BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors

PArt - Producers Art Platform

A crisis initiative to help artists directly affected by the pandemic

Malte Bartsch, Haarschneiden, 2018 (series of 5 images). PArt Charity Auction
Malte Bartsch, Haarschneiden, 2018 (series of 5 images). PArt Charity Auction

On Monday June 15, as a chartity initiative in reaction to our Corona pandemic, the non-profit Spiegelberg Art Foundation in Hamburg has pulled its resources together in an effort launching PArt - Producers Art Platform.

PArt supports artists who have been affected by exhibition cancellations and a drop in sales as a result of the pandemic. PArt offers artists the opportunity to present themselves to an international audience with an online exhibition and artist profile. Following months of exhibition withdrawals, art fair cancellations and general market upheaval, collectors and art lovers are given access and an overview of current happenings in the art market. The centrepiece of the initiative is the online VAN HAM charity auction, happening now!

PArt is flanked by a strong jury of various figures, including Prof. Dr. Thomas Girst (Head of BMW Group International Cultural Engagement), Georgie Pope (Curator of Independent Collectors), Florian Illies (Author & Publisher), Leiko Ikemura (Artist), Johann König (Gallerist), Daniel Richter (Artist) and Dr. René Scheu (Neue Zürcher Zeitung).

Simon Schubert, Portrait Samuel Beckett, 2020. PArt Charity Auction
Simon Schubert, Portrait Samuel Beckett, 2020. PArt Charity Auction
Isabell Kamp, Ball of Misunderstood Opportunities, 2014. PArt Charity Auction
Isabell Kamp, Ball of Misunderstood Opportunities, 2014. PArt Charity Auction

PArt Charity Auction

For a period of two weeks (15.06 - 01.07), the PArt auction takes place, organized by the auction house VAN HAM. Works by renowned artists such as Anselm Reyle, Michael Sailstorfer and Michael Wesely will be auctioned, and who are therefore supporting the initiative. The auction also gives platform to a younger generation of promising artists, such as Katja Aufleger, Malte Bartsch and Julian-Jakob Kneer, who have suffered for example, due to a variety of cancelled shows, a NY artist residency and Liste participation. Proceeds generated through the charity auction are split 50/50 between the vendor and the PArt emergency aid fund, which in turn, acts to support the larger pool of artists featured on the PArt Platform. It is the jury who will assess artist applications and their losses, to determine the allocation of the emergency aid fund.

Malte Bartsch, Haarschneiden, 2018 (series of 5 images). PArt Charity Auction
Malte Bartsch, Haarschneiden, 2018 (series of 5 images). PArt Charity Auction
Maxim Brandt, Docta Ignorantia I / Résumé, 2019 (series of 2 paintings). PArt Charity Auction
Maxim Brandt, Docta Ignorantia I / Résumé, 2019 (series of 2 paintings). PArt Charity Auction
Michael Sailstorfer, Heavy Tear 24 MAC 612 RUSSIAN RED, 2018. PArt Charity Auction
Michael Sailstorfer, Heavy Tear 24 MAC 612 RUSSIAN RED, 2018. PArt Charity Auction
Julian-Jakob Kneer, ornament sublime, 2019. PArt Charity Auction
Julian-Jakob Kneer, ornament sublime, 2019. PArt Charity Auction

PArt Platform

Featured on the PArt platform, are over 1000 selected works by a variety of emerging and important representatives of the contemporary art scene. The artworks can be discovered and also purchased, which directly supports the artist with a fair split, and also their gallery and the platform. The PArt platform offers more than 250 artists and their galleries "help for self-help".

The platform and its artists can further be supported via donations to the collective emergency fund.

Susanne Rottenbacher, Dottore XL, 03 (Commedia Della Luce), 2018. PArt Platform
Susanne Rottenbacher, Dottore XL, 03 (Commedia Della Luce), 2018. PArt Platform
Gabriel Dubois, ‘Untitled’, Evolution Pollution Series, 2018. PArt Platform
Gabriel Dubois, ‘Untitled’, Evolution Pollution Series, 2018. PArt Platform

Marcus Vitt, spokesman of the board of PArt sponsor Donner & Reuschel stated, "The professionally managed platform of PArt is a great solution for all art lovers. A real added value also for our customers, as the major exhibitions and auctions cannot take place at the moment and therefore hardly any contact between artists and art collectors is possible".

The further network surrounding PArt also includes association partners Die Familienunternehmer und Die Jungen Unternehmer e.V.

Anselm Reyle, Je ne sais pas, 2020. PArt Charity Auction
Anselm Reyle, Je ne sais pas, 2020. PArt Charity Auction
Michael Wesely, Unikat, 2019. PArt Charity Auction
Michael Wesely, Unikat, 2019. PArt Charity Auction
Katja Aufleger, EGO, 2015. PArt Charity Auction
Katja Aufleger, EGO, 2015. PArt Charity Auction

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Wilhelmina Jewell Strong - Sparks

Founder of BiTHOUSE Projects - BAAR Art Journey

MATTHIAS ARNDT

Collector behind the ARNDT Collection

Sandra Guimarães

Director of Museum of Contemporary Art Helga de Alvear

Grazyna Kulczyk

Founder of Muzeum Susch

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Kamiar Maleki

Director at VOLTA

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Tokini Peterside

Founder and Director, ART X Lagos

Poka-Yio

Founding Director of the Athens Biennale

Boris Ondreička

Artistic Director of viennacontemporary

Maribel Lopez

Director of ARCO

David Gryn

Founder and Director of Daata

Fondation Beyeler Audiovisual Broadcast

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Gary Yeh

Founder of ArtDrunk and Young Collector

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Maike Cruse

2020 Gallery Weekend Berlin

Touria El Glaoui

Founding Director of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Johann König

Messe in St. Agnes

Barbara Moore

CEO of Biennale of Sydney

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by Independent Collectors

Alix Dana

Fair Director at Independent

When Collectors are Able to Commission

by Nicole Büsing and Heiko Klaas

Juliet Kothe and Julia Rust

Initiators of Collection Night, Berlin

Marie-Anne McQuay

Curator of Wales in Venice, 58th Venice Biennale 2019

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Two extraordinary art collectors

Heather Hubbs

Director at NADA

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by Nicole Büsing and Heiko Klaas

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A Common Ground

by Silvia Anna Barrilà

Caroline Vos

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by Nicole Büsing and Heiko Klaas

Nicole Berry

Executive Director of The Armory Show

Daniel Hug

Fair Director at Art Cologne

The Role of the Art Fair

by Silvia Anna Barrilà

Peter Bläuer

Director at LISTE

A Brush Against Nature

by Nicole Büsing and Heiko Klaas

Ilaria Bonacossa

Director of Artissima

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by Independent Collectors

Jo Stella-Sawicka

Artistic Director at Frieze

Florence Bourgeois

Director at Paris Photo

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by Christiane Meixner

Specifically Commissioned

by Silvia Anna Barrilà

Manuela Mozo

Executive Director of UNTITLED, ART Miami and San Francisco

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by Christiane Meixner

Susanna Corchia

Director of the Barcelona Gallery Weekend

Emilia van Lynden

Artistic Director at Unseen, Amsterdam

Carlos Urroz

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by Christiane Meixner

Amanda Coulson

Director at VOLTA Basel

Douwe Cramer

Director at Singapore Contemporary

Art and Architecture – Attractive Allies

by Nicole Büsing and Heiko Klaas

Jo Baring

Curator of Sculpture Series, Masterpiece London

Bidders and Buyers

by Christiane Meixner

Anne Vierstraete

Managing Director at Art Brussels

Nanna Hjortenberg

Director at CHART

The Crucial Role of the New

by Independent Collectors

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The Past is Back

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