Ernst Hilger[1] a curator as well as the owner and founder of Hilger modern/contemporary and Hilger BrotKunsthalle. A gallery owner and a philanthropist mediator, Hilger travels the world in search of new art while also providing a platform for established artists. He has championed the less well-known contemporary art of countries like Iran and continents such as Latin America and Africa. Hilger makes decisions on exhibiting based on his extensive knowledge of the international art market and also his on site researches in the art hotspots in the cities he visits.
Ernst Hilger was born on 28 February 1950 in Vienna.
In 1976, first publication together with Manfred Chobot, and with illustrations by Alfred Hrdlicka.Next, H. C. Artmann and Uwe Bremer: "die Heimholung des Hammers" (Bringing the hammer back home)Alfred Hrdlicka – Register of art works from prints and graphics to sculpture and writings, more exhibition catalogues and catalogues on various topics:Museum Moderner Kunst Passau, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Vienna Künstlerhaus.Karl Korab – Register of graphic works, together with Dr. Walter Koschatzky (1982) and monography with Dr. Assmann and Prof. Dr. Ronte (1999).Gunter Damisch (Museum catalogue for the Museum Folkwang, Essen).Franz Ringel, commissioned by the Museum of Art History/Palais Harrach; Hans Staudacher (for the Museum of Art History/Palais Harrach); Georg Eisler (3 catalogues and the big monography for Österreichische Galerie Oberes Belevedere, catalogue and book for Albertina and Museum of Art History/Palais Harrach); Karl Korab (for the Museum of Art History/Palais Harrach); Christian Attersee (for the Museum of Art History/Palais Harrach); Alfred Hrdlicka (for the Museum of Art History/Palais Harrach) 1998, 2002.Amor Roma, commissioned by the Museum for Modern Art, together Lorand Hegyi as author.Contemporary Art from Rome, Leo Zogmayer, Nikolaus Moser (exhibition catalogue for Folkwang Museum Essen)Sebastian Weissenbacher, Hans Fronius, Adolf Frohner – among other things: Albertina catalogue.Christian Ludwig Attersee, Oscar Bottolo (register of works)The Art of Bronze Casting – The Zöttl Studio.Etchings – The Kurt Zein Studio.Central – New Art from Central Europe, (5)Register of works by Mel Ramos. Numerous publications for artLab – An initiative by Siemens Austria and Galerie Ernst Hilger. Publications on contemporary artists (France and Italy): Sandro Chia, Bruno Ceccobelli, Tirelli, Pizzi Canella and artists of Figuration Narrative – Erró, Gérard Fromanger, Peter Klasen, Jacques Monory, Bernard Rancillac.
Surface Radical – Young Artists from Austria at Grand Palais, Paris, with Lorand Hegyi as curator, 1990.Master works of Albertina at Grand Palais – Special showing at SAGA Paris, 1989.4x4 Generations of Austrian Art, Düsseldorf, 1990, together with Dr. Lorand Hegyi, Dr. Dieter Schrage, Prof. Peter Baum.SERVUS – 5 Artists from Austria, at Mannheimer Kunstverein, 1997.Infeld Collection 1 – 3; Portrait of a Collection, at Landesgalerie Eisenstadt.Art and Virtual Reality – The Collection of Bank Austria, Palais Harrach, 1998; Poliakoff from the Würth Collection, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 1998.Moser, Wölzl, Zogmayer – Künstlerhaus, Vienna.Leo Zogmayer at the Museum of Modern Art/Liechtenstein, curator Lorand Hegyi, 1990.7 exhibitions in the course of the Bank Austria/trend-profil series of exhibitions at the Museum of Art History/Palais Harrach, Österreichische Galerie Oberes Belvedere and Albertina at the Austrian National Library, 1997 to 2002 (Georg Eisler, Karl Korab, Franz Ringel, Christian Ludwig Attersee, Alfred Hrdlicka, Hans Staudacher)."Wagnis Wagner" (Venturing Wagner), together with Alfred Hrdilicka, Meiningen 2002.Central – New Art from Central Europe at Museumsquartier, curators Carl Aginer and Lorand Hegyi, 2001Alfred Hrdilicak at the Museum of Art History/Palais Harrach, curator Peter Baum.Central Europe revisited I+II at Castle Esterházy/ Eisenstadt 2006/2007tbc…