New Society for Visual Arts

The New Society for Visual Arts (Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst or nGbK) is a German art association which was established in 1969. It is headquartered in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg.

History

The New Society for Visual Arts was created in 1969 after the dissolution of the German Society of Fine Arts.[1]


Program

nGbK exhibition program is well known for its political and social engagement, as well as for being decided on through direct democratic way with votes of members on annual assemblies. Unlike most German art associations, nGbK members themselves (also with non-members) set up working groups of 5 or more and then submit projects to be presented and voted on. If application is approved and project selected, it is executed in the next year program or for long term projects in next two years. nGbK working group losses its active status after the completion of the project. This basic principle distinguishes this from the other major German art associations, where usually the members have no direct influence on the exhibition planning.

Before moving to its current headquarters at Oranienstraße 25 in Kreuzberg, the organization's exhibition space was at Tempelhofer Ufer 22.[2][3]

Archived information of the projects and some of the publications is compiled and available online[4].

Structure
  • Presiding:[5]
    • Ingo Arend, Katrin Busch, Çağla İlk and representatives of working groups
  • Managing director:
    • Annette Maechtel from January, 2020
    • 2015 - 2019 (resigned) Lilian Engelmann
    • 2015 (interim director) Oliver Baurhenn
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References
  1. Reichert, Kolja (29 March 2010) "Mehr Demokratie malen" in Der Tagesspiegel
  2. Staff (17 August 1990) "Wohin mit Lenin" Zeit Online
  3. "Kunst, Bildbände" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Institut für Friedenspädagogik Tübingen e. V.
  4. "nGbK Archive – By year". archiv.ngbk.de. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  5. "Vorstand / KOA" New Society for Visual Arts website
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