Stephanie Rosenthal

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Stephanie Rosenthal (born 1971 in Munich ) is a German art historian and curator . Since February 2018 the "Expert for Performative and Contemporary Art" has been the director of the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin.

Career

Rosenthal studied art history at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . After completing her doctorate in 2003 at the University of Cologne with her dissertation The Colors of Black at the New York School: Robert Rauschenberg, Ad Reinhardt, Frank Stella and Mark Rothko , she began her career as an assistant curator at the Haus der Kunst in Munich, where she later worked as Curator for contemporary art has curated exhibitions such as “Stories - Narrative Structures in Contemporary Art” (2002) or Paul McCarthy's “LaLa Land Parodie Paradies” (2005). In 2007 she became chief curator at the Hayward Gallery in London. Among other things, the curator presented in LondonPipilotti Rist , Dayanitha Singh and Ana Mendieta . In 2016 she opened the Sydney Biennale as artistic director with the theme "The future is already here - it's just not evenly distributed" (quote from science fiction author William Gibson ). Your Sydney Biennale was strongly characterized by performances in which the viewer was involved as active participants. The first exhibition she curated as Gropius-Bau boss was the Korean artist Lee Bul and themed questions of borders, the pain of division and dictatorship - the museum building is located right where the Berlin Wall once ran.

On April 11, 2019, it was announced that Rosenthal had been appointed jury chairman at this year's Venice Art Biennale .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Gropius boss Rosenthal takes over the jury of the Venice Biennale , press release from Berlin, published unread on April 11, 2019
  2. ↑ Stephanie Rosenthal has taken over Gropius-Bau in Berlin. In: Monopoly magazine. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Martin-Gropius-Bau 2018 with new director: Dr. Stephanie Rosenthal. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .
  4. ^ See you in Berlin. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Rosenthal, Stephanie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and curator
DATE OF BIRTH 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich