The ECB’s collection currently comprises 170 works by 75 artists and is shown in the ECB's three buildings. The ECB offers regular tours of the exhibitions and the collection, for example on the corporate collections weekend held by the state of Hesse. Second, the ECB has held the “Cultural Days of the ECB” since 2003.
Far too often, people think that the private sector is solely responsible for creating wealth, and that the best the public sector can do is to redistribute that wealth. The reality is far more complex. That’s what I want to talk about today: how those complexities give rise not only to challenges, but also to opportunities.