Preparation for documenta 13 has begun - Hong Kong's Oscar Ho in the international finding committee for an artistic director for documenta 13

On April 6 and 7, 2008 the international committee of the artistic director of documenta 13 met in Kassel for the first time. The Goethe-Institut Hongkong is pleased to see Hong Kong taking up a role, when Oscar Ho, Director MA Programme in Cultural Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong, was announced to be a member in the international finding committee for an artistic director of documenta 13.
bottom left: Udo Kittelmann, Oscar Hing-kay Ho, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Manuel J. Borja-Villel, Kathy Halbreich;top left: Bernd Leifeld, Paulo Herkenhoff, Bertram Hilgen, Rein Wolfs, Joseph Backstein, Kasper König;
Photo: Ryszard Kasiewicz


Bernd Leifeld, CEO of documenta und Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmbH, introduced the international finding committee in Kassel. The committee of nine members has the aim of finding an artistic director for documenta 13. The members are:

Mr. Joseph Backstein
Director Institute of Contemporary Art Moscow, Artistic Director State Centre for Museums and Exhibitions « Rosizo », Moscow Biennial 2007

Mr. Manuel J. Borja-Villel
Director Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Madrid (formerly Director MACBA Barcelona)

Ms. Kathy Halbreich
Associate Director Museum of Modern Art New York (formerly Director Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Mr. Paulo Herkenhoff
Freelance Curator (formerly Director Museu Nacional Belas Artes Rio, Adjunct Curator MoMa New York, Director Sao Paulo Biennial 1998)

Mr. Oscar Ho
Director MA Programme in Cultural Management, Chinese University of
Hong Kong (formerly Exhibition Director of the Hong Kong Arts Centre and Founding Director of Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai)

Mr. Udo Kittelmann
Director Museum fuer Moderne Kunst Frankfurt / Main (formerly Director Koelnischer Kunstverein and 2001 Commissioner German Pavillion Biennal Venice)

Mr. Kasper Koenig
Director Museum Ludwig, Koeln (formerly Director Portikus and Professor Staedelschule Frankfurt/Main)

Ms. Elizabeth Ann Macgregor
Director Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney (formerly Director Ikon Gallery Birmingham)

Mr. Rein Wolfs
Artistic Director of the Kunsthalle Fridericianum Kassel (formerly Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam)

The international committee proposes the artistic director of the documenta 13 to the supervisory board of documenta und Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmbH, who will then be officially confirmed by the board. The supervisory board consists of 5 representatives of the city of Kassel, 5 representatives of the State of Hessia and 2 representatives of the Federal Cultural Foundation.

documenta 13 will take place from 09. 06. until 16. 09. 2012 in Kassel.

On September 11 to 13, 2006, a three-day transregional meeting of the editorial team of the documenta 12 magazines took place at the Goethe-Institut Hongkong, bringing new ideas and inspiring questions and answers to the conceptual and theoretical leitmotifs of the documenta 12 magazines. Among other international participants, Oscar Ho was invited by the Goethe-Institut Hongkong as one of the representatives of the cultural and academic fields from Hong Kong. For details on that meeting please visit: http://www.goethe.de/ins/cn/hon/acv/mdk/en1579447v.htm

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