Claudia Emmert
Claudia Emmert (* 1965 in Stuttgart ) is a German art historian and curator . Since October 2014 she has been director and managing director of the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen . Before that, she headed the Kunstpalais in Erlangen . Since 2017 she has been a member of the scientific advisory board of the 4th Saxon State Exhibition 2020, which is organized by the German Hygiene Museum Dresden.
Professional background
Claudia Emmert studied art history, German and Romance languages at the University of Stuttgart. In 1997, she was with the work stage compositions and poems by Wassily Kandinsky in the context of eschatological teachings of his time 1896-1914 doctorate . From 1992 to 1994 she was a lecturer in art history and costume studies at the State Fashion School Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart and then until 1999 director of the Fellbach City Gallery and deputy director of the Fellbach Cultural Office.
From 1999 to 2009 she was head of the DSV Kunstkontor at the Deutsches Sparkassenverlag in Stuttgart and from 2001 to 2009 she was a lecturer at the Sparkasse academies and universities in Potsdam, Bonn, Landshut and Neuhausen auf den Fildern.
From May 2009 to September 2014 she was the founding director of the Kunstpalais and head of the Erlangen Municipal Collection . In the 2014 summer semester, she also received a teaching position at the Institute for Art History at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg .
Since October 2014 she has succeeded Ursula Zeller as director of the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen .
Claudia Emmert is married to the editor-in-chief of “Handwerk Magazin”, Olaf Deininger.
Exhibitions (selection)
- Property obliges. An art collection put to the test Curated together with Fanny Stoye and Sabine Mücke. Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, 2018
- Innovations! Future as a goal Curated together with Jürgen Bleibler and Barbara Waibel. Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, 2018
- Brave new worlds. Virtual Realities in Contemporary Art With Halil Altindere , Salome Asega & Reese Donohue & Tongkwai Lulin , Trisha Baga , Banz & Bowinkel , micha cárdenas , Harun Farocki , Forensic Architecture , Sidsel Meineche Hansen , Florian Meisenberg , The Nest Collective . Curated together with Ina Neddermeyer. Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, 2017
- Max Ackermann : The motif seeker. Curated together with Ina Neddermeyer. Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, 2017
- CULT! Legends, stars and iconic icons with Halil Altindere , Kenneth Anger , Yael Bartana , Candice Breitz , Aleksandra Domanović , Dani Gal , Christoph Girardet , Benedikt Hipp , Josh Kline, Johannes Paul Raether , Jeremy Shaw , Julius von Bismarck and Aby Warburg . Curated together with Ina Neddermeyer, Jürgen Bleibler, Sabine Mücke and Friederica Ihling. Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, 2017
- Ottmar Hörl - Every beginning is difficult Installation by Ottmar Hörl . Curated together with Carolin Gennermann. Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, 2017
- Otto Dix - I have to see everything! Exhibition on the 125th birthday of Otto Dix, together with curator Ina Neddermeyer, Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, 2016/2017
- Possibility man. Bodies, spheres, devices with AES + F Group , Christian Jankowski , Jon Rafman , Eva Kot'átková, Ryan Trecartin , Marnix De Nijs , Sašo Sedlaček , Tim Berresheim , Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen , Art Orienté Objet , Heather Dewey-Hagborg , Eduardo Kac , Viktoria Modesta , Hiroshi Ishiguro and Mariechen Danz, with co-curator Jörg Scheller , Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, 2016
- Mariele Neudecker . Some Things Happen All at Once . Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, 2016
- Anton Henning . Midnight in Paris . Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, 2015
- Ré Soupault . The eye of the avant-garde ., Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, 2015
- Andreas Feininger From far away . Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, 2015
- Affects. With Halil Altindere , Keren Cytter , Cyprien Gaillard , Meiro Koizumi , Aernout Mik , Suzanne Opton , Santiago Sierra , Mathilde ter Heijne , Ryan Trecartin , Bill Viola , Tomoya Watanabe . Kunstpalais, Erlangen, 2014
- Almut Linde . Radical Beauty. Kunstpalais, Erlangen, 2014
- Kirstine Roepstorff . Walking Beside Time. Kunstpalais, Erlangen, 2013
- Freedom! With Ai Weiwei , Nedko Solakov , CAMP, Artur Żmijewski , Bouchra Khalili , Lars Ø Ramberg , Klara Liden , Johanna Billing , Alexander Apóstol , Haejun Jo , Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen . Kunstpalais, Erlangen 2013
- Game and seriousness. With Robert Barry , Marcel Broodthaers , Eugen Gomringer , Jiri Kolár , Les Levine , Thomas Locher , Nina Neumaier , Cy Twombly . Exhibition as part of the conference “Spiel und Ernst. Forms - Poetics - Attributions ”of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Philosophical Faculty. Egloffsteinisches Palais, Erlangen, 2012
- Common Ground. With Thorsten Brinkmann , Eckart Hahn , Andy Hope 1930 , Josephine Meckseper , Alexej Meschtschanow . Gloria, Berlin, 2012
- Benedict Hipp . Luxstätt. Kunstpalais, Erlangen, 2012
- Thomas Locher . Course. Kunstpalais, Erlangen, 2012
- Kill. With Jenny Holzer , Taryn Simon , Anri Sala , Bjørn Melhus , Yves Netzhammer , Kitty Kraus , Eva and Franco Mattes , Milica Tomic , Parastou Forouhar , Michal Kosakowski , Simon Menner . Kunstpalais, Erlangen, 2012
- Eckart Hahn . The black scent of beauty. Kunstpalais, Erlangen / Heidenheim Art Museum / Singen City Art Museum, 2011/2012
- Ironic. The subtle irony of art. With John Bock , Shannon Bool , Thorsten Brinkmann , Mark Dion , Anton Henning , Brigitte Kowanz , Ragnar Kjartansson , Peter Land , Patrick Mimran , Sener Özmen , Ahmet Ögüt , Claude Wall . Kunstpalais, Erlangen / Städtische Galerie, Bietigheim-Bissingen, 2011/2012
- Mathilde Rosier . Rite de passage. Kunstpalais, Erlangen, 2011
- M + M . Come to me first. Kunstpalais, Erlangen, 2011
- Thomas voice . Terra . Kunstpalais, Erlangen, 2011
- Luck Happens. With Lars Arrhenius / Daniel Westlund, Birgit Brenner , Mona Hatoum , Runa Islam, Christian Jankowski , Šejla Kamerić, Katharina Karrenberg, Aleksandra Mir, Karina Nimmerfall, Peter Piller , Tobias Rehberger , Luzia Simons , Alejandro Vidal, Erwin Wurm , Paola Yacoub . Kunstpalais, Erlangen, 2010
- Zhang Huan . Deutscher Sparkassenverlag, Stuttgart, 2008
- Stephan Balkenhol . Deutscher Sparkassenverlag, Stuttgart, 2004
- Günther Uecker . Fellbach City Gallery, 1999
- August Sander . Face of time. Fellbach Town Hall, 1999
- Meret Oppenheim meets Man Ray . Photographs, graphics and objects. Fellbach City Gallery, 1998
- Constellations. Art from Catalonia and Baden-Württemberg. With Joan Brossa , Antoni Tàpies , Susana Solano , Jürgen Brodwolf , Andrea Zaumseil , Rosalie , Galerie der Stadt Fellbach, 1998
- Outside the door. Photographs at the end of the war. With Robert Capa , Hannes Kilian , Hilmar Pabel , Wolf Strache , Hansel Mieth and Otto Hagel , Fellbach Town Hall, 1995
Awards
- Awarded the D&AD Digital and Analog Design Award, London for the publication “Sparkassenkunst”, London, 2008
- Award of the ADC Art Directors Club , Berlin for the publication "Sparkassenkunst", Berlin, 2008
Web links
- Literature by and about Claudia Emmert in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Emmert, Claudia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian and curator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |