Press Releases from Blickachsen Foundation (8 total)
Friends of Blickachsen Art Prize 2023 awarded to Michael Dekker
At a prize-giving ceremony in Bad Homburg, Michael Dekker accepted the "Friends of Blickachsen Art Prize 2023". The German artist received the award, worth 5,000 Euros, for his work "Suite", exhibited in Blickachsen 13.
The Blickachsen Prize has been awarded every two years since the fourth Sculpture Biennale in 2003 to honour the distinctive artistic approach of one of the exhibition's participants. Since 2015, the prize has been endowed by the…
A successful start: Blickachsen 13 has opened
The thirteenth Blickachsen Sculpture Biennale was officially opened on Sunday 14 May and has already attracted hundreds of interested visitors. Blickachsen 13 brings together over 30 contemporary sculptures and installations in the Kurpark and Schlosspark in Bad Homburg, Germany. Until 1 October 2023, the exhibition once again invites visitors to experience diverse artworks of the highest quality on a leisurely walk through the historic park landscapes of the city.
The…
Stiftung Insel Hombroich to be partner for Blickachsen 13
This year's edition of the Blickachsen Sculpture Biennale in Germany (14.5-1.10.2023) will be curated by Christian K. Scheffel together with Roland Nachtigäller, director of the Stiftung Insel Hombroich (Insel Hombroich Foundation) in Neuss, the partner institution for Blickachsen 13.
Since the second Blickachsen in 1999 it has been the tradition for Christian K. Scheffel, founder and curator of the Biennale and director of the Blickachsen Foundation, to invite a prestigious art…
Save the Date: Blickachsen 13 (2023)
Once again the Blickachsen Sculpture Biennale invites visitors to a multifacetted experience of art in the open air. The Blickachsen 13 exhibition will run from 14 May to 1 October 2023. The traditional opening ceremony will be on Sunday 14 May at 11.30am on the Schmuckplatz in the Bad Homburg Kurpark.
A new Blickachsen, at last! From 1997 until 2019 the Blickachsen exhibitions were regularly held every two years. Since then,…
The next Blickachsen exhibition will take place in 2023
Unfortunately, owing to COVID-19 restrictions the thirteenth Blickachsen Sculpture Biennale scheduled for 2021 had to be cancelled. The intention was to delay the exhibition for a year. However, given the continuing uncertainty surrounding the development of the pandemic and the resulting lack of planning security over the coming months, the Board of the Blickachsen Foundation has unanimously decided to postpone the upcoming Blickachsen exhibition until the next scheduled date in…
Blickachsen 13 to be postponed because of COVID-19 pandemic
In view of the unforseeable development of the pandemic, and the restrictions affecting the intensive preparations for the exhibition over the coming months, the thirteenth edition of the Blickachsen Sculpture Biennale will not take place in 2021 as planned. After careful consideration, this has unanimously been decided by the Board of the Blickachsen Foundation.
Alongside the quality and judicious positioning of the artworks on display, the success of the Blickachsen exhibition…
Katarina Löfström awarded the Blickachsen Prize 2019
At a prize-giving ceremony attended by many invited guests, Katarina Löfström accepted the “Friends of Blickachsen Art Prize” for 2019. The Swedish artist received the prize, worth 5000 Euros, for her work “Open Source (16:9)”, created for Blickachsen 12.
The Blickachsen Prize has been awarded every two years since the fourth edition of the Sculpture Biennale in 2003, honouring each time the distinctive artistic approach of one of the exhibition’s younger…
Blickachsen 12 – Art far beyond the borders of Bad Homburg
With its many works by international artists and an exciting supporting programme Blickachsen 12 attracts droves of visitors to Bad Homburg and the Rhine-Main region, Germany.
Just half-way through and already this is clear: this year’s Blickachsen 12 edition of the biennial open-air exhibition is more popular than ever – hundreds of thousands of visitors have already experienced the contemporary sculptures and installations on display in their dialogue with the public…
