Boros Foundation
Berlin
The Boros Foundation is a non-profit organization that promotes and supports contemporary art. It includes groups of works by international artists dating from 1990 to the present. Different facets of the collection of Karen and Christian Boros are on public display in a converted bunker, with 3,000 square meters of exhibition space.
With a high-rise bunker in Berlin Mitte it operates an exhibition space for the presentation of the private collection of Karen and Christian Boros. The main focus is on mediating the exhibited works of art to a broad public. Through guided tours the artistic positions of each presentation are communicated by a team of currently 36 employees – art historians, artists and cultural scientists. A catalogue is produced for each exhibition. The artworks have been seen by more than 600,000 visitors in over 30,000 guided tours.
In addition to the operation of the Bunker space, the Boros Foundation supports external exhibition projects, productions and artists’ catalogues. At Charlottenhöhe in Brandenburg the Foundation offers artists a work and exhibition space. The Boros Foundation cooperates with national and international institutions.
Bio: Exterior view Bunker, Photo: Boros Collection, Berlin © NOSHE / Main: Exterior view Bunker, Photo: Boros Collection, Berlin © NOSHE
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Boros Foundation
Berlin
The Boros Foundation is a non-profit organization that promotes and supports contemporary art. It includes groups of works by international artists dating from 1990 to the present. Different facets of the collection of Karen and Christian Boros are on public display in a converted bunker, with 3,000 square meters of exhibition space.
With a high-rise bunker in Berlin Mitte it operates an exhibition space for the presentation of the private collection of Karen and Christian Boros. The main focus is on mediating the exhibited works of art to a broad public. Through guided tours the artistic positions of each presentation are communicated by a team of currently 36 employees – art historians, artists and cultural scientists. A catalogue is produced for each exhibition. The artworks have been seen by more than 600,000 visitors in over 30,000 guided tours.
In addition to the operation of the Bunker space, the Boros Foundation supports external exhibition projects, productions and artists’ catalogues. At Charlottenhöhe in Brandenburg the Foundation offers artists a work and exhibition space. The Boros Foundation cooperates with national and international institutions.
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Bio: Exterior view Bunker, Photo: Boros Collection, Berlin © NOSHE / Main: Exterior view Bunker, Photo: Boros Collection, Berlin © NOSHE
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