Querformat Art Support
Quarts e.V. is a registered, non-profit association for the promotion of art and culture. Members of the association include artists from all fields as well as companies and individuals who promote and support art and culture.The association's objective is to collaborate with domestic and foreign artists and interested partners to exchange artistic ideas, concepts, and projects and to realize them.
In addition to organizing its own projects, Quarts e.V. aims to act as a point of contact and mediator between artists and cooperating partners. The association also creates and supports opportunities for artistic work on an international level.
The association was founded in Berlin in 1990 under the name “Friends of the Querformat Gallery” and maintained the Querformat Gallery in the Schöneberg district until 1995. In 1994, the name of the association was changed to QUARTS – Querformat ART Support. Since 2002, Quarts e.V. has been the sponsor of the corridor 23 gallery in the Schöneberg Culture and Studio House.
One focus of its exhibition and project activities is on engaging with non-European art and supporting artists from non-European countries. Quarts e.V. has organized exhibitions with artists from Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Vietnam, Senegal, Benin, the USA, Poland, Spain, and France, as well as projects as part of the international Dak'Art Biennale in Dakar, Senegal. Since 1990, over 50 exhibitions with domestic and foreign artists have been held in and outside Berlin.