Melanie Franke

Melanie Franke (* 1974 in Minden ) is a German art historian . She teaches as a professor for art and cultural studies in Basel .

Live and act

Franke studied art history, Romance studies and fine arts as a double degree in Berlin, Paris and London as a scholarship holder of the Studienwerk Villigst. As a scholarship holder of the German Research Foundation, she did her doctorate in 2005 in the graduate school at the Berlin University of the Arts with a thesis on Robert Morris and Anti-Form (1966–69) . Franke then volunteered at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Neue Nationalgalerie and Hamburger Bahnhof).

After a postdoc position at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, a research position at the Technical University of Berlin followed. In 2008 Franke went to Zurich and initially headed the research department of the Swiss Institute for Art Research before she was appointed professor for art and cultural studies at the University of Art and Design in Basel . As a visiting professor she worked at various institutions in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (2011–2012).

Publications

• Storytelling and knowledge. Narrative Strategies in Contemporary Art. Modern Art Publishing House, Nuremberg 2013.
• (Ed., Among others): Research sketches: Insights into research practices at the University of Design and Art. Scheidegger and Spiess, Zurich 2013.
• (Ed. Et al.): “I can't cut my ear off every day”: Deconstructing the artist's myth. [On the occasion of the exhibition I Can't Cut Off My Ear Every Day. Deconstructing the artist's myth. Works from the Friedrich Christian Flick Collection in Hamburger Bahnhof, the collections of the Berlin State Museums and other collections. October 3, 2008 - February 22, 2009]. Dumont 2009.
• (Ed., Among others): Surreal Worlds: Collection Scharf-Gerstenberg, National Gallery, State Museums in Berlin. Nicolai Verlag, Berlin 2008.
• Melanie Franke (ed. Et al .), “There is never a stop and never a finish”: in memoriam Jason Rhoades, works from the Friedrich Christian Flick Collection in Hamburger Bahnhof. [On the occasion of the exhibition "There is Never a Stop and Never a Finish", in memoriam Jason Rhoades. May 5 - August 19, 2007.] Dumont 2007.
• The American Anti-Form Art (1966–69) [microfiche edition] 2006.

Web links

• Melanie Franke on the website of the University of Art and Design of the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
• Literature by and about Melanie Franke in the catalog of the German National Library