"Deutsche Börse is very pleased to be sponsoring Robert Frank's first major retrospective exhibition in Europe", said Axel Nawrath, Managing Director of Deutsche Börse Group. "We admire Robert Frank's work - especially his continuous spirit of innovation with which he has created an impressive body of work of enormous variety."
Deutsche Börse Group is a major sponsor of photographic art. The Group owns an extensive art collection of contemporary photography which, to date, includes more than 500 works, most of them large-size, by over 40 international artists. In addition, Deutsche Börse organizes exhibitions for young photographers in the Group's headquarters in Frankfurt and supports photographic exhibitions in Europe. From 2005 Deutsche Börse will be the title sponsor of the annual Photography Prize awarded at the Photographers' Gallery in London.
London is a major business location for Deutsche Börse Group accounting for around 50 percent of trading volumes on its markets Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Eurex. Deutsche Börse is a service provider for the global securities industry and the world´s largest exchange organization by revenues and market capitalization. It provides products and services for issuers, investors, intermediaries and data vendors. The Group's business portfolio covers the entire securities process chain from trading over clearing to settlement and custody plus IT solutions.
Further information from Deutsche Boerse Group is available under http://www.media-relations.deutsche-boerse.com.
