison
* 2011
Phyllida Barlow
Dame Phyllida Barlow (4 April 1944 – 12 March 2023) was a British visual artist. She studied at Chelsea College of Art (1960–1963) and the Slade School of Art (1963–1966). She joined the staff of the Slade in the late 1960s and taught th ...
- Cast
[http://www.kunstvereinnuernberg.de/fileadmin/kunstverein/AUSSTELLUNGEN/2011_1_Barlow/Saal_Text_engl_2.3.11.pdf ]
* 2010
Shahryar Nashat - Line up
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Museums in Nuremberg
Modern art museums in Germany
Art museums and galleries in Germany
1792 in art
Art museums and galleries established in the 1790s
Buildings and structures completed in 1792
Educational organizations established in 1792
1792 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
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