Friends of the MMK
Friends’ events
WEDNESDAY HALF PAST SEVEN - Jour Fixe for Friends
Every first Wednesday we offer an exclusive gallery tour for our members with a guided tour,
led by the director or the museum curators. Afterwards you can extend your stay at the
museum restaurant and take the chance to meet new and old friends.
Schedule first half year 2012:
January 4, 2012 CANCELLED due to Christmas holidays
February 1, 2012
March 7, 2012
April 4, 2012
May 2, 2012
June 6, 2012
always at 7.30 p.m.
MMK SUNSET Season Two
January - December 2012
A collaboration between MMK and Robert Johnson
MMK After work is MMK Sunset now!
Evening events on the current exhibitions with short guided tours (also in English), talks with the curators and artists and other specials. The Robert Johnson runs the Sunset Bar with choice DJs and drinks. The museum restaurant Triangolo serves Cucina Italiana.
Free admission for the Friends of the MMK!
Find more information here.
OTHER MEMBER-ONLY EVENTS AND OFFERS
Guided Tour through Atelier Goldstein
Friday, May 11, 2012, 5 pm
On May 11 the director of the Atelier Goldstein Christiane Cuticchio and her assistant Melanie Schmitt will give a guided tour through the Atelier, where mentally handicapped artists are given the chance to work under professional conditions. Afterwards, accompanied by a light snack, there will be enough time for questions and discussions.
Date: Friday, Mai 11, 2012, 5 pm
Meeting Point: Atelier Goldstein, Mittlerer Hasenpfad 5, 60598 Frankfurt
A registration is required (limited number of participants) in the office of the Friends of the MMK
T. 069 / 17 42 96, F. 069 / 17 42 97 or E-mail: info@freunde-des-mmk.de
Guided tour DZ Bank - Exhibition „Reach out your Hand – The Gesture in Contemporary Photography“
Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 6 pm
In the ART FOYER of the DZ BANK Kunstsammlung, the Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank in Frankfurt am Main has regular exhibitions. The bank has a globally recognized art collection of contemporary photography and visual media with more than 6500 works by more than 600 artists.
In the framework of the RAY Photography Project the DZ BANK Art Collection shows the exhibition „Reach out your Hand – The Gesture in Contemporary Photography“.
Date: Tuesday, Mai 22, 2012, 6 pm
Meeting point: DZ BANK Kunstsammlung, ART FOYER, Platz der Republik, 60265 Frankfurt
A registration is required (limited number of participants) in the office of the Friends of the MMK
T. 069 / 17 42 96, F. 069 / 17 42 97 or E-mail: info@freunde-des-mmk.de
MAKING HISTORY - Special Price for Friends of the MMK
Since April 20th, 2012 the exhibition „MAKING HISTORY“ is on view in the spaces of MMK, MMK Zollamt and Frankfurter Kunstverein. It presents outstanding international contemporary photography and video art.
Friends of the MMK get free admission to all three exhibition venues. Just show your membership card at the cash desk.
The exhibition is accompanied by a comprehensive catalogue. The full price is 25,-- €. Friends of the MMK get it at a special price of 20,-- €.
SINCE MAY 2011
Cooperation with the Whitney-Museum New York
Starting in May 2011 the Friends of the MMK commenced a reciprocal admission program with the Whitney Museum New York, one of the world leading museums of modern and contemporary art. It grants our members free admission for two at the Whitney Museum.
The Whitney’s collection — comprising paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, films, videos, and new media by more than 2,800 artists — contains some of the most significant work created by artists in the United States during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. You can find numerous links to the MMK collection with artists such as Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Steven Parrino or Robert Gober to mention just a few.
For further information on our travel programme
please go to “Travel programme”.
THIS YEAR WE ALREADY OFFERED
BERLIN DIY
Trip to Berlin Biennale and Gallery Weekend
Gerhard Richter | Neue Nationalgalerie
April, 28/29, 2012
Munich – daytrip to visit the exhibition „Thomas Ruff“ at Haus der Kunst and
visit of the Goetz Collection
Saturday, March 24, 2012 with Peter Gorschlüter
Curator´s tour through the exhibition „Saâdane Afif - Anthologie de l’humour noir“
Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 6.30 pm at MMK Zollamt
REVIEW 2011
Curator´s tour through the exhibition „Tobias Zielony - Manitoba“ - with Axel Köhne
Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 6 pm at MMK Zollamt
Artist talk with Tobias Zielony in the DekaBank
Thursday, November 10, 2011, 8 pm
Guided tour through the exhibition „Parallels“ in the Helaba
Friday, November 4, 2011, 5.30 pm
2 guided tours through the exhibition „Parallels“ in the DekaBank
Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 7 – 8 and 8 - 9 pm
Curator´s tour through the exhibition "Encore"
of the graduates of the Städelschule - with Bernd Reiß
Sunday, October 23, 2011, 3.00 pm at the MMK Zollamt
MMK AFTER WORK
September 2010 - October 2011
A collaboration between MMK and Robert Johnson
Every second Wednesday of the month, 7 until midnight
Free admission for Friends of the MMK
Venice - visit of the 54th Biennale di Venezia
with Axel Köhne and Dagmar Kürschner
September 23 - 25, 2011
Friends visit Partners –
Guided tour through the UBS Art Collection
Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 6 pm
Venice - visit of the 54th Biennale di Venezia
with Klaus Görner and Dr. Mario Kramer
August 25 - 28, 2011
Curator´s tour through the current exhibition at Portikus
„Flaca / Tom Humphreys“ - with Sophie von Olfers
Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 6 pm
Curator´s tour with Bernd Reiß
„---“ Temporarily invisible
Sunday, May 29, 2011, 2.30 pm at the MMK Zollamt
Wednesday half past seven - special: Dialog with Dr. Susanne Gaensheimer and Adrian Koerfer
Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 7.30 Uhr pm
Dress rehearsal of "NippleJesus" at the MMK
Friday, February 18, 2011, 8 pm
NEW FRANKFURT INTERNATIONALS - ARTIST EDITIONS
An exclusive offer for Friends of the MMK and members of the Frankfurter Kunstvereins
December 2010 to February 2011
Studio visit at Anny and Sibel Öztürk´s
on occasion of the exhibition „NEW FRANKFURT INTERNATIONALS“
Thursday, January 20, 2011, 6 pm
Curator´s tour with Sophie von Olfers
„Not in Fashion - Photography and Fashion in the 90s“
Sunday, Januar 9, 2011, 2.30 pm at the MMK