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| Galerie EIGEN+ART | |
|---|---|
| Name | Galerie EIGEN+ART |
| Established | 1993 |
| Founders | * Margit Eicher * Matthias Arndt |
| Locations | Berlin, Leipzig |
Galerie EIGEN+ART is a contemporary art gallery founded in 1993 in Leipzig and later expanded to Berlin, operating within the European art market and participating in international fairs, exhibitions, and publications. The gallery represents a roster of contemporary artists and has engaged with museums, biennales, and academic institutions to present painting, sculpture, installation, and multimedia work. Its activities intersect with major cultural centers, collectors, curators, and critics across Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, the United States, and beyond.
The gallery was founded by Margit Eicher and Matthias Arndt amid the post-reunification cultural landscape that involved interaction with institutions such as the Neue Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Museum Ludwig, and the Nationalgalerie network. Early exhibitions paralleled initiatives by the Leipzig School and related practices visible alongside figures associated with the HGB Leipzig and dialogues with curators from the Kunstmuseum Basel, Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, MoMA, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and Whitney Museum of American Art. The gallery’s trajectory included participation at fairs such as Art Cologne, Frieze London, TEFAF, Art Basel, Arco Madrid, and collaborations with advisors from the Prado Museum, Uffizi, Rijksmuseum, and the Belvedere.
Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Galerie EIGEN+ART fostered links to artists connected with movements and institutions including the New Leipzig School, Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, HFBK Hamburg, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Akademie der Künste, and exchanges with curators from the Documenta network, the Venice Biennale, the Berlin Biennale, and the São Paulo Art Biennial. The gallery’s founders engaged with collectors and patrons connected to the Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kunsthalle Bremen, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, and the Getty Foundation.
The gallery maintains exhibition spaces in Berlin and Leipzig and has been situated in proximity to cultural landmarks like Potsdamer Platz, Alexanderplatz, Museum Island, Karl-Marx-Allee, and the Spree corridor. In Leipzig its premises relate to the Spinnerei complex and the city’s network of artist studios linked to the Karl-Marx-University heritage and the Gewandhaus cultural district. Berlin venues have hosted projects near institutions such as the Neue Nationalgalerie and in neighborhoods comparable to Mitte, Kreuzberg, and Charlottenburg. Temporary projects have been mounted in museum spaces affiliated with the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, K21 Düsseldorf, Haus der Kunst, Städel Museum, and at offsite locations connected to the British Council, Goethe-Institut, Institut français, and the Italian Cultural Institute.
The gallery represents and has shown artists whose careers intersect with institutions including the Akademie der bildenden Künste München, École des Beaux-Arts, Royal College of Art, Yale School of Art, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Exhibitions have foregrounded artists appearing in the programmes of the Tate Britain, Kunsthalle Zürich, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Fondazione Prada, MAXXI, Stedelijk Museum, Van Abbemuseum, Hamburger Kunsthalle, and the Albertinum. The roster and exhibition history include dialogues with artists active in contexts related to the New Museum, Hammer Museum, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Serpentine Galleries, ICA London, and the Walker Art Center. Special shows referenced work discussed alongside names associated with the Prix Marcel Duchamp, Turner Prize, Hugo Boss Prize, Wolf Prize, Praemium Imperiale, and exhibitions curated by staff from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Curatorial projects have been developed in collaboration with curators from Documenta, the Venice Biennale, Berlin Biennale, and independent curators tied to the Whitney Biennial, Kassel networks, and academic curators from the Royal Academy of Arts and Académie des Beaux-Arts. The programme emphasizes monographic shows, group exhibitions, and thematic projects that converse with curatorial practices at the Museum Folkwang, Deichtorhallen, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Kunstverein Hannover, Kunstverein München, Kunstverein Hamburg, and international art centers such as the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), Fondazione Querini Stampalia, and the Günther Förg Stiftung. Education and outreach initiatives have been organized with partners like the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Universität Leipzig, Columbia University, and the Princeton University art history departments.
The gallery issues catalogues, editions, and artist books produced with printers, designers, and publishers that collaborate with institutions such as the Sternberg Press, Hatje Cantz, Tate Publishing, Phaidon, Skira, Thames & Hudson, and Prestel. Publications often feature essays by curators and scholars affiliated with the Centre Pompidou, Kunstmuseum Basel, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Yale University Press, and the University of Chicago Press. Collaborative projects include editioned prints and multiples made with ateliers associated with the Tamarind Institute, Atelier Calder, and foundations like the Guggenheim Foundation and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Critical reception in periodicals and newspapers has appeared alongside coverage in Artforum, Frieze, ArtReview, The Art Newspaper, Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Le Monde, The New York Times, The Guardian, El País, Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, and specialist journals tied to the Getty Research Institute, ZKM, and the Bauhaus Archive. The gallery’s influence is reflected in loans to major museums including the MoMA, Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Rijksmuseum, Museo Reina Sofía, Pinacoteca di Brera, and in participation by represented artists in biennales such as the Venice Biennale, Documenta, Berlin Biennale, Whitney Biennial, and the São Paulo Bienal. Collectors, curators, and academics from institutions like the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, British Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art (Washington), and the Louvre Museum have engaged with the gallery’s programming.
Category:Contemporary art galleries Category:Art galleries in Berlin Category:Art galleries in Leipzig