Kunsthalle Bern

The Kunsthalle Bern is a Kunsthalle (art exposition hall) on the Helvetiaplatz in Bern, Switzerland.

Kunsthalle Bern
Established1918
LocationHelvetiaplatz, Bern, Switzerland
Coordinates46.9443°N 7.4494°E / 46.9443; 7.4494
TypeKunsthalle
DirectorPhilippe Pirotte
Public transit accessHelvetiaplatz
Websitehttp://www.kunsthalle-bern.ch

It was built in 1917–1918 by the Kunsthalle Bern Association and opened on October 5, 1918. Since then, it has been the site of numerous expositions of contemporary art. The Kunsthalle gained international renown with expositions by artists such as Paul Klee, Christo, Alberto Giacometti, Henry Moore, Jasper Johns, Sol LeWitt, Gregor Schneider, Bruce Nauman and Daniel Buren, and with thematic expositions such as Harald Szeemann's Live In Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form (1969).[1]

On the occasion of its 50th anniversary the Kunsthalle Bern became the first building ever to be wrapped entirely by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in July 1968.[2]

Directors
  • 1918 - 1930 Dr. Robert Kieser
  • 1931 - 1946 Professor Dr. Max Huggler
  • 1946 - 1955 Arnold Rüdlinger
  • 1955 - 1961 Dr. Franz Meyer
  • 1961 - 1969 Dr. Harald Szeemann[3]
  • 1970 - 1974 Dr. Carlo Huber
  • 1974 - 1982 Johannes Gachnang
  • 1982 - 1985 Jean-Hubert Martin
  • 1985 - 1997 Dr. Ulrich Loock
  • 1997 - 2005 Dr. Bernhard Fibicher
  • 2005 - 2011 Philippe Pirotte
  • 2012–2014 Fabrice Stroun
  • 2015–present Valérie Knoll

Literature
  • Jean Christophe Ammann / Harald Szeemann, Von Hodler zur Antiform. Geschichte der Kunsthalle Bern, Bern 1970.
  • Hans Rudolf Reust, Aus dem Musée éclaté an den Ort des Werks, Kunsthalle Bern 1969-1993, Bern 1993, ISBN 3-85780-088-7

References
  1. "Live in your Head". Flash Art. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  2. "Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Wrapped Kunsthalle Bern".
  3. "Bad Attitudes: Harald Szeemann's Landmark Exhibition Was a Scandal in Its Day". Observer. 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
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