Barbara Clausen appointed rector of Städelschule and director of Portikus
Barbara Clausen has just been named the rector of the Städelschule in Frankfurt and will also direct its gallery, Portikus. Known for her expertise in performance art, she has curated important exhibitions like After the Act: The (Re)Presentation of Performance Art in 2005 and the Push and Pull series from 2010 to 2011, in partnership with MUMOK Vienna, Tanzquartier Wien, and Tate Modern. Clausen earned her PhD at the University of Vienna in 2010 and has organized notable projects, including Something to Say, Something to Do in 2012 and Babette Mangolte's retrospective in 2013. She takes over from Yasmil Raymond in October, and her term lasts five years. Portikus will feature Adrian Piper's work in November.
Key facts
- Barbara Clausen appointed rector of Städelschule and director of Portikus
- She specializes in performance art and theory
- Curated After the Act (2005), Wieder und Wiider (2006), Push and Pull (2010/2011)
- PhD from University of Vienna in 2010
- Curated Something to Say, Something to Do (2012) and Babette Mangolte retrospective (2013) at VOX Montreal
- Directed research project An Annotated Bibliography in Realtime (2014–2019) and Keeping it Live (2018–22)
- Visiting professor at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
- Succeeds Yasmil Raymond; term begins October for five years
- Faculty includes Willem de Rooij, Haegue Yang, Judith Hopf
- Adrian Piper exhibition opens at Portikus in November
Entities
Artists
- Barbara Clausen
- Babette Mangolte
- Yasmil Raymond
- Willem de Rooij
- Haegue Yang
- Judith Hopf
- Adrian Piper
Institutions
- Städelschule
- Portikus
- MUMOK Vienna
- Tanzquartier Wien
- Tate Modern
- University of Vienna
- VOX, centre d'image contemporaine
- Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
- An Annotated Bibliography in Realtime: Performance Art in Quebec and Canada
- Keeping it Live
Locations
- Frankfurt
- Germany
- Vienna
- Austria
- Montreal
- Canada
- London
- United Kingdom