The exhibition Photography Today: Distant Realities, supported by the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, opened at the Pinakothek der Moderne on 29 September 2016.
Since late 2015 the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung has been supporting the Glass Arts Course at the Institute of Ceramic and Glass Arts in Höhr-Grenzhausen. The main object of the funding was to purchase a new hot-glass furnace. In spring 2016, during the semester break, the old furnace was successfully dismantled. This was one of the first … Continue reading “Glass Arts Course”
We are renovating and preparing the next exhibition. Please note: In this period the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung will be closed to visitors.
The next exhibition will open in January 2017 and will show photographs and sculptures by Japanese artists.
The exhibition LIFE IS NOT A BEACH ends on 2 September 2016. We invite you to the last guided tour and closing night on Thursday, 1 September 2016. The exhibition will remain open until 9 pm on this evening.
Registration is not required. Entry is free of charge.
22 January 2016 – 24 June 2016
Extended until 2. September 2016
Continuing its series of thematic exhibitions, the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung shows contemporary photographs and sculptures until 2. September 2016.
Due to the great visitors’ interest, the exhibition LIFE IS NOT A BEACH will be extended until 2. September 2016.
Accompanying the exhibition the foundation offers public guided tours on a regular basis. They take place every first Thursday of the month at 4 pm.
This year the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung is again funding the final projects of students of the workshop for stained glass, light, and mosaics at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich.
Supporting contemporary photography is one of the areas in the funding priority art of the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung. Accordingly, the foundation supported the Pinakothek der Moderne in purchasing two important contemporary photographs: two works by the American artist Zoe Leonard for the Sammlung Fotografie und Neue Medien (Collection of Photography and New Media).
The Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung is the new partner and major supporter of Haus der Kunst in Munich. The Haus der Kunst is not only one of the most important museums in Munich, but it also earned an outstanding reputation as one of the leading cultural centres in the world of contemporary art.
Over one year long, the Swiss artist Matthieu Gafsou took photographs in the drug scene of Lausanne within the framework of his project Only God Can Judge Me. A selection of his work is on view in the current exhibition LIFE IS NOT A BEACH. On 7 June 2016 Matthieu Gafsou visited the foundation and gave an artist’s talk on his photographs. Visitors were particularly interested in his work with drug abusers as well as his artistic approach to a subject that requires a great deal of sensitivity.