BOARDS
FOUNDATION OF THE FRIENDS
OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY
FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
Since 2005, the Friends of the National Gallery Foundation for Contemporary Art has provided the National Gallery in the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum for Contemporary Art - Berlin with an annual budget for the purchase of contemporary art. This is the first foundation in Germany whose sole purpose is to acquire contemporary art for a state museum.
This foundation, which was made possible by the success of the MoMA exhibition, is intended to intensify the dialogue between the National Gallery and young current international art and to create the opportunity to promptly donate contemporary works of art to the collection of the National Gallery in the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Aktuell – to acquire Berlin.
Which works are acquired is decided by an independent purchasing committee elected for a period of two years. In the first year, the foundation acquired over 24 works, including a large collection from the artist Hans-Peter Feldmann. The new acquisitions will be shown in alternating presentations at the Hamburger Bahnhof – Contemporary Museum – Berlin.
Exhibition “Official Welcome – Purchases by the Foundation of the Association of Friends of the National Gallery for Contemporary Art”, December 17th, 2013 to August 31st, 2014 in the Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Aktuell – Berlin | Photo David von Becker
