Miscellaneous

Award of the First Felix Burda Grant

2008-11-10 - 2008-11-10

Goethe-Institut, Zentrale München
Dachauer Straße 122
80637 München

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Together with Hubert Burda Foundation the research project Global Art and the Museum (GAM) awards 4 research grants to outstanding curators and researchers whose specialties are contemporary art and the future of museums. The first grant will be awarded on November 10, 2008 by Hubert Burda at Goethe-Institut München. Peter Weibel and Hans Belting will present the GAM project of ZKM which is supported by Fritz Thyssen Stiftung.

Program

7 p.m.

Address of welcome: Christoph Bartmann, Department Culture and Information of the Goethe-Institute

Opening speech: Gottfried Boehm, Fritz Thyssen Stiftung

Introduction: Peter Weibel [biography], CEO, ZKM | Karlsruhe

Report on the project GAM: Hans Belting [biography], Project Curator, ZKM | Karlsruhe

Awarding of the first Felix Burda Grant to Chin-tao Wu [biography], Taiwan by Hubert Burda, Hubert Burda Medien

Lecture: Hans Belting [biography], Nach der Moderne: die ‘Art World’ im globalen Jahrhundert