WESTHOFF FINE ARTS

Artist Talk with Tony Cragg

Tony Cragg received us at his sculpture park in Wuppertal, „Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden“, and unveiled many valuable and fascinating insights in his creative process, the meaning of art and nature to him. Since our exhibition project at the MOMAD Dubrovnik, this kind of personal exchange with Tony Cragg has provided me with a much more deeper understanding of his art.

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