Rita Kersting Explained
Rita Kersting (born 1969) is a German art historian and curator.
Life and work
Born in Goch, Kersting studied history of art at the University of Cologne and completed a curatorial training at De Appel centre for Contemporary Art in Amsterdam. From 2000, she worked as a curator at the Kunstmuseen Krefeld.[1] From 2001 to 2006, she was director of the in Düsseldorf. In 2012, she was appointed head of Contemporary art at the Israel Museum of Jerusalem,[2] where she worked until 2016.
From 2014, Kersting was[3] until 2018[4] a member of the Supervisory Board of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. She is fellow of the International Curatorial Institute at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She has been deputy director of the Museum Ludwig[5] [6] [7] in Cologne since September 2016.
External links
Notes and References
- https://kunstaspekte.art/person/rita-kersting Rita Kerstin
- Sabine Brandes: Künstlerische Verbindung at juedische-allgemeine.de, 27 May 2013
- https://www.stedelijk.nl/nl/nieuws/rita-kersting-nieuw-lid-van-de-raad-van-toezicht Rita Kersting new member of the Supervisory Board
- https://www.parool.nl/kunst-en-media/drie-leden-raad-van-toezicht-stedelijk-museum-stappen-op~a4599767/ Three members of the Stedelijk Museum Supervisory Board step down
- https://www.curatorialleadership.org/participants/moma-program/rita-kersting/ Rita Kersting on curatorialleadership.org
- https://www.museum-ludwig.de/fileadmin/content/07_Presse/PI_Rita_Kersting_to_Take_Over_as_New_Deputy_Director_new.pdf Rita Kersting to Take Over as New Deputy Director of the Museum Ludwig in Cologne
- https://www.artnexus.com/en/magazines/article-magazine-artnexus/60216c0a3a9f31daac1ff8aa/103/rita-kersting Rita Kersting
