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Hall Art Foundation

The Hall Art Foundation collaborates with public institutions around the world to facilitate loans from its own collection and that of the Halls.

The Hall Art Foundation was founded in 2007 and makes available postwar and contemporary art works from its own collection and that of Andrew and Christine Hall for the enjoyment and education of the public. Together the two collections comprise some 5,000 works by several hundred artists, including Richard Artschwager, Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Eric Fischl, Leon Golub, Jorg Immendorff, Anselm

Kiefer, Baryy Le Va, Malcolm Morley, A.R. Penck, Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol and Franz West. In addition to a dedicated gallery space at MASS MoCA, the Hall Art Foundation operates a contemporary art space in Reading, Vermont.

08/09/2026

A quiet moment with Jenny Holzer’s Ancaster Limestone benches, which are congregated around a carp pond in the park at Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg.

Conceived as a group, each of the twelve benches have been inscribed with a line of poetry by Anna Swir (Świrszczyńska). Born in Warsaw in 1909, Swir served as a military nurse during World War II and began publishing poems in the 1930s. Swir’s first person narrative documents the experience of war through a feminist lens and often with corporeal reference. Using an English translation of Swir’s poems by Polish poet Piotr Florczyk, Holzer renders her chosen excerpts in her now-iconic capitalized style with no punctuation. The benches’ inscriptions include:

THERE ARE NO MORE GRENADES OR HANDS TO THROW THEM

IN A CLEAN SWEPT STREET A FIRING TANK ROLLS ON IT MOWS DOWN HOUSES

SHE WAS HIT ON THE FIRST DAY BEFORE SHE COULD CARRY OUT THE FIRST ORDER

I HAVE SEEN HEROES AND THAT’S WHAT I MUST TELL ABOUT

Photos: Franziska Lenferink

04/09/2026

In A.R. Penck’s 3-meter-long drawing Trump – Lenin – Stalin – Rockefeller (1989), the four named subjects are identified by inscriptions and notable facial characteristics including Stalin’s mustache. During a televised interview for a series documenting subculture of the 1980s, the drawing hung behind Penck in the swimming pool of a Cologne hotel. During the interview, the artist discussed differences between East and West Germany with gallery owner Brigitte Schenk. By centering the composition on two Soviet leaders, bordered by two American businessmen, Penck appears to be equating America’s economy with post-war totalitarian regimes.

This is one of approximately 70 works included in our group show, “A Farewell to the Western World”, currently on view at the Hall Art Foundation in Reading, Vermont.

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03/09/2026

Birdseye view at Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg

Our buildings and grounds, with over 30 outdoor sculptures and several special exhibitions, are open to visitors on weekends. Visit our website or click the link in our bio for more info and tickets.

Photo: Andre Germar

02/09/2026

In a series featuring low resolution jpegs, German photographer Thomas Ruff enlarged the images to pixelated abstraction. Selecting digitally-transmitted photographs of war, atomic bombs, and burning oil fields, Ruff raises questions about the objectivity of photojournalists as well as the accuracy of images proliferating the world wide web. In the monumental photograph jpeg bu02 (2004), Ruff’s enlargement of a low-resolution file does not help with its identification and is instead blurred to an effect reminiscent of impressionist paintings. While the aerial view is still vaguely suggestive of a military complex, no details are maintained to confirm its location. The image recalls certain pieces of documentation presented by politicians at that time, including the images and information gathered for justification to invade Iraq for holding “weapons of mass destruction” under the Bush administration. Ultimately Ruff’s project is concerned with the production of source material, and how intervention by third parties can co-opt legitimate means of knowledge.

This is one of approximately 70 works included in our group show, “A Farewell to the Western World”, currently on view at the Hall Art Foundation in Reading, Vermont.

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01/09/2026

Antony Gormley’s “Distillate I” (2003), one of his earliest built “Blockworks”, proposes an alternative model of a landscape or citadel made of multiple cells. Here, blocks of six discrete sizes map the space of an unconscious body.

This sculpture is included in our long term presentation of Gormley’s work at Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg.

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Photo: Franziska Lenferink

31/08/2026

Thank you to Cameo Baroque and everyone who was able to attend our Benefit Concert, “Bach and Before” yesterday. Performed within our group show, “A Farewell to the Western World”, all proceeds from this event go towards supporting our neighbors here in Vermont via the Reading - West Windsor Community Resiliency Fund.

Cameo Baroque is comprised of:
Beth Hilgartner, recorders and voice; Leslie Stroud, traverso; Laurie Rabut, violin and viola da gamba; Ernie Drown, harpsichord

CAMEO Arts Foundation, Inc., was formed in October of 2013 to foster collaboration and partnerships between and among organizations serving their communities and addressing human needs while at the same time strengthening the arts economy of the region and making quality live music performances available and affordable to all. For further information please visit cameoarts.org

28/08/2026

In Vermont, we are open Saturdays and Sundays for self guided visits of our exhibitions and grounds from 11am - 4pm, and a tour of highlights at 10am.

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Photo: Tara Wray

27/08/2026

During the 1960s and in response to the performative gestures of Abstract Expressionism, American artist Kenneth Noland pioneered a new geometric abstraction that prioritized the relationship between colors. Across Center (1965) is a 6-meter-long painting comprised of four distinct bands in complimentary tones of red, pink, brown, and green which extend the full length of the canvas. While the wide span of Across Center is evocative of the horizon, sunrise and sunset, and film strips, any such correlations are subjective and for the viewer to determine.

Across Center (1965) is included in our group show, HARD EDGE(D), now on view at Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg.

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Photo: Roman März

26/08/2026

American artist Michael Scoggins confronts complex topics through the perspective of a schoolboy, employing large-scale sheets and graphite to create enlarged notebook drawings. By adapting a childlike perspective, Scoggins suggests that matters of governmental policy for the average citizen can be an uphill battle with consequences. In “I Promise I’ll be a Better Patriot” (2012), Scoggins writes the line 25 times, dating and signing the page at the upper right corner as if it were a completed class assignment. Made during the rise of the Occupy movement, Scoggins’ work seems to question when and whether criticizing patriotism is allowed without being subjected to punishment.

This is one of approximately 70 works included in our group show, “A Farewell to the Western World”, currently on view at the Hall Art Foundation in Reading, Vermont.

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25/08/2026

In Porträt Dr. Ulbricht (1970) (seen at left), Georg Baselitz’s only commissioned portrait, a realistic depiction of the Düsseldorf-based collector is abstracted simply by virtue of being painted upside down. The painting was included in the first exhibition of Baselitz’s ‘upside down’ paintings shown by Franz Dahlem at the Kunstmarkt in Cologne.

This painting is included in our group exhibition, Konferenz: Baselitz, Immendorff, Lüpertz, Penck.

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Photo: Franziska Lenferink

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