Kunstverein in Hamburg

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The Kunstverein in Hamburg is the oldest "Kunstverein" in Germany, founded in 1817.

1992
Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen takes over as the Kunstverein's new director. A year later the Kunstverein moves to its new premises in the converted indoor market at Klosterwall 23, which it still occupies today. Among the exhibitions during Schmidt-Wulffen's time as director are the uncovering of a 1972 mural by Blinky Palermo in 1992; "Gegendarstellung: Ethik und Ästhetik im Zeitalter von Aids" (Counterstatement: Ethics and Aesthetics in the Age of Aids) in 1992; General Idea - "Fin de siècle" in 1992; "Backstage" in 1993; Olafur Eliasson in 1995; Hans Arp/Franz West in 1996; Liam Gillick in 1998 and Archigram in 1997.

2001
Yilmaz Dziewior is appointed director of the Kunstverein. Among the exhibitions he presents are: Cosima von Bonin in 2001; "Contextualize - Zusammenhänge herstellen" in 2002; Zhang Huan in 2003; Andrea Fraser in 2003; "Formalismus. Moderne Kunst, heute" (Formalism - Modern Art Today) in 2004; Sarah Lucas in 2005; Tino Sehgal in 2007 and "Wessen Geschichte" (Whose History) in 2008

2009
Florian Waldvogel becomes the Kunstverein's new director.