Since 2009
PLATFORM
PLATFORM is a multifaceted qualification project of the City of Munich for visual artists and cultural practitioners.
Its focus lies on the practice-oriented teaching of skills in cultural management as well as the development and realization of contemporary art and cultural projects. PLATFORM understands itself, in the truest sense of the word, as a platform: for exchange, experimentation, professionalization, and new impulses within Munich’s art scene.
PLATFORM organizes exhibition and cultural projects, lectures, workshops, and professional development programs, and offers five annual traineeships in cultural management. The trainees independently develop and implement projects while gaining comprehensive insights into the workings of the cultural sector. In addition to opportunities for internships and stays abroad, funded through Erasmus+, PLATFORM provides an open and supportive environment in which emerging cultural practitioners can test and realize their ideas.
As a non-commercial art space, PLATFORM functions as a field of experimentation in which creativity, initiative, and self-responsibility are encouraged. Openness to processes, critical thinking, and even failure are integral to its understanding of work and learning.
PLATFORM regularly generates new impulses for the local and international art scene through exhibitions that engage with current discourses, including Beyond the Spectacle, BeLonging, and Salvaging Solidarities, as well as public space projects such as Kunst Kioske, the professional development series UPDATE, the PERSPEKTIVEN funding prize of Kunstclub13, and the research and networking project Hot Spots of Art on Munich’s independent art spaces.
Since 2009, PLATFORM has been funded by the Munich Employment and Qualification Program (MBQ) of the Department of Labor and Economic Development. Its operating body is Münchner Arbeit gemeinnützige GmbH.
Schlachthofviertel: Tumblingerstraße 23, 80337 Munich (from 2025)
Obersendling: Kistlerhofstraße 70, 81379 Munich (2009–2025)
Founders: City of Munich
Current Directors: Dr. Christian Landspersky, Dr. Anita Wolf
Short description: Qualification and cultural project of the City of Munich
Type of space: Municipal project
PLATFORM is a multifaceted qualification project of the City of Munich for visual artists and cultural practitioners.
Its focus lies on the practice-oriented teaching of skills in cultural management as well as the development and realization of contemporary art and cultural projects. PLATFORM understands itself, in the truest sense of the word, as a platform: for exchange, experimentation, professionalization, and new impulses within Munich’s art scene.
PLATFORM organizes exhibition and cultural projects, lectures, workshops, and professional development programs, and offers five annual traineeships in cultural management. The trainees independently develop and implement projects while gaining comprehensive insights into the workings of the cultural sector. In addition to opportunities for internships and stays abroad, funded through Erasmus+, PLATFORM provides an open and supportive environment in which emerging cultural practitioners can test and realize their ideas.
As a non-commercial art space, PLATFORM functions as a field of experimentation in which creativity, initiative, and self-responsibility are encouraged. Openness to processes, critical thinking, and even failure are integral to its understanding of work and learning.
PLATFORM regularly generates new impulses for the local and international art scene through exhibitions that engage with current discourses, including Beyond the Spectacle, BeLonging, and Salvaging Solidarities, as well as public space projects such as Kunst Kioske, the professional development series UPDATE, the PERSPEKTIVEN funding prize of Kunstclub13, and the research and networking project Hot Spots of Art on Munich’s independent art spaces.
Since 2009, PLATFORM has been funded by the Munich Employment and Qualification Program (MBQ) of the Department of Labor and Economic Development. Its operating body is Münchner Arbeit gemeinnützige GmbH.
