Pontus Hultén

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Pontus Hultén

Born June 21, 1924 · Stockholm, Sweden

Died October 26, 2006 · aged 82

Karl Gunnar Vougt Pontus Hultén (21 June 1924 – 26 October 2006) was a Swedish art collector and museum director. Pontus Hultén is regarded as one of the most distinguished museum professionals of the twentieth century. He was the pioneering former head of the Museum for modern art in Stockholm and in the 1970s he was invited to participate in the creation of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, …

Known For

The MovementThe Movement · 1957
The Movement
1957
Movie
Documentation of an exhibition entitled Le Mouvement held in Paris in 1955, co-curated by Breer and Pontus Hulten. Features works and appearances by Breer, Tinguely, Agam, Soto, and others. — Anthology Film Archives
JuninattJuninatt · 1965
Juninatt
★ 10.01965
MovieDrama
Britt and Danin meet by chance one evening in Stockholm. During the long, bright night in June they act a half childish, half erotically strongly conscious hide-and-seek game with each other and with their own feelings
A MiracleA Miracle · 1954
A Miracle
★ 4.01954
MovieAnimation
A collage film in which Pope Pious XII does a juggling act.
Niki de Saint PhalleNiki de Saint Phalle · 1982
Niki de Saint Phalle
1982
MovieDocumentary
François de Menil and Monique Alexandre's short portrait of artist Niki de Saint Phalle, shot in 16mm, 1982.
Konstsamlaren och katastrofenKonstsamlaren och katastrofen · 2017
Konstsamlaren och katastrofen
2017
MovieDocumentary
"The Art-collector and the catastrophe" - The untold story of how Sweden lost a world class art collection. Private art collector Theodor "Teto" Ahrenberg obtained art directly by artists like Picasso, Chagall and Matisse. He became friends with the international artists elite. And therefore developed a conflict with the Swedish art establishment. The Director of the Modern museum Pontus Hultén became his nemesis. Revenge to Theodor Ahrenberg would be creating his own art museum of Stockholm. Designed by world-famous architect Le Corbusier.
XX · 1957
X
★ 7.81957
MovieAnimation
Pontus Hultén's X consists both of animated, geometric sequences and of other photographic scenes reminiscent of home movies. In the geometric part of the film, Hultén works with the rhythmic displacement of contrasts and patterns in bright primary colors. Geometric images are intertwined with jazz to illustrate analogy of form. The photographic part consists of family sequences of various persons. The catalogue of Arbetsgruppen för film of 1960 lists the work as unfinished. (Filmform)

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