Philipp Demandt

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Philipp Demandt (* 1971 in Konstanz ) is a German art historian and director of the Städel Museum , the Liebieghaus and the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt am Main .

Life

Philipp Demandt was born in Constance in 1971. He is the son of the ancient historian Alexander Demandt and the grandson of the Hessian regional historian Karl Ernst Demandt . Because his father was appointed Professor of Ancient History at the Friedrich Meinecke Institute of the Free University of Berlin , the family moved to West Berlin in 1975 . Philipp Demandt studied art history , classical archeology and journalism and completed his studies in 2001 at the Institute for History and Cultural Studies at the Free University of Berlin with a doctorate on the historical mythology of the Prussian state as reflected in the "Luis cult" . After his first professional position as an exhibition assistant in Berlin's Bröhan Museum, he worked as a department head at the Kulturstiftung der Länder from 2004 . Here, the promotion of German museums in the acquisition of works of art from the 17th to 19th centuries was part of his work. In addition, he directed the Arsprototo magazine published by the Foundation and the Patrimonia series of scientific publications .

Demandt published numerous articles on art and cultural history, which appeared, for example, in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , Süddeutsche Zeitung or in the newspaper Die Welt . One focus of his work was on topics from the 19th century. After Demandt had published on the Prussian Queen Luise in 2003 , he worked from 2007 to 2010 as a scientific advisor and co-curator on the Luise exhibition . Life and Myth of the Queen . This show, organized by the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg , took place in 2010 in Berlin 's Charlottenburg Palace. From January 2012 Demandt headed the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin. He succeeded Bernhard Maaz , who moved to Dresden as director of the Old Masters Picture Gallery and the Kupferstichkabinett .

Philipp Demandt has been director of the Städel Museum and the Liebieghaus as well as director of the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt am Main since October 1, 2016, succeeding Max Hollein .

Exhibitions

Publications

  • Associate Editor: Rembrandt Bugatti. The sculptor 1884–1916 . Hirmer, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-7774-2186-5 .
  • as editor: Der Löwen-Kuhnert: Africa's fauna in the drawings by Wilhelm Kuhnert . Nicolai, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-89479-976-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Julia Voss : A Turk in Prussia's Museum in FAZ from March 13, 2014, page 11 (via Qantara.de )
  2. ↑ Philipp Demandt new head. In: www.morgenpost.de. October 11, 2011, accessed October 1, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Philipp Demandt from January 2, 2012 new director of the Alte Nationalgalerie. In: www.smb.museum. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, October 11, 2011, accessed October 1, 2016 .
  4. ^ Change from the Alte Nationalgalerie: Philipp Demandt becomes head of the Städel Museum. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Claus-jürgen Göpfert: Kunsthalle Frankfurt: Demandt also directs the Schirn . In: fr-online.de . July 29, 2016 ( fr.de [accessed on August 6, 2016]).
  6. ↑ The hyena's bite can be heard in FAZ on November 9, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Demandt, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Constancy