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Deutsche Bank Unveils Art Commissions

In London, Artists Rally for Kamala Harris, National Museum of Sudan Looted, and More: Morning Links for September 3, 2024

3 September 2024

BANKING ON ART. On Monday, Deutsche Bank unveiled a quartet of site-specific commissions for its new UK headquarters in the City of London, the UK capital’s financial district. The four works join the German multinational bank’s long-standing art collection, which has been rehung in the new building at 21 Moorfields. It was designed by international architects WilkinsonEyre. British artists Simeon Barclay, Claire Hooper and Rene Matić – and Irish artist Jake Irvine – created the commissions. “Since its inception in the late 1970s, the Deutsche Bank collection has been ever-evolving, with the radical aim to make a corporate collection accessible and viewable to all,” Britta Färber, Deutsche Bank’s global head of arts and culture, told ARTnews. “In our new London office at 21 Moorfields, we want the artwork to stimulate conversation and enable new discoveries. By displaying our collection in accessible areas, including new commissions for the building, we hope our employees and clients as well as the public, can interact with the artists through their visual narratives and explore how their storytelling echoes with today’s society.”