About the VERBUND COLLECTION - our artistic position

VERBUND COLLECTION - Raison d'Être

The aim of the VERBUND COLLECTION is to bring previously undiscovered works of art to light and to secure them a permanent place in cultural awareness and art history.

For this reason, the VERBUND COLLECTION spotlights works of art from the "feminist avant-garde", the focus on "perception of spaces and places" and works on the subject of "gender, identity & diversity". The extensive spectrum is reflected in art that plays with different media: Photography, video and conceptual art with its installations create an impressive exchange with the various forms of artistic expression.

Glimpse into the portfolio

With this collage, the artist Valie Export shows the so-called “Birth Madonna”. A woman in black and white is sitting on a washing machine. It is open and a red fabric is spilling out of the opening.

The untitled work by Aneta Grzeszykowska from 2006 shows a woman kneeling in a kitchen in front of a stove. A paper bag lies in front of her. It is torn open and the shopping is visible. She is looking at the viewer from below.

The black-and-white photograph by Gordon Matta-Clark shows a simple detached house that has been cut in half.

This self-portrait by Cindy Sherman from 1978 shows the artist in black and white. Only her upper body is visible. She is wearing eye-catching eyeliner, a wig with a headscarf and a blouse. In the background are stately-looking houses. She looks over the camera.

Birgit Jürgenssen's work shows the lower body of a woman. Her vulva is covered by a large leaf. The picture is held in golden bronze tones.

Artists

FEMINIST AVANT-GARDE of the 1970s

PERCEPTION OF SPACES AND PLACES

GENDER IDENTITY AND DIVERSITY

A–D
Peter Atanasov | Monika Baer | Mirella Bentivoglio | Maria Luise Bussmann | Miriam Cahn

International Advisory Board

In 2023, the International Advisory Board will be composed of Founding Director Gabriele Schor, Senior Curator Jamillah James (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago) and Program Director Catherina Wood (Tate Modern, London).

Previous members of the Board of Trustees

Philipp Kaiser: freelance curator in Los Angeles (former director of the Museum Ludwig in Cologne),
Jessica Morgan: Director of the Dia Art Foundation in New York (former curator at the Tate Modern in London),
Camille Morineau: founder and director of AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibition) (former curator at the Musée National dÁrt Moderne and Centre Pompidou, Paris),
Sean Rainbird: Director of the National Gallery Ireland (former curator at the Tate Modern in London),
Marc-Olivier Wahler, director of the Chalet Society in Paris (former director of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris).

20 years of the VERBUND COLLECTION (german)

In 2024, the VERBUND COLLECTION celebrated its 20th anniversary. We celebrated this milestone with a major comprehensive exhibition at the Albertina in Vienna and presented an exciting cross-section of the art treasures of the VERBUND COLLECTION.

Borrowers

Numerous national and international museums and exhibition venues have presented works of art from the VERBUND COLLECTION on loan in their exhibitions.

National borrowers

International borrowers

All exhibitions at a glance.

Cindy Sherman. The Early Works 1975 – 1980

Yellow Fog

Retrospect: Exhibitions

The artistic position
of the VERBUND COLLECTION

VERBUND COLLECTION - Raison d'Être

Glimpse into the portfolio

Artists

FEMINIST AVANT-GARDE of the 1970s

PERCEPTION OF SPACES AND PLACES

GENDER IDENTITY AND DIVERSITY

International Advisory Board

Previous members of the Board of Trustees

20 years of the VERBUND COLLECTION (german)

Borrowers

National borrowers

International borrowers

feminist avant-garde | perception
of spaces and places | gender identity and diversity

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Exhibitions

Publications

About us

Cindy Sherman. The Early Works 1975 – 1980

Yellow Fog

Retrospect: Exhibitions

The artistic positionof the VERBUND COLLECTION

VERBUND COLLECTION - Raison d'Être

Glimpse into the portfolio

Artists

FEMINIST AVANT-GARDE of the 1970s

PERCEPTION OF SPACES AND PLACES

GENDER IDENTITY AND DIVERSITY

International Advisory Board

Previous members of the Board of Trustees

20 years of the VERBUND COLLECTION (german)

Borrowers

National borrowers

International borrowers

feminist avant-garde | perceptionof spaces and places | gender identity and diversity

The artistic position
of the VERBUND COLLECTION

feminist avant-garde | perception
of spaces and places | gender identity and diversity