WESTHOFF FINE ARTS

Film evening and discussion about the video artist Nam June Paik: Elke Gruhn in conversation with Maria Anna Tappeiner and Jochen Saueracker

Nam June Paik’s time in North Rhine-Westphalia had a lasting influence on him. Anna Maria Tappeiner’s film portrait of the artist Paik was shown, in which Paik’s hitherto largely ignored wife, Shigeku Kubota, is also included.  Following this filmic introduction, Elke Gruhn, artistic director of the Nassauischer Kunstverein (Wiesbaden), spoke with Tappeiner and the artist Jochen Saueracker, Paik’s former assistant, about probably the most important Korean artist of the 20th century.

Talk with the collector Robert Rademacher, long-time chairman of the Friends of the NRW Art Collection

Robert Rademacher, long-time chairman of the Friends of the North Rhine-Westphalia Art Collection, has had a strong influence on the Düsseldorf art scene. He was a guest at the Galerie Paffrath on February 19th and in his talk with Detmar Westhoff, he painted a very lively and vivid picture of his contributions to the museum landscape in Düsseldorf, which also includes the expansion of the K20 building on Grabbeplatz.

Values!? Current developments in provenance research & restitution practice in museums and art market

Jasmin Hartmann (Head of the Coordination Office for Provenance Research in NRW), Isabel von Klitzing (Art historian & Lawyer), Dr. Jens Stöcker (Director Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund) and Peter Wehrle (Managing Director of Ketterer Kunst, Munich) discuss current developments of provenance research from the perspective of museums, the art market and private individuals. Moderated by professor Ulli Seegers, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.

Global Voices of Art – Tokyo

Tokyo competes for the pole position in the Asian art scene alongside Seoul, Hong Kong and Singapore. Detmar Westhoff and Dr. Robert Woitschützke  present the current evolution of the art city Tokyo in this talk hosted by the journalist and television presenter Bettina Böttinger.

Photo (left to right): Bettina Böttinger, Detmar Westhoff, Dr. Robert Woitschützke

Global Voices of Art – Istanbul

The first talk of „Global voices of art“ dedicated to special art locations worldwide presented the Istanbul art scene with special guest Ekrem Yalcindag, one of the best-known contemporary Turkish artists from Istanbul. In this talk with Detmar Westhoff he reported on the art city of Istanbul and explained the reasons for its ongoing success.

Photo (left to right): Ekrem Yalcindag, Detmar Westhoff

“BANKSY IN MUSEUMS – HAS SUBCULTURE MADE IT’S WAY?” WITH PROF. DR. CHRISTIANE LANGE

The director of Staatsgalerie Stutgart Prof. Dr. Christiane Lange held a lecture on “From the street into the museum. One year Banksy at the Staatsgalerie”, followed by a talk with her, Klaus Klinger (street artist and director of the “40 Degree Urban Art Festival”) and Selim Varol (Urban Art collector), hosted by C. F. Schröer (art journalist).

Photo (left to right): Selim Varol, Prof. Dr. Christiane Lange, Klaus Klinger, C.F. Schröer

FILM “JÖRG IMMENDORFF” BY WERNER RAEUNE

Talk with the director Werner Raeune and special guests Gerhard Schröder and Markus Lüpertz, followed by a dinner at the Art Academy Düsseldorf.

Werner Raeune is a former editorial journalist at the ZDF (a German public-service television broadcaster) and works in the domain of culture journalism.

INTERVIEW AND LUNCH WITH REIN WOLFS

Talk with Rein Wolfs as he was still director of the Bundeskunsthalle and new appointed director of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

TALK WITH THE DIRECTOR WERNER RAEUNE AND SPECIAL GUEST HANS MAYER

Film about the Düsseldorf gallerist Hans Mayer, by Werner Raeune.

Werner Raeune is a former editorial journalist at the ZDF (a German public-service television broadcaster) and works in the domain of culture journalism.

TALK WITH DR. MITSUE NAGAYA, VICE-DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL ART CENTER TOKYO

Talk with Dr. Nagaya and special guests curator Dr. Yamada (NACT) and artist Leiko Ikemura, followed by a lunch.

Photo: Dr. Mitsue Nagaya (middle)

TALK WITH DR. FELIX KRÄMER, DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM KUNSTPALAST

INTERVIEW WITH JONGSUK YOON

Interview with the artist Jongsuk Yoon about “The art system of South Korea”
On the occasion of the exhibition “Cody Choi. Culture cuts”

Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz

Yongsuk Yoon: Woman and mountain (2012)

INTERVIEW WITH ANDREAS GURSKY

Lehmbruck-Museum Duisburg