The chairs are not enough. The room is packed with journalists, representatives of the press of Munich's cultural institutions and private individuals who have this date marked in red on the calendar. Soon the last arrived just before guests even grab other chairs from the shipping pallet in the corner and then it starts: The first press conference of the successor of Chris Dercon - Okwui Enwezor - since October 2011, the new director of the museum.
What exhibitions are there? What changes - or no change? Which artists will be shown? How will it go programmatically? When is the first exhibition curated by the new director? And how are they dealt with the 75th anniversary of the museum?
The audience gets a lot of answers in the nearly hour-long presentation by Enwezor. The director showed his change in plans of the interior construction of the museum in its presentation, and also the second change, the graphical appearance of "Stretch your view - your view distance."
The central hall of the museum - so far staked out by Chris Dercon ground with long, dark curtains, will receive a new function. Enwezor sees in this space a "public plaza" the communication between the different parts of the building should be useful: and is therefore kept open.
The construction works have already begun: The side stairways were already open and are now back entrances to the north and Südgalerien the first floor. For the king in a bookstore its associated cabinet was postponed. Compared with this Section 2013, the Archives announced the 75-year history of the house is furnished.
After the internal changes have been introduced in the House of Art, Enwezor is talking about the second portion of a reorganization to read: The graphic redesign of the website and the appearance of the house. On the facade is already clear that the House of Art has a new slogan, "Stretch your view - your view distance" in small black letters.
Among the exhibits are to expand in the areas of future research and learning the offer. So happened now for the House of Art, three different offers to the visitors: Exhibition - research - education. The public site museum will have a place where contemporary art is not only shown but also a place where there is awareness that knowledge generated about contemporary art, and taught to be interpreted. It will be interesting - what awaits the visitor here.
Until mid-November, the visitors have to be patient for the first exhibition of Okwui Enwezor seen. With an exhibition about the record label "ECM - A cultural archeology" the work of the new director begins on the curatorial level.
But until then run the projects, which were compiled by Chris Dercon: The Polish artist Wilhelm Sasnal shows 60 paintings and video works. From 17 February, the photographer Thomas Ruff is honored with an exhibition, the exhibition project of the collector Goetz for their own video collection is ongoing. In summer, the building appears to show the picture - to - picture an exploration of the photographic reporting from crisis areas.
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