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Description [EN]
In Heilbronn, the Kunsthalle Vogelmann complements the city's cultural offerings as an exhibition venue at the Konzert- und Kongresszentrum Harmonie; it was constructed as a northern annex to this building complex.
The three-storey new building was erected between 2009 and 2010. Total construction costs amounted to around €5.6 million; the Ernst Franz Vogelmann-Stiftung contributed €1 million, the state of Baden-Württemberg provided €1.75 million as a renovation grant, and the city's share amounted to about €2.9 million.
The Kunsthalle is operated by the Heilbronner Kunstverein and the Städtische Museen Heilbronn. Overall, the Kunsthalle offers around 800 square metres of exhibition space: 480 square metres are available on the ground floor, offices are housed in a mezzanine, and the two upper floors provide a further approximately 330 square metres of exhibition space.
The Kunsthalle Vogelmann was opened on 2 October 2010 with the exhibition "Beuys für alle! Auflagenobjekte und Multiples", which presented around eighty multiples by Joseph Beuys from the collection of the Ernst Franz Vogelmann-Stiftung; this collection had been transferred to the city in 2007 as a permanent loan. Every three years, in cooperation between the Ernst Franz Vogelmann-Stiftung and the Städtische Museen Heilbronn, the Ernst-Franz-Vogelmann-Preis for contemporary sculpture is awarded; the prize is accompanied in the following year by a solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Vogelmann.