Manifesta purposely strives to keep its distance from what are often seen as the dominant centres of artistic production, instead seeking fresh and fertile terrain for the mapping of a new cultural topography.

  • Edition
    Manifesta 4 Frankfurt/Main
  • Period
  • Location
    Frankfurt, Germany
  • 3 curators
    Iara Boubnova, BG
    Nuria Enguita Mayo, ES
    Stéphanie Moisdon, FR
  • 15 venues
    Frankensteiner Hof
    Frankfurter Kunstverein
    Schirn Kunsthalle
    Portikus
    Städelsches Kunstinstitut
    Städelschule
    Mainufer, River Main Banks
    Flughafen
    Netzprojekte, Net-Projects
    Offener Kanal Offenbach
    hr Fernsehen
    hr2 Radio
    Radio X
    Finger
    rraum02
  • Participants
    87 participants of 38 different nationalities
  • Website

Partners

  • Initiators
    • City of Frankfurt/Main
    • Fraport AG Frankfurt
    • Allianz Kulturstiftung
    • Messe Frankfurt GmbH
  • Main Sponsors
    • Deutsche Städte Medien GmbH
    • Europäische Zentralbank
    • Georg und Franziska Speyer’sche Hochschulstiftung
    • Hessische Landeszentralbank
    • Union-Investment-Stiftung
    • Hessisches Minister ium für Wissenschaft und Kunst
    • Hotel Mercure Frankfurt Bristol
    • Hotel Inter-Continental
  • Media Partners
    • hr2
    • die Kulturwelle des Hessischen Rundfunks
    • radio x
    • Infoscreen
    • MEP medienhaus Event - und Produktionsgesellschaft mbH
  • Production
    • Künstlerhaus Mousonturm
  • Organising party and independent producer
    • Martin Fritz
  • Sub Sponsors
    • European Union - Directorate General for Education and Cu lture "Culture 2000" Programme Arteleku
    • Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa
    • Association França ise d'Action Artistique (AFAA)
    • DAP - Délégation aux Arts Plastiques - Ministére de la Culture et de la Communication et du Centr e National des Arts Plastiques
    • DCA - Dani sh Contemporary Art Foundation
    • Embassy of Portugal, Berlin
    • Federal Chancellery Republic of Austria
    • Department for the Arts
    • FRAME - Finnish Fund for Art Exchange
    • Frankfurter Förderverein Bildende Kunst e.V.
    • Fundação Calouste Gulbe nkian; Fundação Luso - Americana
    • GAI Giovani Artisti Italiani
    • Gobierno Vasco
    • Hellenic Ministry of Culture
    • IASPIS, Sweden
    • Instituto C amõs Representation i n Germany
    • Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap
    • Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Hungary
    • Ministry of Culture, Czech Republic
    • Ministry of Culture, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
    • Ministry of Culture, Former Yu goslavian Republic of Macedonia
    • Ministry of Culture, Institute for Contemporary Art, Portugal
    • Ministry of Culture, Italy
    • Ministry of Culture, Poland
    • Ministry of Culture, Republic of Croatia
    • Ministry of Education , Science and Culture, Iceland
    • Mondriaan Foundation
    • no[...]art Nor wegian Internat ional Programme for Visual Art
    • Pro Helvetia, Switzerland
    • State Center for M useums and Exhibitions, Russia
    • The British Council
    • The German Federal Foreign Office
    • The Irish Arts Council