For a long time, Gerda Taro’s fame was overshadowed by that of her colleague and partner Robert Capa. Today, Gerda Taro is considered a pioneer of war photography. She was born in Stuttgart in 1910 and, being Jewish, was forced to flee to Paris because of the existential danger posed by National Socialism. Gerda Taro left for Spain in 1936, together with Robert Capa, to report on the fighting between the Republicans against Franco’s Fascists. In search of authentic images, she took photographs that document in remarkable close-up views not only the suffering but also the life of the Spanish people during and with war. This approach marked a new era in war reportage. The first female war photographer ever, Gerda Taro died in 1937 following an accident during rearguard action close to Brunete. In the year of her 100th birthday, the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart is presenting a retrospective of her work. This will be the only station of the exhibition in Germany. It was organized by the ICP New York together with Irme Schaber, Taro's biographer. The retrospective comprises 85 exhibits and associated material and documents. This exhibition is organized by the International Center of Photography and is made possible with leadership gifts from the Alex Hillman Family Foundation, George and Bicky Kellner, The John and Annamaria Phillips Foundation, and Cornell Capa with additional support from generous foundation and individual donors.
	Nearly 50 year ago artists began to experiment with video cameras and monitors for the first time. Meanwhile contemporary art is inconceivable without the medium of video. Based on a selection of sculptural and extensive video installations from the eminent collection of the Kunsthalle Bremen, the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart is organizing its first large special exhibition exclusively devoted to the options explored by the moving image. The earliest work in the exhibition stems from the video pioneer Peter Campus. Diana Thater, an American artist, transformed the core space in the heart of a cube with the multi-projection artwork »Delphine« into a multi-level aquarium. Created especially for the exhibition in Stuttgart, the Swiss artist Yves Netzhammer has orchestrated a captivating and mysterious cosmos of images using his animations and wall paintings. Additional exhibits include works of the South-African draftsman William Kentridge, the American Jon Kessler, as well as the young German artists Ulla von Brandenburg, Björn Melhus, Astrid Nippoldt, and Clemens von Wedemeyer. Because of construction and renovation work, the Kunsthalle Bremen will be closed to the public for two years. During this period its extensive collection will, as a »noble guest«, be at the disposal of various German museums. The Kunstmuseum Stuttgart has chosen to invite Bremen's outstanding media art collection.