Topic “Arts & Culture”
The Islamic Art Society was set up by the Emir of Qatar to look after the country’s collection of Islamic treasures. Based in London, the organisation was at the centre of an ambitious plan to transform the tiny Gulf State into a major cultural destination. Acquisitions were intended to go on display in five museums in the capital Doha.
Founded in 1910, the Contemporary Art Society exists to encourage the appreciation and understanding of contemporary art and to develop public collections and collectors in the UK. The Society is a national membership organisation, including contemporary art enthusiasts and collectors, curators and artists, commercial galleries and a nationwide network of regional museums and art galleries.
The London Design Festival unites the UK's creative community by bringing together individuals and organisations from across the design spectrum. The Festival allows creatives the opportunity to explore issues, showcase ideas and generate business with a specifically invited global audience.
The British Library (BL) is the UK's national library. As one of the world's largest research libraries it holds over 150 million items. The Library's collections include around 25 million books, along with additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.
Art Commissioners is a consultancy to the world of arts. It advises corporate clients and collectors, curates exhibitions and creates publications, films and events internationally.
From its European base the consultancy embraces a global network that includes artists, museum curators, directors of Art Fairs, events and private galleries.
Art Commissioners has been responsible for commissioning site-specific works by leading contemporary artists such as Richard Serra, Anselm Kiefer, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Anish Kapoor and Cai Guo-Qiang, among others.
For 15 years Art Forum Berlin has been a key event on the cultural calendar presenting a wide range of contemporary art from painting, sculpture and photography to installations, drawings, graphics, performance and video art.
Specialised exhibitions focusing on young art (Focus), art in the exterior space (Plein Air) complement the general programme. In addition, museums, galleries and private cultural institutions in Berlin present a multifaceted programme of exhibitions, receptions and events.
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art originated from a project space on London’s Church Street, Patrick Heide Art Projects, which opened in 2004. The initial group of contemporary artists formed the basis of today's ever growing gallery programme of international artists including Minjung Kim, Alex Hamilton, Károly Keserü, Thomas Kilpper, Francesco Pessina and Nicola Rae.
The cultural roots of Kulturverlag Polzer were established in 1946 when the Polzer family founded the ‘Ticket Office Polzer’. Over more than fifty years the firm grew to become the largest vendor of theatre tickets in Western Austria.
Today, Kulturverlag Polzer publishes ‘Salon’, the magazine for the Salzburg Festival, the regional culture magazine ‘Highlights’ and series of selected book titles ranging from Leopold Mozart's ‘The Art of the Violin’ to Daniell Porsche's lyrics.
The NPG, as it is known, is London’s storehouse of historical portraits of the great, good and notorious men and women of Britain, located next to the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. It holds the most extensive collection of portraits in the world. In recent years, the gallery has increasingly become interested in portrait photography.
Knabenchor Gütersloh e.V. is an initiative of the Music Academy North-Rhine Westphalia and the Church in Gütersloh. 65 boys from the age of 6 to 13 perform under the expert guidance of Ernst Leopold Schmid and Sigmund Bothmann.
At the invitation of the German Goethe Institute, the choir first presented its musical programme during a concert tour to Turin in 2007.
