The founders of the Hallen für Neue Kunst, Urs and Christel Raussmüller, are receiving an award for their extraordinary cultural achievements by the Swiss Foundation for the Doron Prize. The Hallen für Neue Kunst will be awarded the Doron Prize 2011 for its unique concept in content and architecture; it serves as a model world-wide. The privately run Hallen für Neue Kunst has been making high calibre works of European and American “New” Art accessible to the public for over 25 years. The special thing about the “Hallen” is its holistic concept that brings art and space together in a convincing way. In the Hallen für Neue Kunst’s inspiring atmosphere, major works from the ground-breaking period around 1965 can realize the entire potential of their creative radiance in an exemplary, long-term presentation context. Artists such as Robert Ryman, Bruce Nauman, Mario Merz, Joseph Beuys, Sol LeWitt or Carl Andre, among others, can be permanently experienced in representative work groups. As the “Schaffhausen model” and the first uncompromising transformation of an industrial building into an art institution, the Hallen für Neue Kunst is seen as a museum that reflects artists’ needs. The Hallen für Neue Kunst is highly recognized far beyond Swiss borders; it has inspired numerous projects, among them the Tate Modern in London or the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.
The award ceremony will take place in Zug on March 30th on invitation by the Swiss Foundation for the Doron Prize.
Raussmüller Collection
Hallen für Neue Kunst
Baumgartenstrasse 23
CH-8200 Schaffhausen
T. +41 (0)52 625 25 15
F. +41 (0)52 625 84 74
www.modern-art.ch
www.raussmueller-collection.ch
Hallen für Neue Kunst
Baumgartenstrasse 23
CH-8200 Schaffhausen
T. +41 (0)52 625 25 15
F. +41 (0)52 625 84 74
www.modern-art.ch
www.raussmueller-collection.ch
