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Dr. Katharina Schmidt
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Dr. Katharina Schmidt (*St. Goar am Rhein) studied Theatre History, Art
History, Philosophy and Psychology at the Universities of Munich and Vienna,
where she completed her PhD in 1968. From 1972 to 1980 she was a curator at the
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. From 1981–1985 she was Director of the Staatliche
Kunsthalle Baden-Baden; in 1985 she was appointed Director of the Kunstmuseum
Bonn where she stayed until 1992, having overseen the building of the new
extension. In 1990 she was awarded the ART Cologne Prize for Exhibitions and
Research into Contemporary Art; in 1994 she received the Bundesverdienstkreuz 1.
Klasse awarded by the Federal Republic of Germany.
From 1992-2001 Schmidt was Director of the Öffentliche
Kunstsammlung Basel (Kunstmuseum, Museum für Gegenwartskunst and the
Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung) and is still a member of numerous international panels
and cultural foundations. Katharina
Schmidt lives in Zurich. |
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