Latest German Center for Venetian Studies: 50th Anniversary

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Ceremony for the 50th Anniversary of the German Center for Venetian Studies (May 6, 2022)
The German Center for Venetian Studies is an interdisciplinary institution which promotes projects and scholarly work on the history and culture of Venice and of the territories once under its control. The Center awards scholarships to artists and to young researchers whose projects have connections to Venice. As a well as a supporter of the anniversary ceremony, the Dr. Christiane Hackerodt Arts and Culture Foundation funds scholarships for visual artists associated with the Center, and will continue to do so until at least 2027.

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The Center’s annual program includes international conferences, lectures, concerts, and other cultural events. It also organizes an annual interdisciplinary course of study. The Center’s reference library contains over 14,000 volumes on subjects connected to Venice, as well as a rich collection of offprints.

The German Center for Venetian Studies currently publishes three scholarly book series: Venetiana, Quaderni, and Studi.

Preisüberreichung an Zoe Ashe-Browne
Dr. Christiane Hackerodt Art Fondation Award 2026
40. International Choreographie Festival Hannover
The Dr Christiane Hackerodt Art Foundation Award is the main prize at the International Choreography Competition in Hanover, worth 10,000 euros. The winner for 2026 is Zoe Ashe-Browne from Ireland for her choreography “Sibling”. She received the sculpture “Flying” High, created especially for the competition by the renowned artist Susanne Kraißer.
Leiko Ikemura: Liegende in dunkelgelb
LEIKO IKEMURA
New addition to the collection
Leiko Ikemura, artist vborn in Japan and now living and working in Germany, combines European and Asian motifs and traditions in simple and poetic imagery. Her motifs straddle the boundary between nature and the human sphere. Her female figures present themselves as being in between: sensitive, mindful, delicate, yet determined in the spaces and at the boundaries of human existence. The work complements the foundation's collection, which is dedicated, among other things, to the dialogue between East and West, Asia and Europe.

James Turrell: totus intus - totus foris
James Turrell
Europe's largest art work by the artist in Hanover
In 2027, 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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On the Trail of the Black Water
Karen Krüger
It opened over fifty years ago as a place of encounter for Italian and German culture and scholarship. But what does the German Center for Venetian Studies actually do today?