Work database
An important step in the preservation of artists’ estates is the digital documentation of what is worth preserving. To this end, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt launched the “Saxony-Anhalt Visual Arts Database” in fall 2017. This is where the bequests and estates of visual artists from Saxony-Anhalt are recorded. This gives artists from Saxony-Anhalt the opportunity to present themselves and their work on the Internet: for the art trade, museums, researchers – and anyone interested in art.
Publications September 2021
In September 2021, the multi-year pilot project Werk-Datenbank Bildende Kunst Sachsen-Anhalt came to a successful conclusion with the publication of 3 further directories:
Publications 2020
From spring 2019, directories were included via an open tender by the BBK Saxony-Anhalt. In July 2019, a five-member expert jury consisting of representatives of the Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt, the Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, the Feininger-Galerie Quedlinburg and independent art scholars selected 11 bequests or estates of visual artists from 21 submitted applications for inclusion in the “Werk-Datenbank […]
Publications 2018
The first three directories of the work database were selected for publication by the board of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt in consultation with the BBK Saxony-Anhalt working group on artists’ estates. These were released in November 2018 by State Secretary for Culture Dr. Gunnar Schellenberger during a press conference at the State Chancellery and Ministry of […]
Pilot project plant database 2018 to 2021
In the pilot phase of the project from 2018 to 2021, selected directories were entered into the works database, covering a range of artistic genres, generations and regional distribution within Saxony-Anhalt. The pilot phase was financed by the Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt as part of the “Digital Heritage” program. The first three directories were compiled by project […]