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With the visit of Sari Golan, chief curator of the Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art, to the northern Hessian metropolis, the city of Kassel and its Israeli twin city Ramat Gan are documenting their lively exchange.
Highlights of Sari Golan's week-long stay, jointly initiated by the city of Kassel and documenta and Museum Fridericianum gGmbH, include an exchange with Kassel's new mayor, Dr. Sven Schoeller, and documenta director Andreas Hoffmann. Golan will also meet with representatives from Kassel's museum landscape, the artist and gallery scene, and the art academy. In addition, the Sara Nussbaum Center and the German-Israeli Society will enrich the program of the visit with insights into Jewish life in Kassel and local events during the Nazi regime.
“I am very pleased about the close exchange that has now been initiated with our partner city Kassel and with documenta, which is an important point of reference for me as a curator in the field of contemporary art. I am experiencing extremely warm hospitality everywhere I go during my stay,” said the chief curator of the Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art.
Kassel's mayor, Dr. Sven Schoeller, emphasized the importance of the city partnership between Kassel and Ramat Gan: “Sari Golan's visit is another important step toward even more intense exchange within the framework of the close friendship between Kassel and Ramat Gan, which has existed for more than 30 years. There are great possibilities and opportunities here, especially in the field of contemporary art.” During a video meeting with Ramat Gan's deputy mayor, Roi Barzilai, in the run-up to the visit, it was agreed that the two cities should expand their partnership and strive for a continuous exchange of experiences.
documenta's managing director Andreas Hoffmann is also delighted about the exchange: "With Sari Golan, a very committed curator from the field of contemporary art is visiting the documenta city of Kassel. We share with her and the Museum of Israeli Art in Ramat Gan a keen interest in committed art that is closely connected to society, but also in important focal points in the field of art education and community building. I am very pleased about the close exchange so soon after both Sari Golan and I took up our new positions in Ramat Gan and Kassel. The future close exchange with Israel's twin city has an important function, especially after the incidents of anti-Semitism at documenta fifteen last year."
About the city of Kassel
With around 205,000 inhabitants, Kassel is the largest city in central Germany. Around 111,000 people are employed in the business sector. A good 25,000 people study at the university.
Kassel is the city of documenta, the world's most important exhibition of contemporary art, the Brothers Grimm, and the UNESCO World Heritage Site Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe with the Hercules statue, the city's landmark visible from afar.
Around 3,500 people are employed directly by the city administration. The city also has holdings in other large companies, including Gesundheit Nordhessen Holding and Kasseler Verkehrs- und Versorgungs-GmbH, which owns the transport company KVG and the energy supplier Städtische Werke AG.