Christine Regus on Leading the Kulturstiftung der Länder
In an interview with Arsprototo, Dr. Christine Regus, who became Secretary General of the Kulturstiftung der Länder on November 1, 2025, discusses her first year in office. She highlights the effective collaboration among Germany's 16 federal states, the foundation's role in funding nationally significant movable cultural heritage, and its coordination tasks such as the European Capital of Culture selection. Regus addresses challenges like shrinking public budgets, bureaucratic hurdles, and the need for inclusive cultural participation. She emphasizes that the foundation supports acquisitions, preservation, and mediation of art and cultural assets of national importance, citing the 2024 acquisition of Picasso's 'Femme au violon' for the Bavarian State Painting Collections as an example. Regus also discusses the foundation's work in provenance research, colonial contexts, and digital transformation, aiming to keep the organization agile for future challenges.
Key facts
- Dr. Christine Regus became Secretary General of the Kulturstiftung der Länder on November 1, 2025.
- The foundation is the only joint funding institution of Germany's 16 federal states.
- It supports museums, libraries, and archives in acquiring, preserving, and mediating cultural assets of national importance.
- In 2024, the foundation supported the acquisition of Picasso's 'Femme au violon' for the Bavarian State Painting Collections.
- The foundation coordinates the European Capital of Culture selection process.
- It runs programs like 'PRISMA' to help museums network and become more diverse.
- The foundation's Kontaktstelle für Kulturgüter und menschliche Überreste aus kolonialen Kontexten is co-funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Foreign Office.
- Regus aims to make the foundation organizationally, financially, and strategically fit for future challenges.
Entities
Artists
- Pablo Picasso
- Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
Institutions
- Kulturstiftung der Länder
- Arsprototo
- Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
- Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste
- Kulturministerkonferenz
- Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien
- Auswärtiges Amt
Locations
- Deutschland
- Köln
- München
- Magdeburg
- Paris
- Frankreich