Berlin, 22 June 2016 (kk) - Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol and Günther Uecker are just some of the glamorous names represented in the Foundation Collection Kurt Fried at the Ulm Museum. A selection of works from this acclaimed collection will now go from Ulm to the German capital. As of 17 July 40 works by almost just as many artists will be on display at Ketterer Kunst in Berlin.

Apart from one or the other excursus into the 1980s, the exhibition allows fantastic insight into the German and American art scene of the 1950s and 1960s.

Kurt Fried, who deceased in 1981, was author of several books and editor of the "Schwäbische Donau-Zeitung", renamed "Südwest Presse" in 1968. He was passionate about culture and politics, but mostly about art, particularly contemporary art. What began as a personal interest led to the opening of his own gallery, the "studio f", in the late 1950s. Up until his death he was in charge of the gallery, in 1978 he made a generous donation to the Ulm Museum.

"It is a great honor for me to appreciate Kurt Fried's legacy with this exhibition and to have the opportunity to offer parts of his marvelous collection a new platform in our Berlin location. This way these great works will be accessible for a new audience during the Berlin Biennale and the Berlin Art Week", says Robert Ketterer, owner and director of Ketterer Kunst.

Dr. Martin Mäntele, curator at the Ulm Museum, which will show the complete collection of the Foundation Kurt Fried as of November for the first time in many years, is fascinated by the project: "This is the first time that we send select works from our collection to the German capital. The objective is to show the audience how much our Museum has to offer and that Ulm is definitely worthwhile a visit".

On occasion of the opening of the exhibition "Zu Gast bei Ketterer Kunst Berlin - Stiftung Sammlung Kurt Fried des Ulmer Museums" on Sunday July 17 at 11 a.m., Dr. Martin Mäntele, director of the HfG-Archive Ulm / Ulm Museum, will deliver a speech after the welcome address of Robert Ketterer, owner and director of Ketterer Kunst.