Artministration Part 1
An exhibition of the Bureau for Curatorial Research
Creating art, storing art, exhibiting art, and even viewing art are always also administrative acts. The often precarious life and work management of freelance artists and curators includes acquiring funding and documenting projects, tending to collections and personnel, visitor “management,” and also maintaining technical exhibition infrastructure. The exhibition series Artministration of the bureau for curatorial research explores the fields of work of artists and curators with a focus on private, professional, and public administrative practices and processes, as well as the associated forms of knowledge.
To kick off the series Artministration, visitors are invited to the new office of the bureau for curatorial research to submit and discuss topic suggestions for an open call exhibition. After the open call is published, the artistic submissions will be evaluated in a participatory process together with visitors and finally presented in an exhibition at the bureau for curatorial research. During office hours, the office team will be providing curatorial consultation.
The results of the exhibition further expand the thematic scope of administrative acts in the field of art and culture and set priorities for future editions of the Artministration series in other administrative architectures.
Opening: Thu, 12 June 2025, 8 p.m.
Duration: 13.6.-9.8.25
Location: Büro für kuratorische Forschung, c/o Galerie Nord | Kunstverein Tiergarten, Turmstraße 75, 10551 Berlin
Runtime: 13 Jun–9 Aug 2025, Tue–Sat: 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Consultation hours: Wednesdays and Saturdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and by appointment at info@buero-fuer-kuratorische-forschung.de
Para. (1) Opening: Thu, 12th June 2025, 8pm
Office opening ceremony with DJ Hausverwaltung and refreshments.
Para. (2) Circulationg mail folders: 12. Jun.-9. Aug 2025, continuously
Reusable folders for mailing documents within the public authorities (“Umlaufmappen”) circulate between the bureau for curatorial research and the administration; curated by Roger Rohrbach.
Para. (3) Excursion: Thu, 17 July at 6:57 p.m.
Excursion to the exhibition Susanne Ring: Körper Speicher Tempel with artist talk. Meeting point: in the entrance area of the BKF.
Para. (4) Opening of the open call exhibition “Art and Bureaucracy”: Wed, 23 July at 7 p.m.
The submissions received in response to the open call will be evaluated by visitors, and the selected entries will be presented in an exhibition at the bureau for curatorial research
Para. (5) Curator's tour through the open call exhibition "Art and Bureaucracy" "Art and Bureaucracy": Sat, 26 July at 5 p.m.
The curator's tour through the exhibition provides insights into the curatorial work and invites you to discuss the exhibited artworks.
Para. (6) Finissage of the open call exhibition "Art and Bureaucracy" "Art and Bureaucracy": Sat, 2 August at 5 p.m.
At the end of the open call exhibition, we look forward to having a drink with participating artists and interested visitors. Our closing event provides an opportunity to engage in conversation with the artists on site once again.
Para. (7) Closing time for curatorial research, Sat, 9 August at 7 p.m.
At 7 p.m. it's closing time for the curators of the bureau for curatorial research. Together we will indulge in idleness with cold after-work drinks.
The exhibition projects of the municipal Galerie Nord are realised as a cooperative management model between
the Kunstverein Tiergarten e.V. and the Department of Art, Culture and History in the Mitte district office.