Barbara Weiss

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Barbara Weiss (born April 2, 1960 in Schwandorf ; † December 31, 2016 in Berlin ) was a German gallery owner.

Barbara Weiss studied art history and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin . In 1989 she founded her first gallery Galerie Wewerka & Weiss with Michael J. Wewerka on Pariser Strasse in Berlin. In 1992 she founded her own Barbara Weiss gallery on Potsdamer Strasse ; later she resided on Kohlfurter Strasse in Kreuzberg . With her exhibitions and her work, she was considered one of the most important galleries of contemporary art in the Berlin art scene. The gallery represents Collier Schorr , Ayşe Erkmen , Thomas Bayrle and Maria Eichhorn , among others .

She was married to Kasper König .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice and obituary Barbara Weiss , FAZ , January 7, 2017
  2. ↑ “On the death of the Berlin gallery owner Barbara Weiss. Contenance like a queen ” , Berliner Tagesspiegel , January 6, 2017
  3. ↑ Swantje Karich: “The intellectuals between market screamers” , Süddeutsche Zeitung , January 6, 2017
  4. ↑ Ingeborg Ruthe: “On the death of Barbara Weiss. She appreciated the play of artistic forces ” , Berliner Zeitung , January 6, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Weiss, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gallery owner
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwandorf
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 2016
Place of death Berlin