PalaisPopulaire
The PalaisPopulaire is an open house—a contemporary and innovative forum that offers visitors an exciting mix of art and culture.
Situated in the heart of Berlin, the PalaisPopulaire combines tradition and the future, local and global culture. It represents fundamental goals that Deutsche Bank has pursued with its cultural commitment for decades: creating access for everyone as well as recognizing and promoting talent in order to have a positive impact on society. Our house offers a wide-ranging program that brings together diverse aspects of contemporary culture under one roof. In addition to art this includes literature and music.
The PalaisPopulaire is much more than a museum or exhibition hall. It is a globally networked forum for anyone who wants to think about culture in interdisciplinary, new, and lateral ways. It combines tradition and the future, aims to help the general public become open to new positions in the global art scene and to current cultural-policy issues that are specific to Berlin. In addition, the new platform reflects Deutsche Bank’s commitment to Berlin, the city where it was founded. As a vibrant, inspiring house the PalaisPopulaire emphasizes the importance of art and culture in society.
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PalaisPopulaire, Unter den Linden 5, Berlin
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Launch year:
1980
Number of artworks:
A collection of 48.000 works of art in 500 locations in 40 countries.
Status of collection:
International
Artistic domains and general information about the collection:
Founded at the end of the 1970s, the Deutsche Bank Collection has grown into one of the most significant corporate collection of post-1945 drawings and photographs in the world. And paper – with its unique range of artistic applications – is the dominant medium in the collection. The works span a broad spectrum, from preliminary notes for an artistic idea, to sketches, finished drawings, watercolours, collages and photographs.
Every significant art movement since 1945 is represented : Joseph Beuys and his students and contemporaries, Vehement Painting, Pop Art and Young British Artists from London, Minimal Art from the USA, the New Leipzig School, and Asian and African photography. Whereas the collection initially focussed on works by artist from German – speaking countries, since the 1990s it has become more global in composition. Today, the emphasis is increasingly on the international art scene, especially that in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
Commission programme / Site-specific order(s) :
Frankfurt am Main
Max Bill, Kontinuität, sculpture, 1986
Karin Sander, Wandstück , polished wall painting, 2004
Xenia Lesniewski, Untitled, wall painting and collage, 2012
Birmingham
Idris Khan, A River Runs Happy, wall painting, 2014
Dublin
Jaki Irvine, Shot in Mexico: On the Impossibility of Imagining the Number of Dead and Dissappeared, Archival pigment prints and wallpaper, 2014
London
Simeon Barclay, Untitled, wallpaper, 2023
Claire Hooper, Untitled, wallpaper, 2023
Rene Matić, Untitled, wallpaper, 2023
Mailand
Patrick Tuttofuoco, X-Flag, installation, 2007
Luca Vitone, Mare Nostrum, wall painting/installation, 2004/2007
Lara Favaretto, Una della tante (One is as good as the other), installation, 2007
Alberto Garutti, Cosa succede nelle stanze quando gli uomini se ne vanno? fluorescent benches, 2007
Vincenzo Castella,#02 Milano, photograph, 2012
Artist of the Year
Established in 2010, the "Artist of the Year" award focuses on promising artists who have created an artistically and socially relevant body of work that incorporates the two focal points of the Deutsche Bank Collection: works on paper and photography. Since 2023, a personality from the global art world, rotating every two years, has nominated artists for the award.
Unlike many other prizes, “Artist of the Year” is not based on a financial reward, but is positioned as an integral part of the Deutsche Bank art program, which has been opening up the world of contemporary art to the public for the last thirty years—through Deutsche Bank’s own substantial collection, its exhibitions, and its joint projects with partners. Each “Artist of the Year” is presented in a solo exhibition at the PalaisPopulaire in Berlin.
For more information: https://art.db.com/Artists-of-the-Year/
2025 Charmaine Poh
2024 Rohini Devasher
2023 La Chola Poblete
2022 LuYang
2021 Maxwell Alexandre, Conny Maier, Zhang Xu Zhan
2018 Caline Aoun
2017 Kemang Wa Lehulere
2016 Basim Magdy
2015 Koki Tanaka
2014 Victor Man
2013 Imran Qureshi
2012 Roman Ondák
2011 Yto Barrada
2010 Wangechi Mutu
