Annual Report 2010 - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

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a tour through the albertinum in dance: The semper
Opera House Ballet mesmerises the audience with its
performance entitled “On the move”
“on the move”
Guest performance by the Semper opera
House Ballet in the Albertinum
In the new series entitled “On the move”, the Semper
Opera House Ballet is presenting unusual dance projects
outside the Semper Opera House, giving dancers artistic
freedom and the opportunity of choreographing their
own works. “On the move” opened with a performance
entitled “Die Innere Stimme” (The Inner Voice) on 30th
and 31st October, 2010 in the Skulpturensammlung of the
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden in the Albertinum.
The work was inspired by Auguste Rodin’s sculpture “The
Inner Voice”. Musicians from the Sächsische Staatskapelle,
singers from the Sächsischer Staatsopernchor, dancers
from the Semper Opera House Ballet and the other Dresden
artists came together for this performance, which
featured music ranging from Bach to Sakamoto.
BAZAAR at the GRASSI – arts and crafts from
around the world
From 10th to 12th September, 2010 a bazaar was held in
the foyer of the GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu
Leipzig. For three days a unique range of objects from all
over the world was presented for sale. Craftsmen and
traders displayed products from distant countries and invited
customers to browse and buy attractive items. The
bazaar gave visitors the opportunity to get to know cultures
from around the world through their crafts. There
were works of art and everyday objects, genuine rarities
and ethnographical items which had been brought to­
Colourful and multicultural: the bazaar at the
Grassi Museum fur Völkerkunde zu Leipzig
“in the Maelstrom of art” in the Kunsthalle
im Lipsiusbau
gether with great care – from Madagascar, Morocco and
Egypt, from South America and Thailand, Uzbekistan and
Indonesia. Most of the goods were produced in small
crafts workshops with which the traders have been in
personal contact for a long time.
“In the Maelstrom of Art. Rethinking Museums”
With a series of talks by internationally renowned speakers
held between November, 2009 and October, 2010, the
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden considered questions
such as how museum architecture and works of art
influence one another, how the various aims of and demands
on 21st­century museums can be translated into
actual museum presentations and how museums can
react to an environment in which culture is increasingly
subject to the need for economic efficiency and media
communication. The events were part of the countdown
towards the reopening of the Albertinum in June 2010.
The speakers included Hartwig Fischer, Director of the
Folkwang Museum, about the new building designed by
David Chipperfield, Director Marion Ackermann about the
new profile of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein­Westfalen
and Udo Kitttelmann, who as Director of the Nationalgalerie
of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin spoke about the
new concepts behind the Berlin National Gallery and its
subsidiaries such as the Hamburger Bahnhof.
Dr. Roger Mandle, Director of the Museums of Qatar, reported
on museums which are coming into being in the
Middle East for a completely new audience which is
rooted in the local cultures but is connected with the