Jun
29
Curator's Tour at the Sphere: Fritz Koenig’s Sphere at the World Trade Center Today
NYC
June 29, 2024
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11:00 am
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12:00 pm
In-Person
Exhibitions
165 Liberty Street, New York, NY, 10281
KOENIGmuseum Landshut and 1014 gave guided a tour of Fritz Koenig’s most famous sculpture, the Sphere, at the Word Trade Center/Liberty Park.

KOENIGmuseum Landshut and 1014 gave guided a tour of Fritz Koenig’s most famous sculpture, the Sphere, at the Word Trade Center/Liberty Park.
Curator Dr. Holger A. Klein and KOENIGmuseum Director Dr. Alexandra v. Arnim dove into the life and work of sculptor Fritz Koenig as well as the marking and saving of the Sphere which today is placed at the park right next to Ground Zero.

On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the German modernist sculptor Fritz Koenig on June 20, 1014 presents an exhibition celebrating the preeminent artist with a focused spotlight on his most famous work in New York City, namely his Great Caryatid Sphere for the World Trade Center. The show presents the story of Koenig’s ‘Sphere’ from its conception in 1968 and manufacture in the artist’s studio at Ganslberg near Landshut, its installation in New York and life as a fountain sculpture, to its destruction in the 2001 terrorist attacks, subsequent rebirth as the first 9/11 Memorial in Battery Park, and eventual return to the site of the World Trade Center in 2017.

The exhibition was presented in collaboration with the KOENIGmuseum Landshut, and The Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University in the City of New York. The exhibition will run for three days only and will be the last art show before the renovation of 1014 Fifth Avenue.

Curated by Dr. Holger A. Klein, Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor of Medieval Art History, Columbia University.

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Museum dedicated to the preservation of Fritz Koenig's work.
Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty, staff, and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions.
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery advances Columbia University's historical, critical, and creative engagement with the visual arts. Serving as both a laboratory and a forum, The Wallach Art Gallery offers opportunities for curatorial practice and discourse, while bridging the diverse approaches to the arts at the University with a welcome broader public.

KOENIGmuseum Landshut and 1014 gave guided a tour of Fritz Koenig’s most famous sculpture, the Sphere, at the Word Trade Center/Liberty Park.
Curator Dr. Holger A. Klein and KOENIGmuseum Director Dr. Alexandra v. Arnim dove into the life and work of sculptor Fritz Koenig as well as the marking and saving of the Sphere which today is placed at the park right next to Ground Zero.

On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the German modernist sculptor Fritz Koenig on June 20, 1014 presents an exhibition celebrating the preeminent artist with a focused spotlight on his most famous work in New York City, namely his Great Caryatid Sphere for the World Trade Center. The show presents the story of Koenig’s ‘Sphere’ from its conception in 1968 and manufacture in the artist’s studio at Ganslberg near Landshut, its installation in New York and life as a fountain sculpture, to its destruction in the 2001 terrorist attacks, subsequent rebirth as the first 9/11 Memorial in Battery Park, and eventual return to the site of the World Trade Center in 2017.

The exhibition was presented in collaboration with the KOENIGmuseum Landshut, and The Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University in the City of New York. The exhibition will run for three days only and will be the last art show before the renovation of 1014 Fifth Avenue.

Curated by Dr. Holger A. Klein, Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor of Medieval Art History, Columbia University.

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Jun
29
NYC
Curator's Tour at the Sphere: Fritz Koenig’s Sphere at the World Trade Center Today
June 29, 2024
/
11:00 am
-
12:00 pm
In-Person
Exhibitions
165 Liberty Street, New York, NY, 10281
KOENIGmuseum Landshut and 1014 gave guided a tour of Fritz Koenig’s most famous sculpture, the Sphere, at the Word Trade Center/Liberty Park.

KOENIGmuseum Landshut and 1014 gave guided a tour of Fritz Koenig’s most famous sculpture, the Sphere, at the Word Trade Center/Liberty Park.
Curator Dr. Holger A. Klein and KOENIGmuseum Director Dr. Alexandra v. Arnim dove into the life and work of sculptor Fritz Koenig as well as the marking and saving of the Sphere which today is placed at the park right next to Ground Zero.

On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the German modernist sculptor Fritz Koenig on June 20, 1014 presents an exhibition celebrating the preeminent artist with a focused spotlight on his most famous work in New York City, namely his Great Caryatid Sphere for the World Trade Center. The show presents the story of Koenig’s ‘Sphere’ from its conception in 1968 and manufacture in the artist’s studio at Ganslberg near Landshut, its installation in New York and life as a fountain sculpture, to its destruction in the 2001 terrorist attacks, subsequent rebirth as the first 9/11 Memorial in Battery Park, and eventual return to the site of the World Trade Center in 2017.

The exhibition was presented in collaboration with the KOENIGmuseum Landshut, and The Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University in the City of New York. The exhibition will run for three days only and will be the last art show before the renovation of 1014 Fifth Avenue.

Curated by Dr. Holger A. Klein, Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor of Medieval Art History, Columbia University.

Posted in
Arts & Culture
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Architecture & Design
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