Joining forces to promote Art
By collecting art, LBBW demonstrates its appreciation of art as an integral part of its corporate culture. The expansion of the art collection through frequent acquisitions of works by contemporary artists and regular loans from the collection to German and international museums, art societies, and institutions represent LBBW's social and cultural commitment and its active approach to sustainability.
LBBW is eager for works from the collection to be made accessible to the public on a regular basis. Along with major exhibitions of the LBBW Collection such as "Zoom" and "Extended", for which companion catalogs were published, LBBW regularly opens the doors of its headquarters in Stuttgart to the general public.
The ongoing partnerships between LBBW and the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, the Kunsthalle Mannheim, and the art fairs ART COLOGNE and art KARLSRUHE underline LBBW'S desire to promote the visual arts, cultural education, and engagement with the public through themed fair presentations as well as collection collaborations and permanent loans.
LBBW Otto Dix Room at the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
The partnership between LBBW and the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart has a long tradition: the bank has sponsored the Kunstmuseum since the opening of the new building in 2005 and has supported the museum with major themed and special exhibitions since 2015. LBBW has also contributed in many ways to the museum's outstanding Otto Dix collection through loans and donations and was granted the naming rights to the LBBW Otto Dix Room by the City of Stuttgart. One of the artist's major works, the "Portrait of the Dancer Anita Berber" (1925), is also on permanent loan from the LBBW Collection.
To mark the 50th anniversary of its collection, LBBW was also able to present a large number of selected exhibits in the Kubus on Kleiner Schlossplatz from 13 November 2021 to 20 February 2022 under the title "Now or never" . The exhibition also offered a cross-section of 100 years of art history thanks to its wide-ranging concept. Many of the works also thematised and reflected contemporary events that have shaped Germany since the beginning of the 20th century and continue to the present day.
Collection Collaboration with the Kunsthalle Mannheim
LBBW has been in a collection collboration with the Kunsthalle Mannheim since 2019. Contemporary works from the LBBW Collection, including multimedia installations, have been supplementing and expanding the Kunsthalle's own collection ever since. As a result, the partnership broadens public awareness of modern and contemporary art.
Main Sponsor of art KARLSRUHE
Since 2004, the year it was founded, art KARLSRUHE has been an annual magnet for international visitors, especially from neighbouring France and Switzerland. As the main sponsor, LBBW has been an exhibition partner from the very beginning. In 2020, the LBBW Art Lounge once again hosted Art Talks for invited customers of the bank on special topics related to the art presented at the fair. The LBBW Collection took part in art KARLSRUHE 2022 for the first time with its own stand. Under the title "Sound of Silence", the focus was on works of abstract, concrete and constructivist art. This was followed in 2023 and 2024 by special presentations on the themes of "Social Fabric" and "Nature - Beauty and Destruction".
Partner of ART COLOGNE
Founded in 1967 under the name "Kölner Kunstmarkt", ART COLOGNE is one of the oldest art fairs in the world and is still considered one of the most important addresses for outstanding and high-quality art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Following the successful restructuring phase of LBBW, the LBBW Collection also made its first major, high-profile appearance in 2018, showing numerous highlights from the collection. As part of the partnership, ART COLOGNE remains a central platform for the LBBW Collection's collection presentations. In 2023, for example, the LBBW Collection showed a selection of its new acquisitions from the last five years under the title "past is present is past". The LBBW Collection's appearances in Cologne are always accompanied by the LBBW Art Talks, in media partnership with the art magazine MONOPOL.