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Renate und John Hammond celebrating their 30-year anniversary as art-consultants in Fürth. Foto: Beres 30 years ago, on the 6th of October 1979, Renate and John Hammond opened their ‘Galerie am Theater’ in Fürth, Bavaria (Germany). Since then, the couple has made a name for itself as international art curators, that reaches far beyond the regional art scene. Renate Hammond graduated as a painter from the Academy for Fine Arts of Nuremberg. Since 1983, she has been a practising artist with numerous solo and group exhibitions, national and international. John Hammond had worked for ten years as an advertising photographer, in his hometown of London, until he became an art consultant. The Hammonds were the co-founders of the art society ‘Spielraum für Kunst e.V.’ in Fürth, in 1990. In 1993 they founded the Art-Agency Hammond, an agency for art consultancy and culture management in Fürth. Together, they organised outstanding art exhibition projects in cooperation with the towns of Nuremberg and Fürth, including Dennis Hopper’s solo show, in connection with the regional art festival ‘Facing America’ (1992) or ’Aufbruch – Moderne Afrikanische Kunst’ (1996), the first Africa festival in the area. From 1995 until 2002, as part of their work as art consultants, they co-managed ’Galerie ZAK’, (Gallery for Contemporary African Art, featuring the collection of Dr. Bernd Kleine-Gunk), in Fürth. For many years, the Art-Agency Hammond has been organising art exhibition projects. These projects have specificly mapped out concepts and occur regulary in locations such as the Stadttheater, the Sparkasse and the Klinikum. An additional key factor of their art consulting activity is ’Business Art’, John and Renate Hammond advise and support businesses individually, concerning the artistic design of their business premises. In 2008, Renate Hammond founded „ROOM FOR HUMOUR“ (www.roomforhumour.com) in England, taking a big step towards the metropole region of London. Information about present art exhibitions can be found under www.art-agency-hammond.de.
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