On February 27th, a swath of artists, publishers, gallerists, and collectors joined German magazine Weltkunst at the Berlin home of Galerie Judin owner Juerg Judin to celebrate the launch of a new book on Adrian Ghenie. Published by Hatje Cantz, the book represents the first major monograph dedicated to Ghenie’s work and features a foreword by Judin as well as a critical essay by Mark Gisbourne. The artist, also represented by Pace and Plan B is often noted as being a founder of the Cluj School of painting. However, Ghenie was quick to deny the existence of any such school in the talk with Weltkunst publisher Christoph Amend around which the evening was centered.
Juerg Judin and Adrian Ghenie
Photo: Tobias Kleinod, Courtesy Weltkunst
Sebastian H., friend, and Moeller Fine Art director Stephanie Moeller
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Dealer Isabelle Gräfin Du Moulin and Hatje Cantz’s Nadine Barth
Photo: Tobias Kleinod, Courtesy Weltkunst
Sophie Ventura and Weltkunst editor in chief Lisa Zeitz
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Dr. Ingeborg Becker and the Alte Nationalgalerie’s Dr. Philipp Demandt
Photo: Tobias Kleinod, Courtesy Weltkunst
David Ulrichs and Weltkunst publisher Christoph Amend
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Wolfgang Wittrock looking at a painting by Adrian Ghenie
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Adrian Ghenie and Christoph Amend
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Juerg Judin, Thole Rotermund, and Gisbert Pöppler
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Nadine Barth and Karin Graf
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Sebastian H., Beate Scheder, and Jana Bach
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Matthias Benz and Sebastian Preuss
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Birgit Maria Sturm and Christoph Amend
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Juerg Judin’s converted gas station
Photo: Tobias Kleinod, Courtesy Weltkunst