Kv 10 yrs

This extensive anthology looks back at the past decade of Kunstverein’s activity, from 2009 to 2019. It features text contributions by Yana Foqué, Krist Gruijthuijsen, Anthony Huberman and Maxine Kopsa and is filled with ephemera, bulletins and—for the first time ever in our short history—images.
Kunstverein is a not-for-profit membership organisation, a curatorial experiment and functioning domestic franchise with branches in Amsterdam, New York, Toronto, and Milan.Kunstverein aims to show practices, attempts and failures, of avant-garde artists (all ages) who have been undersung in contemporary art history. By creating a critical pool and exploring public-private relationships, we reflect upon the manner in which cultural practices are traditionally administered. Kunstverein offers exhibitions, presentations, performances, lectures, screenings, independent publishing, and everything in between in tailor made mis-en-scenes. Due to our unconventional make-up, we manage to employ alternative methods in terms of presentation, hosting and exhibition making. Significantly and ultimately, Kunstverein aims to contribute in a novel fashion to the cultural scene in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and abroad.