The main purpose of ifa Friends of the German Pavilion is to offer advice and support to the curators of the German contributions to the International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, and to provide lasting financial support for the organisation and realisation of those contributions over the long term. The Friends will begin their work with this year’s contribution, curated by Dr. Susanne Gaensheimer, Director of the Museum of Modern Art (MMK Museum für Modern Kunst) in Frankfurt am Main.

The members of the Board of Directors of ifa Friends of the German Pavilion are Dr. Brigitte Oetker as Chairman (Berlin), Dr. Marie Schnell (Munich), and Ronald Grätz, Secretary-General of the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, ifa).