The Advisory Board of art KARLSRUHE

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Bean Finneran: "red ring", Sculpture Area of DavisKlemmGallery

The adjudicating seven headed Advisory Board of art KARLSRUHE is composed of experts in the fair’s individual focal points. In agreement with the Chairman of the Advisory Board Kristian Jarmuschek and fair director Britta Wirtz, the Advisory Board decides whether or not to allow potential exhibitors to participate in the art fair.

The Members of the Advisory Board of art KARLSRUHE 2024

Kristian Jarmuschek, Britta Wirtz and Olga Blaß (f.l.)

Kristian Jarmuschek and Britta Wirtz
(Chairman of the Advisory Board; director of Messe Karlsruhe)

Under the leadership of fair director Britta Wirtz and Chairman of the Advisory board Kristian Jarmuschek, the Advisory Board decides on the admissions.

Dorothee Baer-Bogenschütz (art journalist, Wiesbaden)

Dorothee Baer-Bogenschütz
(art journalist, Wiesbaden)

Among other publications, this art historian and art journalist writes for KUNSTZEITUNG and reports about art fairs and art exhibition around the globe.

Dr. Alexander Fils (gallery owner, Düsseldorf)

Dr. Alexander Fils
(gallery owner, Düsseldorf)

Fils was appointed as a new member of the Advisory Board in 2019 and leads Art Edition-Fils (founded in 1870) in the fifth generation. The postdoctoral art historian and member of the supervisory board in several museums decides on the selection of galleries with a focus on Graphic prints and Original Editions.

Renate Bender (gallery owner, Munich)

Renate Bender
(gallery owner, Munich)

In the programme of her homonymous gallery, which she founded in 1987, Bender carries reduced forms of painting, photography and sculpture, primarily in the area of minimal, monochrome and concrete forms of expression.

Werner Tammen (gallery owner, Berlin)

Werner Tammen
(gallery owner, Berlin)

Gallery Tammen focuses on Contemporary art. Werner Tammen is also the chairman of the Landesverband Berliner Galerien [State Association of Berlin Galleries].

Dr. Dorothea van der Koelen (gallery owner, Mainz/Venice)

Dr. Dorothea van der Koelen
(gallery owner, Mainz/Venice)

This art historian and publisher operates three galleries for Contemporary art in Mainz and Venice, has staged over 500 exhibitions, and curates in over 25 countries.

Christian K. Scheffel (gallery owner, Bad Homburg)

Christian K. Scheffel
(gallery owner, Bad Homburg)

Scheffel runs his homonymous gallery for contemporary art (founded in 1979) in the second generation. He is also the founder and curator of the Skulpturenbiennale Blickachsen and Managing Director of the Stiftung Blickachsen gGmbH.

Marko Schacher (gallery owner, Stuttgart)

Marko Schacher
(gallery owner, Stuttgart)

Schacher was appointed as a new member of the Advisory Board in 2019 and decides on the selection of galleries for the section ContemporaryArt 21. For several years now, he has been running his Galerie Schacher – Raum für Kunst in Stuttgart and is also working as a curator and author.