Organisation
The LUMA Foundation was established in 2004 by Maja Hoffmann in Gstaad to support the activities of independent artists and pioneers, as well as institutions working in the fields of visual arts, photography, publishing, documentary, and multimedia. The foundation commissions, produces and supports challenging artistic projects combining a particular interest in environmental issues, human rights, education, and culture in the broadest sense. The Foundation engages in long-term collaborations with institutions like the New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York), CCS Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, New York), Serpentine Gallery and Tate Modern (London), Kunsthalle Zürich and the Fotomuseum Winterthur (Switzerland), as well as arts festivals and biennials around the world.
The LUMA Foundation and LUMA Arles, the executive entity founded in 2014 in support of the project in Arles (France), are currently developing an experimental cultural centre that brings together artists, researchers, and creators from every field to collaborate on multidisciplinary works and exhibitions. Located south of Arles’ historic city center, the project repurposes the industrial ruins of a 10-acre rail depot and introduces a new public park at the Parc des Ateliers.
More info: www.luma-arles.org
Honorary Board
Camilla Al Fayed
Maurice A. Amon
Maja Hoffmann
Bernard & Almine Ruiz-Picasso
The Sackler Trust
Benefactors
Spas and Diliana Roussev
Friends
Don Quixote Foundation
Ulla Dreyfus-Best
Dr. Friedrich Christian Flick
François Gutzwiller
André & Rosalie Hoffmann
Pierre & Christina de Labouchere
Vera Michalski
The Alpina Gstaad
Thyssen Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21)
With the Help of the Friends of the
Swiss Institute
Charles & Fabienne Abrecht
Peter & Katrin Friedli
Susanne von Meiss
Gaby Nahmani
Sabine Parenti-Bommer
Adelaide & Peter Sutter de Vries
And all those who prefer to stay anonymous
Curators
Neville Wakefield is a curator, creative director, and writer based in New York City. Wakefield is the co-curator and the co-founder of Elevation 1049. He has served as the senior curatorial advisor for MoMA PS1 and curator of Frieze Projects. Curatorial projects include; Matthew Barney: Prayer Sheet with the Wound and the Nail at the Schaulager, Xenophilia (Love of the unknown) MoCA Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles As well as being co-founder and co-curator of Elevation 1049 He is also co-founder of Destricted, a series of films that address the issue of sexuality in art, served as the creative director for Tar magazine, as well as more recently the Creative Director of Playboy Enterprises. In October 2015 he was appointed Artistic Director of Desert X, a site-specific show taking place in the Palm Springs area in 2017.
Olympia Scarry is a Swiss artist living in New York. Scarry is the co-curator and the co-founder of Elevation 1049. She is the granddaughter of famed children’s book author and illustrator Richard Scarry who resided in Gstaad. Scarry received her BFA in Psychology at The American University, in Paris and her Master’s degree in Art at NYU. Her first solo show was held at the Conduits Gallery in Milan and group exhibitions include Barbican in London, MOMA Baku, and the Venice Biennale Collateral.
Producer
Marc Bättig is a producer who lives in Basel. His latest projects include "Doug Aitken: Altered Earth" and "To the Moon via the Beach" (group show) commissioned by the LUMA Foundation in Arles (F), "Jeff Koons: Split Rocker" comissioned by the Fondation Beyeler in Basel/Riehen, "14 Rooms" (group show) curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Klaus Biesenbach; comissoned by Art Basel, Fondation Beyeler and Theater Basel and "Parcours" (group show) as part of Art Basel.
Partners who helped to make this
project possible
Bergbahnen Destination Gstaad, BMW (Schweiz) AG, Gemeinde Saanen, Glacier 3000, Gstaad Palace, Gstaad Saanenland Tourismus, Garage Hänni AG Gstaad, Hauser & Wirth, Huus Hotel Gstaad-Saanen, Kunstgiesserei St.Gallen, Menuhin Festival Gstaad, MOB, Posthotel Rössli Gstaad, Sportzentrum Gstaad
Special thanks
Adam Abdalla, Ibrahim Alhowaish & Familie, Walter Bircher & Familie, Anna von Brühl, Friedrich von Brühl, Antonia Crespi, Xenia Fünfschilling, Hanspeter Grundisch, Gregor Hausmann, Wendelin Hess, Laura Indorato, Paula Lavalette, Albina Mösching-Reichenbach & Familie, Samuel Moor, Peter Moor & Familie, Beat Müller, Petra Palm, Erin Pinover, Thomas Puggl, Max Rieder, Sandra Römermann, Bruno & Miriam Signer, Leo Stadler, Werner & Käthi Trachsel, Todd Uzel, Matylda Walczak, Günter Weilguni