Kasper König
Kasper König in 2009
Born
Rudolf Hans König

1943 (age 80–81)
Mettingen, Westphalia, Germany
Occupation(s)museum director and curator
Known forDirector, Museum Ludwig (2002–2012)
Spouses
  • Ilka Schellenberg[1]
  • Edda Köchl-König (died 2015)
Children4; Johann König

Kasper König (born 1943) is a German museum director and curator.

Career

König was born in Mettingen.[2] In 1965 he traveled to New York as a courier on behalf of the Robert Fraser Gallery, where he lived intermittently until 1978.[3] From 1973 to 1975, König taught as an associate professor at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Canada.[3] He became a professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1985.[4] Portikus, an exhibition hall for contemporary art in Frankfurt am Main, was founded in 1987 by König.[3] From 1988 to 2000, König taught as a professor at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, which he headed as rector from 1989.[3] From 2000 to 2012, he was director of the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.[5][4]

Exhibitions

Awards

Honorary doctorates

Controversy

In December 2018, König was accused by artist Cana Bilir-Meier of making racist statements about German Turks at a panel event at the Munich Kammerspiele theatre.[10] These accusations have subsequently been criticised and rebuffed. [11]

Personal life

He was married to the actress Edda Köchl-König (1942–2015). Their son Johann König is a Berlin-based art dealer.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Café Deutschland. Im Gespräch mit KASPER KÖNIG". cafedeutschland.staedelmuseum.de.
  2. ↑ "Kasper König - Städelschule". www.staedelschule.de.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kasper König". staedelmuseum.de. Frankfurt: Staedel Museum. 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 Karich, Swantje (3 November 2012). "Aber einmal noch ein König". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurt. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Curators from Germany - H - L - König, Kasper - Goethe-Institut".
  6. 1 2 Amend, Christoph; Dudziak, Johannes (7 September 2018). ""Als ich 30 wurde, dachte ich, jetzt ist es vorbei"". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 27 June 2020. (registration required)
  7. ↑ Kipphoff, Petra (5 October 1984). "Von hier aus – und was weiter?". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 27 June 2020. (registration required)
  8. ↑ "Kasper König selected as Chief Curator of Manifesta 10 « MANIFESTA".
  9. ↑ "Manifesta Curator Named". The New York Times. 19 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "German Museum Director and Curator Accused of Making Racist Remarks About German-Turks at Panel". Hyperallergic. 11 December 2018.
  11. ↑ Schulze, Harald (January 2019). "Harald Schulze: Dekolonisierung der Kunst. Der Fall Kaspar König". Tichys Einblick – via www.academia.edu.
  12. ↑ "Europe's 10 Most Respected Art Dealers - artnet News". 18 July 2016.
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