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The foundation


The Dr. Christiane Hackerodt Arts and Culture Foundation was founded in 2013 as a civil-law foundation based in the city of Hannover, Germany. It focuses on the promotion of and research into contemporary art from an international perspective, especially in relation to art from East (Asia) and West (Europe and the United States). The Dr. Christiane Hackerodt Arts and Culture Foundation supports and promotes visual artists, both emerging and established, who approach reality in new and creative ways. It regularly offers support to events and artists in the Hannover region, while additionally inspiring artistic and social discourse by supporting catalogues and exhibitions related to its own collection of international contemporary art. In 2019, the Foundation’s collection was exhibited at the Museo Communale d’Arte Moderna in Ascona; in 2021, it featured in the exhibition Emptiness and Form at the Dommuseum Hildesheim. 

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Recent News


With the exhibition entitled A World of Dew, And Within Every Dewdrop A World of Struggle Kestner Gesellschaft is thrilled to present a fine selection of traditional Japanese scroll paintings from the period spanning across the last five centuries. The art works belong to the collection of Dr. Christiane Hackerodt Art and Culture Foundation which, with its focus on Japanese art, aims at building up a bridge between the cultures of East and West.

James Turrell: totus intus - totus foris
Europe's largest art work by the artist in Hanover
In 2026, the Sprengel Museum Hanover will be expanded to include a spectacular light installation by the renowned US artist James Turrell. A Sky Space will be created in the museum's sculpture garden - a work specially developed for this outdoor space, called TOTUS INTUS, TOTUS FORIS - TOTALLY INSIDE, TOTALLY OUTSIDE

Turrell's installation will transform the museum courtyard into a total work of art that integrates the other sculptures and the architectural landscape into an immersive landscape of light.
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Exhibitions

The Foundation’s remarkable art collection has been put together on the theme of Contemplation and Meditation in Contemporary Art. In 2019, the Foundation’s collection was exhibited at the Museo Communale d’Arte Moderne in Ascona and in 2021, in the exhibition Emptiness and Form at the Dommuseum Hildesheim. In 2024 it will be shown at the Osthaus-Museum in Hagen.

Collection

In a field marked by opposing poles of East and West, speed and deceleration, extroversion and inwardness, the Dr. Christiane Hackerodt Arts and Culture Foundation has chosen “meditation” and “contemplation” as twin concepts to describe how works in the collection are selected.

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Funding

The Dr. Christiane Hackerodt Arts and Culture Foundation continues to support projects on a regional, national and international level. It provides support for institutions and individuals, on both a long-term basis and for shorter-term projects.