Nikola Dietrich

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Nikola Dietrich (* 1972 in Radolfzell am Bodensee ) is a German art historian and curator.

Career

Nikola Dietrich studied art history, modern German literature and journalism in Munich and Berlin and took part in the De Appel Curatorial Training Program in Amsterdam in 2002 . Here she curated the final exhibition Haunted by detail . This was followed by her work at the curator's workshop at the Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel, founded by René Block . From 2004 to 2007 Dietrich was a curator at the Portikus in Frankfurt . From 2008 to the end of October 2014 she worked at the Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Basel. In 2012, Dietrich and other cultural workers founded the Elaine exhibition space in Basel , which presented young artists, experimental music, films and readings.

Solo exhibitions curated by her in Frankfurt am Main and Basel are dedicated to a. Judith Hopf , Paulina Olowska , Hilary Lloyd , Henrik Olesen , Robert Gober , Rodney Graham , Yoko Ono , Bonnie Campli , Kirstine Roepstorff , Sean Snyder and John Baldessari . Nikola Dietrich has been head of the Kölnischer Kunstverein since July 1, 2018, succeeding Moritz Wesseler .

Publications (selection)

  • with Gerry Bibby, Martin Ebner, Ariane Müller and Henrik Olesen, editors of the art magazine Starship Magazine
  • with René Block and Ulli Seegers : (RE / DE) CONSTRUCTIONS & c. - Terry Fox . Exhibition catalog Kunsthalle Fridericianum Kassel 2003, ISBN 3-927015-34-2 .
  • Eds: Above the Fold, Ayse Erkmen, Ceal Floyer , David Lamelas . With texts by Nikola Dietrich, Kassandra Nakas, Jan Verwoert and Jacob Lillemose, German / English, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7757-2229-2 .
  • Edited with Jacob Fabricius: Little Theater of Gestures . With texts by Dominic Eichler and Sarah Pierce, English, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7757-2436-4 .
  • Ed .: Kirstine Roepstorff. Dried Dew Drops. Wunderkammer of Formlessness . With texts by Nikola Dietrich, Rebekka Ladewig and Andrea Kroksnes and contributions by Kirstine Roepstorff, German / English, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7757-2748-8 .
  • Edited with Jacob Fabricius: Henrik Olesen. How Do I Make Myself a Body? With texts by Nikola Dietrich, Jacob Fabricius, Lars Bang Larsen, Judith Hopf, Ariane Müller and Antonin Artaud as well as contributions by Kurt Schwitters, Antonin Artaud, English, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7757-2842-3 .
  • Ed .: Hilary Lloyd . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2012, foreword by Nikola Dietrich and Scott C. Weaver and texts by Pablo Lafuente, Kirsty Bell and Sabeth Buchmann, German / English, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2012, ISBN 978-3-7757-3299-4 .
  • Robert Gober . Exhibition catalog Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel 2012.
  • Ed. With Julie Ault, Martin Beck, Jason Simon, Scott Cameron Weaver, Danh Vo, Hein Peter Knes, Rasmus Rohling and Amy Zion: Tell It To My Heart. Collected by Julie Ault . With texts by Julie Aula, Marvin J. Taylor, Miguel Wandschneider and Scott Cameron Weaver, English, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2013, ISBN 978-3-7757-3570-4 .

literature

  • Seek proximity to the artists . Nikola Dietrich, the new director of the Kölnischer Kunstverein, in conversation with Jürgen Raap . In: publish! Publishing as artistic practice (=  Kunstforum International . Volume 256 ). ( kunstforum.de ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kölnische Rundschau of December 10, 2018: Nikola Dietrich from the Kunstverein: "The local people are warm-hearted" , by Bernd Imgrund , accessed on February 4, 2019
  2. ↑ Biography on art-in.de , accessed on February 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ Personnel: Nikola Dietrich becomes director of the Kölnischer Kunstverein. Monopoly. Magazine for Art and Life from December 11, 2017, accessed on February 4, 2019.
  4. ↑ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger from December 9, 2017: Personnel: Kunstverein with new director (KoM) , accessed on February 4, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Dietrich, Nikola
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and curator
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Radolfzell