Frans Haks

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Frans Haks, Groninger Museum 1994.

Franciscus Johannes Jacobus Maria Haks (born August 30, 1938 in Zeist , † December 23, 2006 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch art historian . From 1978 to 1995 Haks was director of the Groninger Museum .

Life

Groninger Museum from the East

Haks studied art history in Utrecht . During his studies he was particularly interested in early Christian art . After graduating, he worked at the Archbishop's Museum in Utrecht from 1961 to 1965. Haks then worked at the Art History Institute at Utrecht University, where he became a librarian in 1966 . As a result of his initiative, a modern art working group was founded in 1968 , and he became its lecturer in 1970.

In 1978 Haks took over the management of the Groninger Museum as director. During his tenure, a new museum building was built from 1992 to 1994. The designer Alessandro Mendini developed the plans in cooperation with the architects Michele de Lucchi, Philippe Starck and Coop Himmelb (l) au . On behalf of Haks, the designer Mendini was able to start creating a concept for a new museum in 1987.

With regard to contemporary art, Haks, as museum director, pursued the goal of discovering the works of a future avant-garde as early as possible . The exhibition Haks was here (1999/2000) in the Groninger Museum showed the influence of curators on the public reception of works of art, also using the example of the Italian artists Mimmo Paladino , Enzo Cucchi and Francesco Clemente . They are artists who are counted among the transavant-garde .

Awards

  • 1990: Theo Limperg Prize

Publications

  • Mülheim freedom. Groninger Museum, Groningen 1981
  • With Alessandro Mendini: Scetchbook / Schetsboek. Groninger Museum, Groningen 1988
  • Georg Csonka. Kaess-Weiss Gallery, Stuttgart 1993
  • With Joseph Beuys : The Museum. A conversation about his tasks, possibilities, dimensions. FIU-Verlag, Wangen 1993
  • A calculerende terrier. Logboek Groninger Museum 1986-1995. Amsterdam 1997

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personal data
SURNAME Haks, Frans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haks, Franciscus Johannes Jacobus Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch art historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Zeist
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 2006
Place of death Amsterdam