55 years gallery rüdiger Schöttle

Dietlinde Behncke talks with Rüdiger Schöttle about his long gallery career, the discovery of once "young" artists and their development into internationally leading art positions, as well as his captivatingly unwavering eye, and with Christiane Pfau, a observer since the 1990s.

During this year's Art Basel, gallery owner Rüdiger Schöttle showed a round-up of the artists and works that define the tradition, the "today" and "yesterday", of the gallery's program on the occasion of his gallery's 55th anniversary. He presented positions that dealt conceptually, thematically and formally with spatial and temporal dimensions.

Christiane Pfau has been doing cultural PR for over 30 years for clients from the theater and dance sector, for music festivals and visual artists, and in between for architectural projects. In 2010, she founded the Münchner Feuilleton with her husband.

The Munich Speech® is an exclusive, international, non-profit series of events, to discuss cutting-edge art- and culture-topics. The name Munich Speech® derives from the celebrated series „Speeking about your own country: Germany“ at the Kammerspiele Munich in 1985 with Joseph Beuys.

Produced and presented since 2014 by Dietlinde Behncke (cultural manager and journalist, formerly at ZDF headquarter Berlin), the focus lies on outstanding positions/ personalities, who change, take action for or develop visions for Munich or change an institution in the world from Munich and who receive direct and immediate attention through the Munich Speech®. Due to the corona pandemic, there were also Munich Speech® digital live streams in 2020-2022.

The events took place three to four times a year until 2022 in André and Dietlinde Behncke's private apartment. The events are currently taking place at behncke gallery, since the gallery was founded on January 31, 2023.
Previous guests in 2017 included Dr. Roger Diederen (Director Kunsthalle Munich) with the FAUST-FESTIVAL MUNICH, 2018 Dr. Angelika Nollert (Director Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum in the Pinakothek der Moderne), 2019 2022 Serge Dorny (Bavarian State Opera Director), 2022 Dr. Eva Kraus (Director Bundeskunsthalle Bonn) "No future without transformation?" or Andrea Lissoni (in 2021 and 2022) - Artistic Director Haus der Kunst and Sarah Haugeneder (Boardmember Various Others), Prof. Bernhard Maaz (Director General of the Bavarian State Painting Collections) on the subject of "Art deals with the essence of life" or 2024 Dr. Cathrin Klingsöhr-Leroy (Director Franz Marc Museum, Kochel).