About PAK

Private Art Kirchberg (PAK) is an open-day event that gathers people around for corporate art collections based on the Kirchberg plateau. Taking place every two years, it gives the public an opportunity to visit otherwise private collections, and provides a new perspective on the neighbourhood usually known as a business or shopping district.

The biennial initiative was put into place by Clearstream/Deutsche Börse Group in 2006, and has since become a cherished tradition. This year’s participants—A&O Shearman, Arendt, Clearstream, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg, European Investment Bank and Pictet — are excited to once again open their doors and share their art collections that comprise a wide variety of media with arts connoisseurs.

Today, “private” art – works of art owned by organisations and thus not accessible to the public – has become a vital part of our cultural lives. From a corporate perspective, an art collection offers manifold opportunities: it activates community engagement, cultural diplomacy and corporate citizenship. Furthermore, it makes art accessible to its employees, fosters corporate culture and creativity, and supports artists. Public interest in these collections has also increased, due to their well-developed curating policies that take into account the future surroundings of the different works of art.