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Nina Zimmer (* 1973 ) is a German art historian .

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Nina Zimmer studied art history, Romance studies and media studies in Bordeaux, Göttingen, Münster and Hamburg. In 2001 she was at the University of Göttingen with a thesis on art collectives around 1960 PhD . From April 2001 to August 2002 she was a scholarship holder of the State of Lower Saxony at the Central Institute for Art History (ZI) in Munich. She then volunteered at the Kunsthalle Hamburg .

From 2006, Zimmer was a curator for 19th century and classical modern art at the Kunstmuseum Basel and was vice director for two years. In August 2016 she took over the management of the Kunstmuseum Bern , and at the same time she was director of the Zentrum Paul Klee in a double function .

Before starting her museum career, she was visiting professor at the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago in 2002 and visiting professor for Western art theory at Korea's National University of Arts in Seoul, South Korea, in 2004 . Her research area is the art of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Publications (including editorships and editorial offices)

  • SPUR and other artist groups. Collaboration in art from 1960 between Moscow and New York. Berlin 2002. (Dissertation)
  • Jean Dubuffet in the Sahara. Exhibition cat. Hamburger Kunsthalle 2005.
  • Soutine and the modern. Exhibition cat. Kunstmuseum Basel 2008.
  • Andreas Gursky . Exhibition cat. Kunstmuseum Basel 2007.
  • Vincent van Gogh , The Landscapes. Kunstmuseum Basel 2009. (also English and French)
  • Andy Warhol , The Early Years. Kunstmuseum Basel 2010.
  • Kunstmuseum Basel - The masterpieces. Basel 2011. (also English and French)

Exhibitions

  • Point of view: Ingrid Beckmann. Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2004.
  • In the field of vision Jean Dubuffet: He has taken off his sandals. Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2005.
  • Styles and styles - current painting from Germany. City Gallery, Sofia, 2005.
  • Tino Sehgal - This occupation. Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2005.
  • Andreas Gursky. Kunstmuseum Basel 2007.
  • Soutine and the modern. Kunstmuseum Basel 2008.
  • Vincent van Gogh - Between Earth and Sky: The Landscapes. Basel 2009.
  • Andy Warhol, The Early Years. Kunstmuseum Basel 2010.
  • Renoir , Between Bohemian and Bourgeoisie: The Early Years. Kunstmuseum Basel 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Central Institute for Art History: Dr. Nina Zimmer , accessed March 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ Nina Zimmer becomes the new Super Director. In: Tages-Anzeiger , March 22, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Room, Nina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1973