Rolf Lauter

CV & Biography 1952-2025

INTRODUCTION

Born 3 December 1952 in Mannheim in the year of the Dragon. When he was only ten years old, Rolf Lauter accompanied his mother Margarete Lauter to work in her gallery in Mannheim every day after school (1963-1967). From 1967 to 1970 he worked as assistant curator and from 1970 to 1984 as exhibition curator at the Lauter Gallery.

In September 1984, completion of studies in art history, classical archeology, Christian archeology, Romance studies and philosophy at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg with the inaugural dissertation "Variable Sculpture. Studies on the phenomenon of changeability in 20th century three-dimensional composition" to obtain the PhD from Prof. Dr. Peter Anselm Riedl.

Early 1984 Appointment by Peter Iden, the founding director of the Frankfurt Museum für Moderne Kunst (1978-1988), as the first curator of the Museum. During 1984-1991 responsible coordinator for the architecture of the new building and the museography in cooperation with the Viennese architect Hans Hollein. Lauter has been Chief Curator and Deputy Director from 1991 to 2002. From 1984-2002 he was responsible for the organization, budgeting and administration of the museum as well as curator for the collection and special exhibitions.

Curator of the exhibition "Bilder für Frankfurt" at the Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt and editor of the museum's first inventory catalog for the museum's collection in 1985. Curator of the exhibition "Dalla pop art americana alla nuova figurazione: Opere del Museo d'arte moderna di Francoforte" in the Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan and editor of the museum's expanded inventory catalog 1987.

Curator of the exhibition and author of the catalog "Contemporary Art in Urban Space. Exhibition in the City Center Frankfurt» with site-specific installations by the artists Catherine Beaugrand, Richard Deacon, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Christiane Möbus, Bruce Nauman, Fabrizio Plessi, James Reineking, Joel Shapiro and Franz Erhard Walther in cooperation with the Förderverein Schöneres Frankfurt e.V., Frankfurt am Main 1990-1991.

In 1991 Curator of new presentations of groups of works by the artists «Carl Andre», «Thomas Bayrle», «Heiner Blum», «Alighiero Boetti», «Christian Boltanski», «John Chamberlain», «Walter de Maria», «Dan Flavin», «Herbert Hamak», «Jasper Johns», «Donald Judd», «Joseph Kosuth», «On Kawara», «Yves Klein», «Roy Lichtenstein», «Mario Merz», «Robert Morris», «Reinhard Mucha», «Claes Oldenburg», «Charlotte Posenenske», «Robert Rauschenberg», «Gerhard Richter», «Peter Roehr», «James Rosenquist», «George Segal», «Frank Stella», «James Turrell», «Bill Viola», «Robert Watts», «Jeff Wall», «Franz Erhard Walther», «Andy Warhol» und «Tom Wesselmann» from the MMK collection and author of the Museum texts.

Curator of the one man show and editor of the publication "Carl Andre: Extraneous Roots", special exhibition of the Museum für Moderne Kunst in the Carmelite Monastery, Frankfurt am Main 1991.

In 1992 Curator of the new presentations of groups of works by the artists "Thomas Bayrle", "Alighiero Boetti", "Walter de Maria", "Yves Klein", "On Kawara", "Frank Stella" and "Reinhard Mucha" from the MMK collection and author of the Collection texts.

In 1993 Curator of the new presentations of groups of works by the artists «Carl Andre», «Alighiero Boetti», «Fischli & Weiss», «Gotthard Graubner», «Herbert Hamak», «Donald Judd», «Robert Morris», «James Turrell» und "Works of the 1960ies: «Jasper Johns», «Roy Lichtenstein», «Robert Rauschenberg», «James Rosenquist», «George Segal», «Andy Warhol», «Tom Wesselmann» und «Gerhard Richter»" from the MMK collection and author of the Museum texts.

From 1993-1995 initiator and coordinator of the "Netzwerk Kultur" project group and curator of the extensive anthology project "Art in Frankfurt 1945 to today" as part of the 1200th anniversary of the city of Frankfurt am Main with 19 special exhibitions at 11 locations in the city of Frankfurt. Editor of a project book entitled "Art in Frankfurt 1945 until today" and of 4 other publications in 1994/95. Text contributions on the artists "Peter Fischli & David Weiss", "Katharina Fritsch", "Robert Gober" and "Bill Viola" in the art magazine "Kunstforum".

In 1995 Curator of the new presentations of work groups by the artists "Dan Flavin", "John Chamberlain", "Donald Judd", "Michelangelo Pistoletto", "Arnulf Rainer" and "Franz Erhard Walther" from the MMK collection and author of the Museum texts. "Commissioner for special projects of cultural urban development" on behalf of Frankfurt Mayor Petra Roth since 1995. Concept and coordinator for the project "Artistic design of the exterior facades of the Museum of Modern Art by Roy Lichtenstein" in the context of the Goethe year 1999. Meeting with the artist, New York, November/December 1995 & April 1996.

1995-1997 conception, curator and coordinator of the dialogue exhibition "Views from Abroad: European Perspectives on American Art", a cooperation project between MMK Frankfurt and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, to create a temporary imaginary museum of two international collections. Editor of the autobiography "Alex Katz: Invented Symbols", in the series "Positions of Contemporary Art 2", event with the artist at MMK Frankfurt, February 4, 1997 and long-term friendly cooperation with Alex Katz.

Curator of the retrospective exhibition ALIGHIERO BOETTI (1940-1994): Mettere al Mondo il Mondo / Bringing the World into the World, MMK - Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, 30.01.-10.05.1998 & Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, 01.03.-19.04. 1998. Film production ALIGHIERO BOETTI (1940-1994): Mettere al Mondo il Mondo, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main 1998. Film production: Otto Schweitzer. Curator of the special exhibition "Alex Katz: Smile" (1993/94) at the MMK Frankfurt am Main 1998. Curator of the special exhibition "horizontal - vertical: Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Caspar David Friedrich, Herbert Hamak, Piet Mondrian, Unknown master of 1500", Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst. Coordinator of the symposium "Essay on Abstraction I" and lecture on Mark Rothko. Museum für Moderne Kunst in cooperation with Rotraut de Clerc, Frankfurter Psychoanalytisches Institut. Curator of the exhibition and publisher of the publication "Martha Rosler: In the Place of the Public: Airports of the World", Airport Gallery Frankfurt Airport, "Positions of Contemporary Art 3" and longstanding friendly collaboration with the artist 1998.

Curator of the first major retrospective with video installations and video projections of "Bill Viola - A 25 Year Survey Exhibition - Works from 25 Years", Museum of Modern Art / Schirn Kunsthalle / Heilig-Geist-Kirche in the Dominican monastery / Roman hall in the Römer town hall / Deutsche Börse - IHK, Frankfurt am Main 1999. Editor of the extensive publication "Bill Viola: Europäische Einsichten / European Insights", the text book for the exhibition with contributions by 40 authors.

Conception and curator of the exhibition series "Images and the Human Image" with presentations of extensive loans and text brochures on selected contemporary art artists: Introduction, Alex Katz, Eric Fischl 1. The theme-oriented special exhibitions with loans were linked to content dialogues with groups of works from the collection of the Museum für Moderne Kunst and realized as part of the "Change of Scene" exhibitions XVI-XIX between 1999-2001.

Curator of the first retrospective of the American photographer "Peter Fink" (1907-1984) in Germany, Amerika Haus Frankfurt and other cultural institutions 1999-2000. Lecture on the topic "Bill Viola: Inner Worlds - Outer Worlds", Museum Ludwig Cologne, November 23, 1999. Extensive article in the magazine "Kunstforum International" entitled: "Art as collective aesthetics. From the «Aestheticization of Life Practice» to an «Aesthetics of Existence»".

Curator of the extensive special exhibition and editor of the publication on "Lucian Freud: Naked Portraits. Works from the 1940s to the 1990s", Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main 2000/2001.

Part 2 of the exhibition series "Bild und Menschenbild - Images and the Human Image" with work presentations and text brochures on selected contemporary art artists: Christian Boltanski, Eric Fischl 2, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Lucian Freud, Katharina Fritsch, Franz Gertsch, Martin Honert, Neil Jenney, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol. The theme-oriented special exhibitions with loans were linked to content dialogues with groups of works from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art and realized as part of the scene change XVI-XIX between 1999-2001.

Curator of the work dialogue "Roni Horn: Untitled (glass cubes), 1997 & On Kawara: Date Paintings, 1966-1991", MMK Frankfurt am Main. Lecture on "Bill Viola: Inner Worlds - Outer Worlds", ZKM - Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, October 13, 2000.

Curator of the retrospective and editor of the publication "Jeff Wall: Figures and Places. Selected Works 1978-2000 / Selected Works 1978-2000 », Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt 2001. Curator of the special exhibition "John Baldessari, Tetrad Series, 1998/1999" at MMK Frankfurt 2001. Curator of the special exhibition "Franz Erhard Walther: 1. Werksatz 1963-1969 and Wortbilder 1957/58" at the MMK Frankfurt. Curator of the work dialogue "Alighiero Boetti - Richard Long - Sol LeWitt: Order and Disorder", MMK Frankfurt 2001. Editor of the commemorative publication "For Jean-Christophe Ammann", Museum of Modern Art, Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt 2001. Catalog introduction and expert report on the painting "Lucian Freud: After Cézanne", National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2001.

Strategy paper: «Frankfurt 2006. Building blocks for strategic cultural management. Concept paper on the change in aesthetic framework conditions for the city of Frankfurt am Main in the years 2001 - 2006 », concept of the Mayor's representative for special projects of cultural urban development. Strategy paper "Aesthetic framework conditions for the cultural development of the city of Frankfurt am Main in the years 2002-2010. A city on the way to becoming an economic and cultural metropolis". Concept of the Mayor's representative for special projects of cultural urban development. Culture mile Braubachstrasse - an urban accent in the center of Frankfurt. Press conference. Concept of the Mayor's representative for special projects of cultural urban development. Concept for the new "Museion" museum in Bolzano / Italy from April 2001.

Lecture on "Bill Viola: The Myth of Existence", Deutsche Bank & Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Berlin, March 13, 2002. Lecture at the Landau Art Academy entitled "Image and Truth in the «Portraits» and «Naked Portraits» by Lucian Freud" on May 11, 2002. Concept and Curator of the special exhibition "Leuchtspur" (Traces of Light) along the "Kulturmeile Braubachstrasse", in Off Sites and in the "MMK Project Room Old Customs Office". A project by the Mayor's representative and "Commissioner for Special Projects in Urban Cultural Development".

In 2002, the Head of the Department of Culture in Mannheim appointed Lauter as Director at the Kunsthalle Mannheim (2002-2007). Conception and realization of a new museum concept under the title "The New Kunsthalle - A living Museum of Dialogues". The basic idea behind the concept is the draft of a "Collection model with a structured content", which dissolves the traditional art-historical chronology of the collection and - based on a "cross-over structure" - combines works from the collection with international loans to create constellations with corresponding content. In doing so, selected individual artistic positions from the collection are brought together with works from a wide variety of media from different global cultures and different historical times to create congenial, essentially connected room installations. The concept was implemented in several exemplary presentations (The New Kunsthalle I-IV, Direct Painting, Full House: Faces of a Collection), combined with specific architectural changes to the exhibition rooms, in the years 2003-2007 and was concluded on the 100th anniversary of the Kunsthalle in 2007.

In 2003 beginning of the four-part exhibition cycle: "The New Kunsthalle I: Representing the Collection", Kunsthalle Mannheim. Beginning of the exhibition series " Underground Dialogs 1: Landscape Sublime", selected works from the graphic collection in dialogue with contemporary art, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2003. Lecture: «The museum of the future. From the "reconstruction of history" to the permanent updating of the present. The Kunsthalle Mannheim on the way into the future», Kunsthalle Mannheim, November 5, 2003. "The New Kunsthalle II: natural - physical - sensual", New presentation of the collection part 2, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2003/2004.

Curator of the special exhibition "Jürgen Teller: Tracht [&] Go sees", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004. Curator of the exhibition "The New Kunsthalle III: material - immaterial" New presentation of the collection, part 3, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004. Introduction to the catalog of the special exhibition "Alighiero e Boetti", Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York 2004. Curator of the special exhibition "Arthur Omar: Photo Works and Video Projections", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004. Curator of the special exhibition and introduction to the catalog "Nigel Hall: Hidden Valleys", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004. Beginning of the exhibition cycle "Wunderkammer Private Collection I: Stephan Balkenhol, Candida Höfer, Michel Majerus, Józef Robakowski" in the "Metzler Kabinett", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004. Curator of the special exhibition "Focus video: Yang Fudong", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004. Curator of the special exhibition "Focus video: Gary Hill", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004.

"At the Studio: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye", London 2004 and first individual presentation of a group of works by the artist as part of "Die Neue Kunsthalle IV - Direct Painting", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004/2005. Curator of the exhibition and editor of the publication "Die Neue Kunsthalle IV - Direct Painting: 40 Positions of international contemporary painting", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004/2005. Curator of the exhibition and editor of the publication "Yan Pei-Ming: The Way of the Dragon", the artist's first retrospective in a German Museum, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004-2005. Curator of the special exhibition "Wunderkammer Private Collection II: Mark Fairnington - Fabulous Animals" in the "Metzler Kabinett", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004/2005.

Concept and foundation of the new departments "Hector Science Center" and "Hector Creativity Center" in the Kunsthalle Mannheim in 2005/06. In February 2005 the English architect "David Adjaye / Associates" was invited and commissioned to draw up a concept and a feasibility study for a possible new architecture in place of the 1983 Kunsthalle Mannheim building. Curator of the first retrospective with paintings by "Cecily Brown" in a German Museum in cooperation with Modern Art Oxford, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2005. Curator of the extensive special exhibition "Jaume Plensa", in cooperation with the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2005. Curator of the exhibition "The American Dream", in collaboration with DZ Bank Frankfurt, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2005. Curator of the cooperation project «The New Ten. Contemporary art from the 10 Member states of the EU» in cooperation with the Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur e.V. Bonn and the Museum Küppersmühle Duisburg. Exhibition cycle "68 degrees: Month of Photography II: Peter Fink, Martin Parr, Alastair Thain", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2005. "Wunderkammer Private Collection III: Works of German Expressionism" in the "Metzler Kabinett" and the adjacent exhibition rooms of the old building, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2005/2006.

2005-2010 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the "Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto" (MART) in collaboration with Franco Bernabè (Presidente del Mart), Gabriella Belli (Direttore del Mart), Salvatore Settis, Achille Bonito Oliva, Alanna Heiss, Guy Cogeval and Manuel Borja-Villel. Talks with Michael Lynch, Chief Executive Royal Festival Hall & South Bank Center, about the repositioning of the Hayward Gallery, London 2005. Introduction to the catalog of the exhibition "Alighiero Boetti: Un pozzo senza fine - Embroideries", Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, December 2005/2006.

2006 Opening of the «H. W. & J. Hector Research Center» and the «H. W. & J. Hector Creativity Center» of the Kunsthalle Mannheim. Concept for the special exhibition "Goya - Manet - Picasso: Faces of Fear". An exhibition project for the 100th anniversary of the Kunsthalle Mannheim in cooperation with the Museo Nacional del Prado / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and Museum of Modern Art, New York 2006. Curator of the most comprehensive, museum-wide new presentation of the Mannheim collection including selected loans under the title "Full House: Faces of a Collection", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2006. Curator of the special exhibitions "Full House: Special 1-5" with groups of works by "Hussein Chalayan, Axel Geis, Uwe Kowski, Zbigniew Rogalski, Wawrzyniec Tokarski", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2006. Special presentation "Take a walk on the wild side: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye" as part of the exhibition "Full House", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2006. Curator of the exhibitions «68 degrees: Month of Photography III: Peter Loewy, Sigmar Polke, Pat York», Kunsthalle Mannheim 2006.

Cooperation project «Picasso. Tradición y vanguardia", in close collaboration with Miguel Zugaza, Museo Nacional del Prado & Ana Martínez de Aguilar, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía 2006. On loan of the picture from Edouard Manet, "The Execution of the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico", 1868. Speech, press tour & introduction to the painting by Manet for the King and Queen of Spain, Madrid June 2006. Cooperation with Glenn D. Lowry & John Elderfield, The Museum of Modern Art and loan of the painting by "Edouard Manet, The Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico (1868)" for the exhibition "Manet & The Execution of Maximilian", MoMA New York 2006/2007. Redesign and implementation of the "Kunsthalle Sculpture Park" with numerous loans and use of a new lighting concept for the nightly presentation of the architecture and sculptures 2006/07.

Curator of the dialogue exhibition "Weischer meets Beckmann", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2007. Curator of the special exhibition "SEO: In the end came the day" and catalog introduction, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2007. Installation and opening of the globally unique light installation "Four Eyes" (2007) by the American James Turrell on the two outer facades of the new Kunsthalle building from 1983, a gift from «H.W. & J. Hector Foundation» for the 100th anniversary of the Kunsthalle, March 2007. Curator of the «H. W. & J. Hector Art Prize of the Kunsthalle Mannheim 2006», Kunsthalle Mannheim 2007 and editor of the catalogs for "Albrecht Schäfer: 1st Prize", "Sonja Vordermaier: 2nd Prize" and "Nasan Tur: 2nd Prize", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2007.

Curator of the second comprehensive new presentation of the museum collection as part of the 100th anniversary of the Kunsthalle Mannheim under the title: "The New Kunsthalle - A Living Museum of Dialogues", Kunsthalle Mannheim, May 2007. Studio visit and interview with "Alex Katz", Maine 2007. Studio visit and interview with "Philip Pearlstein", New York 2007. Curator of the special exhibition "Thomas Zipp: Planet Caravan - A Futuristic World Fair", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2007. Curator of the special exhibition "Tal R: Fruits", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2007. Concept by "James Turrell" for "KHM-Niches", i. e. for four Light-Installations in four niches of the old building of the Kunsthalle Mannheim 2007.

At the end of 2007 Lauter has been transferred to the position of commissioner for visual arts in the city of Mannheim (2008-2009). During that time concepts for cultural urban development including a "Culture-Topography Mannheim", a project "Art in the City", a "Space-pool" to realize cultural projects, a "Kulturareal Jungbusch", i.e. a conceptual reorientation of the «Hafenstrasse» with a "Belvedere Jungbusch", an "Atelierhaus 1", a "Gallery of Artists", an "Art Campus" with a "Temporary Contemporary" as well as a concept for a «Galerie der Künste Mannheim E 5» an aesthetic and content-related redesign of the Mannheim City Hall, Mannheim 2009.

In summer 2009 conception, organization and implementation of the survey exhibition project "artscoutone - contemporary art in urban space from Industriestraße to the Castle", a comprehensive overview exhibition on the scale of a documenta with site-specific works by 90 international artists in dialogue with a selection of artists from the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region at 17 selected locations in the city center of Mannheim. (November 2009-March 2010).

Since 2008 conception and since 2009 implementation of various «Art Labs» - Laboratories for Contemporary Art, i.e. "artlabmannheim", "artlabberlin" and "artlabheidelberg", located in temporary spaces of the Old Tobacco Factory P. J. Landfried in Heidelberg. Since the beginning Curator und Managing Director to promote creativity and emerging artists on new platforms for the arts. "artlabberlin" opens in September 2013 in cooperation with "art loft berlin". Premiere exhibition "Inner Worlds - Outer Worlds" with video projections by Shahab Gabriel Behzumi, Cecily Brown, Valentin Hennig, Bill Viola, Berlin 2013.

In 2009 founding, between 2010-2012 curator and managing director of the Swiss Art Institution in the Forsthaus Villa Karlsruhe. During this time conception and realization of numerous exhibitions and publications: i.e. "Curator's Choice" (2009-10), "Artist Duos-Artist Friends" (2010), "Hans Peter Adamski: Squares of Longing" (2010), "Iconic Icons: Margret Eicher" (2011), "Art Ambassadors" (2012).

2009 Programmatic new concept for the "Temporary Kunsthalle Berlin", exhibition cycle September 2009 - December 2010 as part of a cooperation with the "Foundation Future Berlin", Berlin 2009.

In 2010 Concept for a «Mannheim Contemporary», Exhibition Hall for contemporary art and project space for contemporary artists in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region and Ideas competition with Peter Behrens School of Architecture Düsseldorf.

In the years 2010/2011 realization of the extensive project "artscoutneo - Junge Kunst @ artlabheidelberg", Alte Tabakfabrik P. J. Landfried Heidelberg in cooperation with K & K STIFTUNG gGmbH, Heidelberg.

November 2010 Lecture and International Roundtable Talk "Museum in the Contemporary Context". V International art fair "ART-KYIV contemporary 2010".

2011 Lecture and participation in the roundtable discussion in connection with "Alighiero e Boetti Day", Auditorium RAI, a cura di Luca Cerizza, Massimiliano Gioni & Francesco Manacorda in collaboration with ARTISSIMA & Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Turin 2011.

2012 Curator of the exhibition "artlabmannheim @ East Site 2" with works by Carolina Brack, Margret Eicher, Björn Knapp, Martin Knauf, Thomas Neger, Marcel Weber & Olga Weimer, Alastair Thain and Franziska Wolff, East Site 2, Mannheim 2012. Beginning of Exhibition cycle «Introspection. The Hidden Reality of the Artist" with 100 works by 100 contemporary artists, artlabmannheim, Mannheim 2012/13.

May 2012 Concept and feasibility study for a "World Art Museum" for the Getty Research Center Los Angles, Berlin, May 2012. Concept for the Metropolitan Museum New York on new collection and exhibition structures, Berlin.

2013 Introduction to the exhibition "Alighiero Boetti: Imaginando tutto", Qatar Museums Authority in collaboration with Ben Brown London, March 2013.

Structure paper for the position of a new museum director, MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, August / September 2013.

2013 "Dear John: John Baldessari in conversation with Rolf Lauter", Sprüth Magers Berlin, interview in sleek 40, winter 2013/14.

In 2014 Foundation of the culture group "Swiss Art Council" Zurich for the conceptual and organizational preparation of a museum model for the 21st century. The structure of the content of the "Museum of the Future" is based on the conditions of growing globalization and overcomes the outdated structure of museums, which see themselves as archives and pursue the "reconstruction of history" with a chronological order. In the near future we will establish a museum model that combines traditional works of art from different epochs and cultures on the basis of a space and time-spanning "cross-over structure" with selected works and work groups of the immediate present to form holistic, dialogical constellations in order to experience the essence of the artworks themselves, their aesthetic presence, their 'aura' and their cultural value in a comparison with works of comparable content. Based on this concept, works from many museums and collections around the world are temporarily brought together in a 'Musée imaginaire'. The central idea of the "Museum of the Future" is therefore to address the concept of the present through a permanent updating of aesthetic positions from the past and present in the respective 'now'.

Interview about art and culture in Mongolia with Jargal de Facto, ntv Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 23.07.2014.

February 2015 Structure paper for the position of «General Director of the GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino and the Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea», Turin.

2015 Lecture and discussion with the musicologist Anno Mungen to introduce the evening event with the video projection by «Bill Viola» from 1994 to the concert by «Edgard Varèse: Déserts» (1954), Oper Frankfurt, as part of «Happy New Ears», Frankfurt am Main on June 9, 2015.

2016 Curator of the exhibition "Carolina Brack: Nature Transfigured: Cut Outs & Cut Outs Light" in the vaulted cellars of the Hamilton Kunst Bar, Weinheim 2016. Introduction to the project Otgonbayar Ershuu - Antarctic Panorama Penguins, Zurich 2016.

2019 Catalog launch "Lou Ros - The Renaissance of Abstraction". «Mutatio», Paris 2019.

2020 Catalog launch "Konrad Ross: Painting at the Origin of Language", Berlin 2020.

2021 Homage to Christian Boltanski. Contribution to the artist's death with interpretations of the room installations Les Ombres (1986) and Les Suisses Morts (1990), MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt.

2022 Incontri con Herbert Hamak. Un artista sulla via della pittura scultorea / Encounters with Herbert Hamak. An artist on the way to a sculptural painting, introduction in: HERBERT HAMAK. 30 anni con Studio la Città/30 years with Studio la Città, Verona 2022.

2023-25 In connection with the concept for a "Museum of the Future", new concepts, feasibility studies and the first locations for establishing global creativity centers, so-called ArtLabs and FutureLabs in various continents and countries around the world, have also been developed since 2010, organizations to promote creativity, creative thinking and acting as well as establishing strategic planning for the future. The task of the associated cultural scientists is no longer primarily to do retrospective research, but rather to "shape the future", to plan, prepare, curate and coordinate it in global networks.

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Galerie Lauter: Archive of Exhibitions, Projects, Writings, Lectures& Weblinks 1963-2003

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Rolf Lauter: Chief Curator & Deputy Director MMK Frankfurt 1984-2002

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Rolf Lauter: Director Kunsthalle Mannheim 2002-2007

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Rolf Lauter: Commissioner Visual Arts Mannheim 2008-2009

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Rolf Lauter: Curator and Managing Director Swiss Art Institution 2009-2012

Art Lab Mannheim, Art Lab Heidelberg, Art Lab Berlin 2009-2014

Swiss Art Council 2014-2025

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Rolf Lauter: General Weblinks

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Biography

1952

Born on 3 December in Mannheim in the year of the Dragon.

1958-1960

Pestalozzi Elementary School, Mannheim.

1960-1962

Pfingstberg Elementary School, Mannheim.

1962-1972

Johann-Sebastian-Bach High School, Mannheim.

Concepts, exhibitions, projects, publications, Lectures & writings 1963-2023

1963

Opening of the "Margarete Lauter Gallery" in Mannheim, Bismarckstrasse L 15, 7-9 with works by Ger Lataster, Ung-No Lee, Georges Noël, Rudi Baerwind and Zoltan Kemeny, in collaboration with the Paul Facchetti Gallery, Paris and the beginning of the long-term Collaboration with Paul Facchetti. Besides her general advisor and husband Harro Lauter the Mannheim artist Rudi Baerwind has been the gallery's advisor since this year.

Accompanying his mother from 1963-1967 after school to her Galerie. From 1967-1970 assistant in the preparation, organization and realization of exhibitions.

Long-term collaboration with the galleries Paul Facchetti, Iris Clert, Breteau, Alexandre Iolas, Rodolphe Stadler, Daniel Gervis, Denise René and Artcurial, Paris, the Galerie Friedrich and Dahlem, Munich, the Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, the artistic advisors Rudi Baerwind and Hans Himmelheber, one of the best-known specialists for cult and art objects from Africa as well as with the authors Claude Rivière, Wolfgang Sauré, Gerald Gassiot-Talabot, Margit Rowell, Germana Ferrari. Since the 1970s long-term cooperation with the galleries Juana Mordo, Madrid, Carl van der Voort, Ibiza, Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf, Hilt, Basel, Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Boisserée, Cologne, Galerie Pudelko, Bonn, Galerie Maeght, Paris, Galerie Kaess-Weiss, Stuttgart, Galleria Peccolo, Livorno and Die Galerie, Frankfurt a.M.

1964

First exhibition with works by "Uwe Lausen" and one of the first happenings in a gallery in Germany under the title "Raspberry ice cream is the best in the whole country". Beginning of the long-term collaboration with Galerie Friedrich und Dahlem, Munich.

Second comprehensive exhibition in collaboration with Paul Facchetti, Paris: "Montparnasse today / Montparnasse aujourd'hui", with works by Karel Appel, Sergio Camargo, Agustín Cárdenas, Pierre Clerc, Luis Feito, Sam Francis, Otto Herbert Hajek, Hans Hartung, Georges Mathieu, Mattia Moreni, Lewis Munford, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Jean-Paul Riopelle, K.R.H. Sonderborg, Pierre Soulages.

1965

Extensive cooperation project with several galleries from Paris under the title: Magic in everyday life / Magie du banal with works by Royston Adzak, François Arnal, Eduardo Arroyo, Victor Brauner, René Bro, Aristide Caillaud, Dado, François Dufrêne, Yolande Fièvre, Peter Foldes, Klaus Geissler, Domenico Gnoli, Habbah, Horst Egon Kalinowski, Peter Klasen, Harry Kramer, Michel Lablais, Maurice Lemaître, Pavlos, Quilici, Bernard Rancillac, Robert Rauschenberg, Martial Raysse, Antonio Recalcati, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Peter Saul, Bernard Schultze, Ursula Schultze-Bluhm, Harold Stevenson, Jacques de la Villeglé.

From this year start of a collaboration with Claude Rivière, Wolfgang Sauré, Gerald Gassiot-Talabot and the galleries Alexandre Iolas, Iris Clert, Galerie Breteau, Galerie «J», Claude Levin, André Schoeller and Galerie Stadler, Paris. Beginning of the friendly cooperation with the Galerie Daniel Gervis, Paris and with the artist couple Alexandre Istrati & Natalia Dumitresco, Paris. Numerous exhibition projects followed. Realization of the first of several solo exhibitions with «Georges Noël» and the beginning of a long-term friendly cooperation.

Realization of the first of many subsequent exhibition projects with art and cult objects from Africa in collaboration with Hans Himmelheber, Heidelberg.

1966

Start of cooperation with the artists of the «Syn Group: Bernd Berner, R.G. Dienst, Klaus Jürgen-Fischer, Eduard Micus, Marc Vaux». Second happening in the Lauter Gallery under the title "Semantics in Mannheim, May 20, 1966 with Lattanzi and Schreib." First overview exhibition with works by young artists under the title "Divergences 66: Alt, Cuadrado, Guerin, Krieg, Meyer, Mohr, Montel, Negrelli, Robelin". Realization of the first of several solo exhibitions with "Karl-Fred Dahmen" and the beginning of a long-term friendly cooperation.

1967

The "Galerie Margarete Lauter" moves to new exhibition spaces at B 4, 10a Mannheim updating the name in "Galerie Lauter" ever since. From 1967-1970 assistant for the preparation, organization and realization of exhibitions in the Lauter Gallery Mannheim. First overview exhibition with paintings and drawings by "Jaroslav Serpan", with whom a friendly relationship has existed ever since. Beginning of a long-term collaboration with "Amadeo Gabino", Madrid and the artist's first comprehensive sculpture exhibition.

1968

Solo exhibition "Shusaku Arakawa" in collaboration with Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf. Retrospective exhibition with sculptures by Louise Nevelson in collaboration with Galerie Daniel Gervis, Paris. Second overview exhibition with works by young artists under the title "Divergences 68: Hans Baschang, Karl Heinz Dennig, Dieter Glasmacher, Knut Knabe, Jens Lausen, Rolf Laute, Werner Nöfer, Jürgen Reipka, Konrad Schulz". Realization of the first of several solo exhibitions with «Otto Herbert Hajek» and the beginning of a long-term friendly cooperation. Beginning of a long-term friendly collaboration with "Erwin Bechtold", Ibiza and the artist's first comprehensive exhibition.

1969

First overview exhibition with works by "Gianfranco Baruchello", in collaboration with Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf.

First comprehensive overview exhibition with artists of the gallery under the title: "Accrochage 1969" with works by Otmar Alt, Shusaku Arakawa, Bernd Berner, Walter Brendel, Peter Brüning, Erwin Bechtold, Eduard Bargheer, Modest Cuixart, Pierre Clerc, Karl Fred Dahmen, Rolf Gunter Dienst, Natalia Dumitresco, Alekios Fassianos, Gaul, Amadeo Gabino, Karl Otto Götz, Walter Heckmann, Wolf Heinecke, Marvin Israel, Alexandre Istrati, Klaus Jürgen- Fischer, Nicolas Krushenik, Ger Lataster, Rolf Laute, Georg Meistermann, Manolo Millares, Hans Nagel, Georges Noël, Konrad Schulz, Jaroslav Serpan, Mario Yrisarry.

1970

From 1970-1984 responsible exhibition curator at Galerie Lauter Mannheim. Start of designing drafts and text contributions for invitation cards, brochures and catalogs for the Lauter Gallery as well as articles for newspapers and art magazines.

Long-term cooperation with the artists Royston Adzak, Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, Shusaku Arakawa, Arman, François Arnal, Eduardo Arroyo, Gianfranco Baruchello, Erwin Bechtold, Bernd Berner, Miguel Berrocal, Victor Brauner, Walter Brendel, Alexander Calder, Pierre Clerc, Karl Fred Dahmen, R.G. Dienst, François Dufrêne, Natalia Dumitresco, Alekios Fassianos, Yolande Fièvre, Lothar Fischer, Peter Foldes, Amadeo Gabino, Klaus Geissler, Domenico Gnoli, Hermann Goepfert, Habbah, Robert Häusser, Hans Hartung, Walter Heckmann, Erwin Heerich, Alexandre Istrati, Klaus Jürgen-Fischer, Rolf Kissel, Harry Kramer, Dieter Krieg, Luciano Lattanzi, Ger Lataster, Maurice Lemaître, Wilhelm Loth, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack, Georges Mathieu, Roberto Matta, Eduard Micus, Manolo Millares, Joan Miró, Manuel Hernández Mompó, Robert Motherwell, Hans Nagel, Georges Noël, Pavlos, Otto Piene, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Robert Rauschenberg, Martial Raysse, Jürgen Reipka, George Rickey, Manuel Rivera, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Michael Sandle, Antonio Saura, Werner Schreib, Bernard Schultze, Gustav Seitz, Jaroslav Serpan, K.R.H. Sonderborg, Antoní Tàpies, Luis Tomasello, Günther Uecker, Victor Vasarely, Jacques de la Villeglé.

First overview exhibition with Op Art object pictures by «Manuel Rivera» in collaboration with the Juana Mordo Gallery, Madrid, with which a friendly relationship has existed ever since.

1971

Retrospective exhibition with paintings, assemblages and drawings by «Manolo Millares» in collaboration with the Juana Mordo Gallery, Madrid.

1972

From 1972 to 1984 studies in art history, classical archeology, Christian archeology, Romance studies and philosophy at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (1976/77).

First retrospective solo exhibition with works by "K.R.H. Sonderborg" in collaboration with Daniel Gervis, Paris. First of several presentations of clay sculptures and drawings by Lothar Fischer.

1973

First presentation of "Op Art and Kinetics" with works by Narciso Debourg, Heinz Mack, Günther Uecker, Luis Tomasello and Yvaral (Jean-Pierre Vasarely), in cooperation with the galleries Denise René, Paris and Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf.

1974

First solo exhibitions with works by "Hermann Goepfert", Frankfurt, "Erwin Heerich" in collaboration with Alfred Schmela, Düsseldorf and "Habbah", Paris. Comprehensive retrospective on the work of Werner Schreib.

Comprehensive overview exhibition with an expanded circle of artists from the gallery in "Accrochage 74" with works by: Horst Antes, Arman, Erwin Bechtold, Miguel Berrocal, Mark Boyle, Walter Brendel, Peter Brüning, Alexander Calder, Christo, Natalia Dumitresco, Yolande Fièvre, Lothar Fischer, Amadeo Gabino, Rupprecht Geiger, Hermann Goepfert, Habbah, Erwin Heerich, Alexandre Istrati, Rolf Kissel, Ger Lataster, Wilhelm Loth, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack, Jobst Mayer, Georg Karl Pfahler, Otto Piene, Robert Rauschenberg, Manuel Rivera , Niki de Saint-Phalle, Werner Schreib, K.R.H. Sonderborg, Mark Tobey, Günther Uecker, Victor Vasarely.

1975

First comprehensive solo exhibitions with works by "Otto Piene" and "Adolf Luther" and the beginning of a long-term friendly collaboration with the artists. 1975/76 curatorial assistant to Dr. Rainer Budde, director at the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum/Museum Ludwig, Cologne.

Comprehensive overview exhibition with an expanded circle of artists from the gallery in "Accrochage 75" with works by: Horst Antes, Jean Arp, Erwin Bechtold, Andreas Bindl, Walter Brendel, Pierre Clerc, Natalia Dumitresco, Lothar Fischer, Amadeo Gabino, Hermann Goepfert, Habbah , Erwin Heerich, Alexandre Istrati, Klaus Jürgen-Fischer, Rolf Kissel, Ger Lataster, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack, Jobst Meyer, Manuel Hernández Mompó, Georges Noël, Otto Piene, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Robert Rauschenberg, Manuel Rivera, Michael Sandle, Werner Schreib, Bernard Schultze, Gustav Seitz, Jaroslav Serpan, K.R.H. Sonderborg, Jesús Raphael Soto, Antoní Tàpies, Günther Uecker, Ursula Schultze-Bluhm, Victor Vasarely.

1976

First retrospective solo exhibition with sculptures and multiples by "Miguel Berrocal" and the beginning of a long-term friendly collaboration with the artist and his family. First overview exhibition of the sculptures by "Gustav Seitz" in collaboration with Luise Seitz. "Art from Belgium: Pierre Alechinsky, Etienne Elias, Pierre Lahaut, Marc Mendelson" cooperation project with the City of Mannheim's Department of Culture.

First responsible organization of a larger special exhibition of the "24. Jahresausstellung des Deutschen Künstlerbundes e.V." (German Association of Artists), Multihalle Mannheim and editor of the catalog "Kunstreport 2'76".

Curatorial assistant to Dr. Rainer Budde, director at the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne.

1977

First comprehensive solo exhibitions with works by «Antoní Tàpies» in collaboration with the galleries Mordó, Madrid and Boisserée, Cologne. Extensive special exhibition with works by «Robert Motherwell» in collaboration with the Galerie Pudelko, Bonn.

1978

First exhibition with photographs by "Robert Häusser", a close family friend since the early 1960s. At the opening meeting with Peter Iden, who this year was appointed founding director of the Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt. Overview exhibition on the work of "Joan Miró" and the beginning of a long-term collaboration with Galerie Maeght, Paris. Retrospective on the complete works of "Jaroslav Serpan" in collaboration with Lucienne Sossountzov-Serpan, two years after the artist's disappearance.

1979

Beginning of the cooperation and friendship with "Antonio Saura", Paris and first overview exhibition of the artist's oeuvre in collaboration with the Rodolphe Stadler Gallery, Paris.

1980

First meeting with "Georges Mathieu" in Paris and subsequent extensive retrospective of the artist in Mannheim. Since this year the beginning of a long-term friendly cooperation. Retrospective of the works of "Georges Noël", Paris. Since then, scientific exchange with the art historian Margit Rowell, Paris. First special exhibition with sculptures by "Erich Hauser".

1981

First extensive retrospective on the complete oeuvre of "Heinz Mack" and the beginning of a long-term collaboration with the artist. Extensive special exhibition on the complete works of "Hans Hartung", Antibes and the beginning of a long-term, friendly collaboration with the artist. Review of the gallery activity from 1963 to 1981 in connection with a retrospective overview of all artists and a comprehensive catalog.

1982

First articles and exhibition reviews for the magazine «Pantheon». Curatorial assistant and friendship to Dietrich Mahlow in the context of the exhibition "Spielraum - Raumspiele", Frankfurter Feste, Alte Oper, Frankfurt am Main 1982. First extensive individual presentation of the works of "Victor Vasarely". Start of numerous cooperation projects with the Galleria Peccolo, Livorno.

1983

First major special exhibition with works by "Roberto Matta" in Mannheim in collaboration with the artist and his partner Germana Ferrari, Paris.

Start of a long-term collaboration with "George Rickey", Berlin / Santa Barbara, California and Interview with the artist in Berlin.

Beginning with articles for the daily newspaper "Frankfurter Rundschau".

Invitation by Peter Iden, Director of the Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt and Roland Burgard from the Building Department Frankfurt a.M. to the "Open competition for the new building of the Museum for Modern Art".

1984

First major special exhibition with works by "Karel Appel" at Galerie Lauter in collaboration with the artist.

In September 1984, completion of studies in art history, classical archeology, Christian archeology, Romance studies and philosophy at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg with the inaugural dissertation "Variable Sculpture. Studies on the phenomenon of changeability in 20th century three-dimensional composition" to obtain the PhD from Prof. Dr. Peter Anselm Riedl.

Upon completing his PhD thesis in June 1984, Peter Iden, the founding director of the Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt (1978-1988), appointed Lauter first museum curator and curator of the collection at the Frankfurt Museum für Moderne Kunst. Temporary museum offices at 35 Schaumainkai, Frankfurt am Main. 1984-1991 responsible coordinator for the construction of the new building and the museography in cooperation with the architect Hans Hollein. From 1984-2002 responsible for the organization, budgeting and administration of the museum as well as curator for the collection and special exhibitions on artists, content and topics of contemporary art "intra muros", in the Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, in the city of Frankfurt as well as nationally and internationally.

1985

Together with Peter Iden, founding director of the Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Curator of the exhibition "Bilder für Frankfurt" at the Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt am Main and editor of the museum's first inventory catalog for the museum's collection in 1985.

Beginning of text contributions for the magazine "Weltkunst».

1986

Since that year member of the jury "Sculpture Park Schloss Philippsruhe", Hanau 1986/1988/1990 as well as for other artist competitions and art prizes. Beginning of text contributions for the Galleria Peccolo, Livorno.

First project on the work of «Winfred Gaul» and interview with the artist. Second project on the work of «Zoltan Kemeny». Third project on the complete oeuvre of "Jaroslav Serpan".

Since this year, first articles and exhibition reviews in the magazine «Artis».

1987

Jury member (scientific advisor) for the competition of a wall painting of the foyer at Frankfurt Paulskirche, city of Frankfurt am Main.

Together with Peter Iden, curator of the exhibition "Dalla pop art americana alla nuova figurazione: Opere del Museo d'arte moderna di Francoforte" in the Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan and editor of the museum's expanded inventory catalog 1987.

First exhibition reviews in the art magazine «Kunstchronik».

1988

Together with Jean-Christophe Ammann editor of the publication «Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main. 1. Information booklet on the architecture and collection. Topping-out ceremony on July 13, 1988».

After an extensive treatment of the "variable objects" by "Charlotte Posenenske" in his dissertation from 1984, her works were further honored this year in the magazine "Design Report".

Conception for and in cooperation with the architect Max Dudler realization of the "architecture pavilion MMK" at the Museumsuferfest Frankfurt 1988.

1989

When Jean-Christophe Ammann became director at MMK in 1989, Lauter has been appointed chief curator and deputy director at the Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt (until 2002).

First meeting with Alighiero Boetti in Rome 1989 and the beginning of a friendly dialogue which - after his death in 1994 - led to a major retrospective at the MMK Frankfurt in 1998 in collaboration with Caterina Boetti and the Archivio Boetti.

Start of a long-term collaboration with the artists Carl Andre, Thomas Bayrle, Heiner Blum, Alighiero Boetti, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Dan Flavin, Lucian Freud, Herbert Hamak, Donald Judd, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Walter de Maria, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Arnulf Rainer, Gerhard Richter, James Turrell, Bill Viola, Jeff Wall, Franz Erhard Walther.

First new staging of the light installation "Dan Flavin: Two Primary Series and one Secondary", exhibited in 1968 by Friedrich and Dahlem, Munich and brought to Frankfurt with the Ströher Collection at "Art Frankfurt" Art Fair exhibiton.

Together with Jean-Christophe Ammann, editor of the "Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt: 2. Information booklet on architecture and collection", MMK Frankfurt am Main.

Comprehensive text on "The material, shard and mosaic paintings by Samson Schames" in the catalog on "Samson Schames", Jewish Museum, Frankfurt.

Co-curator with Iris Gniosdorsch and Katharina Winnekes of the exhibition "Art and Church" and articles on the Spanish artists "Rafael Canogar", "Juan Genoves", "Manolo Millares" and "Antonio Saura", Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt am Main.

Co-curator of various exhibition projects in cultural institutions of the city of Frankfurt: Jewish Museum, Cathedral, Carmelite Monastery, Fotografie Forum, Dominican Monastery, Römer Town Hall, Historical Museum, Schirn Kunsthalle, Old Customs Office Building, Amerika Haus, European Monetary Institute, Stock Exchange, City's Cultural Office, Frankfurter Hof, Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst.

1989-1994 lectures and teaching position on contemporary art at the Philips University, Marburg.

1990

Since that year responsible Curator of MMK - Museum für Moderne Kunst for cooperation projects with the Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, Frankfurt am Main 1990-2002.

First exhibition "Charlotte Posenenske: Rauminstallationen", in collaboration with Burkhard Brunn and author of the exhibition booklet, MMK in the Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, Frankfurt am Main.

Curator of the exhibition, author of the catalog and exhibition booklet "Contemporary Art in Urban Space. Exhibition in the City Center Frankfurt" with site-specific installations by the artists Catherine Beaugrand, Richard Deacon, Lutz Fritsch, Owen Griffith, Ottmar Hörl, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Christiane Möbus, Bruce Nauman, Fabrizio Plessi, James Reineking, Michel Sauer, Joel Shapiro and Franz Erhard Walther in cooperation with the Förderverein Schöneres Frankfurt e.V., Frankfurt am Main 1990-1991.

Catalog contribution for the exhibition "Blau, Farbe der Ferne" on the primary colors "Red, Yellow, Blue" at the Heidelberger Kunstverein.

1991

1991-2001 together with Jean-Christophe Ammann co-curator of the opening exhibition (6.6.1991) of Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt and the total of XX "Change of Scenes" exhibitions, i.e. biannual presentations throughout the museum with coherent groups of works by artists from the collection in dialogue with selected loans.

Conception and editor of the series "Writings of the Museum for Modern Art" in collaboration with Susanne Lange and the book designer Hans Peter Wilberg and editor of the text collection "Texts for the Collection of the Museum for Modern Art", Frankfurt am Main 1991-2002.

Concept and establishment of a long-term event program with films, videos and multi-media presentations in connection with artists from the collection. Commissioner of the "Ocular TV" film team by Arno Uth, Marburg, to document some specific groups of artworks and room installations in the museum.

Curator of new presentations of groups of works by the artists «Carl Andre», «Thomas Bayrle», «Heiner Blum», «Alighiero Boetti», «Christian Boltanski», «John Chamberlain», «Walter de Maria», «Dan Flavin», «Herbert Hamak», «Jasper Johns», «Donald Judd», «Joseph Kosuth», «On Kawara», «Yves Klein», «Roy Lichtenstein», «Mario Merz», «Robert Morris», «Reinhard Mucha», «Claes Oldenburg», «Charlotte Posenenske», «Robert Rauschenberg», «Gerhard Richter», «Peter Roehr», «James Rosenquist», «George Segal», «Frank Stella», «James Turrell», «Bill Viola», «Robert Watts», «Jeff Wall», «Franz Erhard Walther», «Andy Warhol» und «Tom Wesselmann» from the MMK collection and author of the Museum texts.

Curator of the one man show, editor of the publication and author of the exhibition booklet "Carl Andre: Extraneous Roots", special exhibition of the Museum für Moderne Kunst in the Carmelite Monastery, Frankfurt am Main 1991.

Curator of the special exhibition "Six Artists - Six Rooms: Carl Andre, Thomas Bayrle, Bruce Nauman, Arnulf Rainer, James Turrell, Mathias Völcker" and author of the exhibition booklet, MMK at Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst.

1992

Together with Jean-Christophe Ammann, curator of the total of XX "Change of Scene" exhibitions that the museum realized from 1992 to 2002. The concept developed by Ammann was based on the idea of creating individual spaces with coherent groups of works for the artists from the collection and new acquisitions as part of every "Change of Scene" taking place every half a year.

Concept and establishment of a long-term event program with films, videos and multi-media presentations in connection with artists from the collection.

Curator of the new presentations of groups of works by the artists "Thomas Bayrle", "Alighiero Boetti", "Walter de Maria", "Yves Klein", "On Kawara", "Frank Stella" and "Reinhard Mucha" from the MMK collection and author of the Collection texts.

First catalog contribution on the work of "Alighiero Boetti" in connection with the exhibition: "Alighiero e Boetti: 1965-1991", Bonner Kunstverein.

Catalog contribution for the exhibition catalog «Bill Viola. Unseen Images / Nie gesehene Bilder / Images jamais vues» at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and other museums 1992-1994 on "The Passing".

1993

Text contribution "On the way from a dialectical approach of 'art' and 'life' to a holistic social aesthetics in the present. Notes on the Loss of the Autonomous Concept of the Work and the Search for New Functions in Contemporary Art.", in: "Begegnungen. Festschrift for Peter Anselm Riedl on the occasion of his 60th birthday".

Curator of the new presentations of groups of works by the artists «Carl Andre», «Alighiero Boetti», «Gotthard Graubner», «Herbert Hamak», «Donald Judd», «Robert Morris», «James Turrell» und "Works of the 1960ies: «Jasper Johns», «Roy Lichtenstein», «Robert Rauschenberg», «James Rosenquist», «George Segal», «Andy Warhol», «Tom Wesselmann» und «Gerhard Richter»" from the MMK collection and author of the Museum texts.

Curator of the site-specific installation "Room under the stairs" by "Peter Fischli / David Weiss" and author of the Museum text.

Cooperation with "Claes Oldenburg" and opening of a new group of works combined with a lecture and a talk with the artist at the MMK.

Visit of the artist "Dan Flavin" at the MMK, coordination of a new site specific concept for the light installation "Two Primary Series and one Secondary" (1968) and author of a new Museum text.

Curator and author of the Museum texts on the special presentations "Alarm", "Games" and "Time" by "Heiner Blum" at the Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt as well as editor of the publication and several lectures.

From 1993-1995 initiator and coordinator of the "Netzwerk Kultur Frankfurt" project group and curator of the extensive anthology project "Art in Frankfurt 1945 to today" as part of the 1200th anniversary of the city of Frankfurt am Main.

Curator of the first comprehensive exhibition on "Neo Rauch" in West Germany, author of the catalog and the exhibition booklet, Jürgen-Ponto-Foundation, Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main 1993.

Curator of the special exhibition "The Museum für Moderne Kunst in the Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst: Silvia Bächli, Heiner Blum, Walter Dahn, Peter Rösel, Manfred Stumpf" and author of the exhibition booklet, Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, Frankfurt a.M..

Curator of the special exhibition and author of the catalog «Frá Islandi. Contemporary art from Iceland: Jón Axel Björnsson, Leifur Breidfjörd, Helgi Gíslason, Gudrún Kristjánsdottir, Sigurdur Örlygsson», Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt am Main.

1994

Initiator, Coordinator and Curator of the extensive anthology project "Art in Frankfurt 1945 to today" as part of the 1200th anniversary of the city of Frankfurt am Main with 19 special exhibitions at 11 locations in the city of Frankfurt. Editor of an extensive project book entitled "Art in Frankfurt 1945 until today" and of 4 further publications in 1994/95.

Curator of the special exhibition "Contemporary Art from Frankfurt Banks" in the Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst and editor of the publication.

Curator of the special exhibition "The Museum für Moderne Kunst and the Ströher Collection: History of a Private Collection" in the Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst and editor of the publication.

Curator of the special exhibition "Homage to Peter Roehr: Photomontages of the Years 1964-1966" in the Photography Forum Frankfurt and editor of the publication.

Curator of the special exhibition "Inge Rambow - Catherine Wagner: A Dialogue Europe - America", Amerika Haus, Frankfurt and editor of the exhibition booklet.

Curator of new presentations of work groups by the artists "Dan Flavin", "John Chamberlain", "Donald Judd", "Michelangelo Pistoletto", "Arnulf Rainer" and "Franz Erhard Walther" from the MMK collection and author of the Museum texts.

Text contributions on the artists "Peter Fischli & David Weiss", "Katharina Fritsch", "Robert Gober" and "Bill Viola" in the art magazine "Kunstforum".

1995

"Commissioner for special projects of cultural urban development" on behalf of Frankfurt Mayor Petra Roth since 1995.

Editor of the project book "Art in Frankfurt 1945 to today" on the occasion of the 1200th anniversary of the city of Frankfurt am Main and several articles.

Curator of the second comprehensive installation of the works by "Walter de Maria" from the MMK collection in collaboration with the artist and author of the Museum text.

Acquisition of the famous large-format embroidery of "Alighiero Boetti: I mille fiumi piu lunghi del mondo / The thousand longest rivers of the world" (1976-78) through the Peter Blum Gallery, New York, whose counterpart belongs to the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York and author of the Museum text.

Concept and coordinator for the project "Artistic design of the exterior facades of the Museum of Modern Art by Roy Lichtenstein" in the context of the Goethe year 1999 and meeting with the artist, New York, April 1996.

Together with Jean-Christophe Ammann, editor of the publication "Peter Fischli / David Weiss, Room under the stairs", Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main.

Article about the video installations by "Bill Viola: Buried Secrets" at the American pavilion at the LXVI Biennale di Venezia 1995 in the Frankfurter Rundschau.

Since 1995 editor of the series "Positionen zur Gegenwartskunst - Positions of Contemporary Art" and first volume in collaboration with Tonio Hölscher, Professor for Classical Archeology, Heidelberg University.

Between 1995 and 2020 various concepts, texts and lectures on the subject of the "Museum of the Future".

1995 - 1997 conception, coordinator and curator of the dialogue exhibition "Views from Abroad: European Perspectives on American Art", a cooperation project between MMK Frankfurt and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, to create a temporary imaginary museum based on the collections of two international Museums.

Founder, Curator and Managing Director of the Temporary Exhibition Space "Project Space MMK at the Old Customs Building" next to Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main 1999-2002.

1996

Curator of the new presentations of groups of works by the artists "Ed Ruscha", "Alighiero Boetti", "Nam June Paik", "Mathias Völcker" and "Manfred Stumpf" from the MMK collection and author of the Museum texts.

Further collaboration with Herbert Hamak. Curator of the presentation of works in the MMK and editor of the publication "Talks with Herbert Hamak, 1991-1996".

Beginning of the special project "Chambres d'amis d'art contemporain" with a group of works by Herbert Hamak in the Hotel Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof, "Commissioner for special projects of cultural urban development" on behalf of Frankfurt Mayor Petra Roth 1995/96.

Coordinator of a long-term collaboration between the Museum für Moderne Kunst and the European Monetary Institute 1996-2002.

Appointment as "Head of the urban planning group Project Group Kulturmeile Braubachstrasse" in cooperation with the architects Andrés Bäppler, Ulrich Exner - Index Architekten, Rainer Hahnenfeld, Pete Welbergen and the assistant Christian Kaufmann on behalf of Frankfurt Mayor Petra Roth 1996-2002.

Draft of a "First overall cultural concept for the city center of Frankfurt am Main" under the title "Kulturmeile Braubachstrasse" ("Braubachstraße culture mile"): An urban accent in the city center of Frankfurt am Main, May 1996.

Curator and coordinator of the first part of the dialogue exhibition "Views from Abroad: European Perspectives on American Art", The Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1996.

Conception and coordination of the international dialogue project "Frankfurt meets New York" as «Mayor Commissioner for Special Projects in Urban Cultural Development», Frankfurt am Main in cooperation with the Department of Frankfurt Economic Development. First event at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 18-22-12.1996.

Interview partner in the television series: "The colors: red" & "The colors: yellow", NDR 1996.

1997

Conception, curator and author of the catalog for the second part of the dialogue exhibition "Views from Abroad: European Perspectives on American Art", the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, guest at the Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main and author of a total of 20 text brochures on dialogically corresponding groups of works.

Coordinator of the purchase of a historically separate but related group of works of 100 and 99 embroidered images by "Alighiero Boetti" entitled "Order and Disorder" (1985/86), which was realized with 99 patrons. Lecture for the sponsors of the Boetti acquisition and author of the collection text, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main.

Curator of the exhibition series "Querpass I & II: Städel and MMK in Dialog" and author of the exhibition folder, Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, Frankfurt am Main 1997-1998.

Editor of the autobiography "Alex Katz: Invented Symbols / Invented Symbols" as part of the series "Positions der Gegenwartskunst 2", special event for book presentation with the artist at the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main and long-standing friendly collaboration with Alex Katz.

Concept, curator and realization of the project: "Young Art at J. Walter Thompson" and author of the exhibition folder. A project by the "Coordinator for special projects of cultural urban development", City of Frankfurt am Main.

Text contribution to the work of "Bill Viola" for the magazine "Kunst + Studium".

Moderator of the final panel discussion at Documenta X, Kassel, September 27, 1997.

1998

Conception and curator of the retrospective "ALIGHIERO BOETTI (1940-1994): Mettere al Mondo il Mondo / Bringing the World to the World", editor of the catalog and author of the collection texts, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, 30.01.-10.05 .1998 & Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, 01.03.-19.04.1998.

Film production "ALIGHIERO BOETTI (1940-1994): Mettere al Mondo il Mondo" in collaboration with Otto Schweitzer, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main 1998.

Curator of the special exhibition and author of the collection text «Alex Katz: Smile», 1993/94, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main.

Curator of the work dialogue and author of the collection text "Alberto Giacometti: L'homme qui marche (1960) & On Kawara: Date Paintings from the TODAY series (1966-1991)", MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main.

Curator of the special exhibition and author of the exhibition folder "horizontal - vertical: Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Caspar David Friedrich, Herbert Hamak, Piet Mondrian, unknown master around 1500", Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, Frankfurt am Main.

Coordinator of the symposium "Essay on Abstraction I" and lecture on "Mark Rothko", MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst in cooperation with Rotraut de Clerc, Frankfurter Psychoanalytisches Institut, Frankfurt am Main 1998.

Curator of the exhibition, editor of the publication and author of the collection text "Martha Rosler: In the Place of the Public: Airports of the World", Airport Gallery Frankfurt Airport, "Positions of Contemporary Art 3" and longstanding friendly collaboration with the artist.

Conception and implementation of the cooperation agreement between the Jürgen Ponto Foundation and the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main on the long-term funding of the "MMK Project Space in the Old Main Customs Office".

Lecture "Bill Viola - On the Myth of Existence" and conversation with Udo van Kampen during the general meeting, Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, Frankfurt am Main, July 2, 1998.

"Herbert Hamak at J. Walter Thompson", a project by the Mayor Commissioner for Special Projects in Urban Cultural Development, Frankfurt am Main.

1999

Curator of the first major retrospective with video installations and video projections of "Bill Viola - A 25 Year Survey Exhibition - Works from 25 Years", Museum für Moderne Kunst / Schirn Kunsthalle / Heilig-Geist-Kirche in the Dominican Monastery / Römerhallen in the Römer Town Hall / Deutsche Börse - IHK, Frankfurt am Main. Editor of the extensive publication "Bill Viola: Europäische Einsichten / European Insights" on the works from the exhibition with contributions by the editor and another 40 authors as well as author of the collection text, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main 1999.

Conception and curator of the exhibition series "Bild und Menschenbild - Images and the Human Image" in the Museum für Moderne Kunst with work presentations and text brochures on selected contemporary artists: "Introductory text", "Alex Katz: Smiles", "Eric Fischl # 1: Works from 1979-1987". The theme-based special exhibitions on loan were linked to content dialogues with groups of works from the collection of the Museum für Moderne Kunst and realized as part of the change of scene exhibitions XVI-XIX between 1999-2001. Author of the collection texts, Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt am Main 1999.

Founder, curator and managing director of the "MMK Project Space in the Old Main Customs Office" next to the Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main 1999-2002 and realization of the first special exhibition "Dan Flavin: Two Primary Series and one Secondary" (1968). Author of the collection text, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main 1999.

Concept and curator of the series of events: "SHOW (&) TELL" at the Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main1999-2002.

Curator of the first retrospective of the American photographer "Peter Fink" (1907-1984) in the Amerika Haus Frankfurt and other cultural institutions 1999-2000 as well as editor of the catalog and author of the introductory text, Frankfurt am Main 1999.

Lecture on "Bill Viola: Inner Worlds - Outer Worlds", Museum Ludwig Cologne, November 23, 1999.

Extensive article in the magazine «Kunstforum International» with the title: «Art as collective aesthetics. From the "aestheticization of life practice" to an "aesthetics of existence".

2000

Curator of the extensive special exhibition, editor of the publication and author of the collection text on "Lucian Freud: Naked Portraits. Works from the 1940s to the 1990s", MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main 2000/2001.

Part 2 of the exhibition series "Bild und Menschenbild - Images and the Human Image" with work presentations and text brochures on selected contemporary artists from the collection of the Museum für Moderne Kunst: "Christian Boltanski", "Eric Fischl # 2: The Travel of Romance", "Peter Fischli & David Weiss", "Lucian Freud", "Katharina Fritsch", "Franz Gertsch", "Martin Honert", "Neil Jenney", "Roy Lichtenstein", "Andy Warhol". The theme-oriented special exhibitions with loans from private and public collections were linked to content dialogues with groups of works from the collection of the Museum für Moderne Kunst and realized as part of the change of scene exhibitions XVI-XIX between 1999-2001.

Curator of the work dialogue "Roni Horn: Untitled (glass cubes) (1997) & On Kawara: Date Paintings (1966-1991)" and author of the collection text at the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main.

Concept and realization of the film and video series "Screenings 01 - 10". Events with films, videos and video installations by professors and students from German and international art schools in the "MMK Project Space in the old Main Customs Office", Frankfurt am Main 2000-2002.

Exhibitions of the works of scholarship holders of the Hessian Cultural Foundation Part I: Ute Friederike Jürß, Nikolaus List, Susa Templin and Part II: Stephan Melzl, Max Mohr, Peter Rösel under the title "New York? New York!", Amerika Haus, Frankfurt am Main in collaboration with Christian Kaufmann.

Lecture on "Bill Viola: Inner Worlds - Outer Worlds", ZKM - Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, October 13, 2000.

2001

Curator of the retrospective, editor of the publication and author of the collection text "Jeff Wall: Figures and Places. Selected Works 1978-2000 / Selected Works 1978-2000", MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main.

Curator of the special exhibition "John Baldessari, Tetrad Series (1998/1999)" and author of the collection text at the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main.

Curator of the special exhibition "Franz Erhard Walther: 1. Werksatz 1963-1969 & Wortbilder 1957/58" and author of the collection text at the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main.

Curator of the work dialogue "Alighiero Boetti - Richard Long - Sol LeWitt: Order and Disorder" and author of the collection text at the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main.

Editor of the commemorative publication "For Jean-Christophe Ammann", Museum für Moderne Kunst, Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2001.

Catalog introduction and expert report on the painting "Lucian Freud: After Cézanne", National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2001.

Strategy paper: "Frankfurt 2006. Building blocks for strategic cultural management. Concept paper for changing the aesthetic framework conditions for the city of Frankfurt am Main in the years 2001 - 2006", concept of the «Mayor Commissioner for Special Projects in Urban Cultural Development», Frankfurt am Main.

Strategy paper "Aesthetic framework conditions for the cultural development of the city of Frankfurt am Main in the years 2002 - 2010. A city on the way to becoming an economic and cultural metropolis". Concept of the «Mayor Commissioner for Special Projects in Urban Cultural Development», Frankfurt am Main.

Culture mile Braubachstrasse - an urban accent in the center of Frankfurt. Press conference. Concept of the Mayor's representative for special projects of cultural urban development.

Culture mile Braubachstrasse - an urban accent in the center of Frankfurt. Room Pool. Concept for a network of temporary exhibition spaces for contemporary art. Concept of the Mayor's representative for special projects of cultural urban development.

Curator of the special exhibition "James Turrell: Light and Space / Gerd Kittel: Cheap Thrills - American Spaces". A project by the concept of the «Mayor Commissioner for Special Projects in Urban Cultural Development», Frankfurt am Main with Fraport AG, Airport Gallery, Terminal 1, Frankfurt am Main Airport.

Concept for the new "Museion" museum in Bolzano / Italy from April 2001.

2002

Text contribution on Lucian Freud in the catalog «10 x painting. Rubens Prize of the City of Siegen in Works from the Lambrecht-Schadeberg Collection», Museum of Contemporary Art, Siegen 2002.

Editor of the publication "Heiner Blum: Schiffskatalog", Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt am Main 2002. Interview with the artist and lecture at the MMK.

Heiner Blum & William Forsythe: Project SCHLEIFEN. A BALLETT FRANKFURT production in cooperation with the MMK. Editor of Publication A/B, 1987/2000. Project of the mayor's representative for special projects of cultural urban development.

Lecture on "Bill Viola: On the Myth of Existence", Deutsche Bank & Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Berlin, March 13, 2002.

Lecture at the Art Academy Landau with the title "'Image' and 'Truth' in the 'Portraits' and 'Naked Portraits' by Lucian Freud" on May 11, 2002.

Kulturmeile Braubachstrasse - Speech by the Mayor of Frankfurt, Petra Roth, on the future of the city of Frankfurt entitled: Thoughts on strengthening economic, cultural and aesthetic framework conditions in the Main metropolis of Frankfurt 2002-2010. Concept of the Mayor's representative for special projects of cultural urban development.

James Turrell: Concept for the design of the exterior facades of the MMK Museum for Modern Art Frankfurt 1999-2002. Concept and project of the Mayor's representative for special projects of cultural urban development.

Concept and Curator of the special exhibition "Leuchtspur" (Traces of Light) along the "Kulturmeile Braubachstrasse", in Off Sites and in the "MMK Project Room Old Customs Office". A project by the Mayor's representative and "Commissioner for Special Projects in Urban Cultural Development".

March 2002 appointment as Director at the Kunsthalle Mannheim. From October 2002 to September 2007 director of the museum. Conception and realization of a new museum concept under the title "The new Kunsthalle - A living museum of dialogues".

The basic idea behind the concept is the design of a "collection model with a structured content", which dissolves the traditional art-historical chronology of the collection and - on the basis of a "cross-over structure" - brings together works from the collection with international loans to create constellations with corresponding content. In doing so, selected individual artistic positions from the collection are brought together with works from a wide variety of media from different global cultures and different historical times to create congenial, essentially connected room installations. The concept was implemented in several exemplary presentations, combined with specific architectural changes to the exhibition rooms, in the years 2003-2007 and was concluded on the 100th anniversary of the Kunsthalle in 2007.

First concept "Kunsthalle Mannheim 2003-2007: A Museum of the Living Present" and lecture in the culture committee of the Mannheim City Council, November 21, 2002.

2003

Commissioning of the photo work "Nasan Tur - Between - Die Kunsthalle Mannheim I-VI" for the artistic interpretation of the change in the Directorship, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2003 and purchase by the support group for the Kunsthalle Mannheim e.V.

Beginning of the four-part exhibition cycle: "The New Kunsthalle I: First new presentation of the collection" and author of the collection text, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2003.

Beginning of the exhibition series "Dialogues in Bunker 1: Sublime Landscapes", selected works from the graphic collection in dialogue with loans from contemporary art and author of the collection text, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2003.

Curator of the exhibition and author of the publication "Blickachsen 4: Sculptures in the Kurpark Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe" with site-specific works by Carl Andre, Miguel Berrocal, Eric Fischl, Sebastian Fleiter, Antony Gormley, Nigel Hall, Joseph Kosuth, Markus Lüpertz, Nicola Möser, Lawrence Weiner and others, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg 2003.

Curator of the exhibition, editor of the publication and author of the collection text "With the eyes of the collector: Homage to Heinrich Vetter", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2003.

Lecture: «The museum of the future. From the "reconstruction of history" to the permanent updating of the present. The Kunsthalle Mannheim on the way into the future», lecture in the sponsorship group of the Kunsthalle Mannheim, November 5, 2003.

"The New Kunsthalle II: natural - physical - sensual" New presentation of the collection part 2 and author of the collection text, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2003/2004.

Founding of the "Metzler Kabinett" in the "Old Library" of the Kunsthalle Mannheim with funding from the Metzler seel bank. Sohn & Co. KGaA, Frankfurt am Main.

Special exhibition "Sandra Mann: Night Life" and discussion event with Jean-Christophe Ammann (Frankfurt) and author of the collection text, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2003.

2004

Establishment and opening of the «Metzler Kabinett» for presentations of site specific art works, art talks and symposia in the Old Library of the Kunsthalle Mannheim in 2003/2004 with the generous support from the Metzler seel bank. Sohn & Co. KGaA, Frankfurt am Main.

Curator of the special exhibition "Jürgen Teller: Tracht [&] Go sees", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004.

Curator of the exhibition "Underground Dialogues 2: Sponsors Wanted", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004.

New presentation "Max Beckmann in Mannheim" in the context of series of events and lectures in the Kunsthalle Mannheim. Ceremonial handover of the new acquisition "Portrait Herbert Tannenbaum" by Max Beckmann, Kunsthalle Mannheim on 06.06.2004.

«Approaching Contemporary Art». Lectures and guided tours in front of originals in the Kunsthalle Mannheim for audiences and senior citizens at the University of Mannheim 2004-2006.

Curator of the exhibition "The New Kunsthalle III: material - immaterial" New presentation of the collection, part 3, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004.

Introduction to the catalog of the exhibition "Alighiero e Boetti", Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York 2004.

Curator of the special exhibition "Arthur Omar: Photo Works and Video Projections", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004.

Curator of the special exhibition and editor of the catalog "Nigel Hall: Hidden Valleys", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004. Curator of the special exhibition and author of the catalog "Nigel Hall: Transformations in Space and Time", Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg 2004.

Beginning of the exhibition cycle "Wunderkammer Private Collection I: Stephan Balkenhol, Candida Höfer, Michel Majerus, Józef Robakowski" in the "Metzler Kabinett" and the adjacent exhibition rooms of the old building, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004.

Curator of the special exhibition "Focus video: Yang Fudong", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004. Curator of the special exhibition "Focus video: Gary Hill", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004.

Curator of the special exhibition "H.-W. & J. Hector Art Prize of the Kunsthalle Mannheim 2003. Art Prize for three-dimensional designs: Martin Brüger, Barbara Caveng, Hee-Seon Kim, Thomas Lüer, Holger Mader, Alexander Stublic, Heike Wiermann, Anja Vormann, Gunnar Friel", a project by «H.W. & J. Hector Foundation», Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004.

Curator of the special exhibition "H.-W. & J. Hector Art Prize of the Kunsthalle Mannheim 2003: 1st Prize Gunda Förster", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004.

"At the Studio: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye", London 2004 and first individual presentation of a group of works by the artist as part of "Die Neue Kunsthalle IV - Direct Painting", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004/2005.

Concept and Curator of the exhibition "Die Neue Kunsthalle IV - Direct Painting: 40 Positions of international contemporary painting" and editor of the publication, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004/2005.

Curator of the exhibition "Yan Pei-Ming: The Way of the Dragon", the artist's first retrospective in a German Museum and editor of the catalog, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004-2005.

Curator of the special exhibition "Wunderkammer Private Collection II: Mark Fairnington - Fabulous Animals" in the "Metzler Kabinett" and the adjacent exhibition rooms of the old building, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004/2005.

Curator of the special exhibition "ars viva 04/05 - Zeit" in cooperation with the BDI Kulturkreis, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2004.

2005

Concept and foundation of the new departments «Hector Science Center» and «Hector Creativity Center» in the Kunsthalle Mannheim in 2005/06.

In February 2005 the English architect "David Adjaye / Associates" was invited and commissioned to draw up a concept and a feasibility study for a possible new architecture in place of the 1983 Kunsthalle Mannheim building.

Curator of the first retrospective with paintings by "Cecily Brown" in a German Museum in cooperation with Modern Art Oxford and editor of the catalog, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2005.

Curator of the extensive special exhibition "Jaume Plensa", in cooperation with the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2005.

Curator of the exhibition and author of the catalog "The American Dream", in collaboration with DZ Bank Frankfurt, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2005.

Curator of the cooperation project "The New Ten. Contemporary art from the 10 member states of the EU" in cooperation with the Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur e.V. Bonn and the Museum Küppersmühle Duisburg.

Exhibition cycle "68 degrees: Month of Photography I: horizontalvertical, Horst Hamann and Horst Wackerbarth", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2005.

Exhibition cycle "68 degrees: Month of Photography II: Peter Fink, Martin Parr, Alastair Thain", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2005.

"Wunderkammer Private Collection III: Works of German Expressionism" in the "Metzler Kabinett" and the adjacent exhibition rooms of the old building, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2005/2006.

Curator of the special exhibition "Roger Fritz", Kunsthalle Mannheim. Curator of the special exhibition and editor of the publication "Szczesny: Images érotiques", Kunsthalle Mannheim.

Introduction to the catalog of the exhibition "Giuseppe Gallo: mito - rito - sito", Galleria dello Scudo, Verona 2005.

Concept and start of the "Mannheim Talks in the Metzler Cabinet". Rudij Bergmann in conversation with Stefan Szczesny, Stephen Waddell and Matthias Weischer.

Reconstruction of the former "Graphisches Kabinett" and the adjacent exhibition rooms in the old building of the Kunsthalle Mannheim with funding from the Wilhelm-Müller-Foundation, Mannheim 2005.

Curator of the new presentation of works from the collection "Max Ernst and early modernism in the Kunsthalle Mannheim" in the former "Graphisches Kabinett" and the adjacent exhibition rooms at the old building of the Kunsthalle Mannheim with the support of the Wilhelm-Müller-Foundation, Mannheim 2005.

2005-2010 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the "Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto" (MART) in collaboration with Franco Bernabè (Presidente del Mart), Gabriella Belli (Direttore del Mart), Salvatore Settis, Achille Bonito Oliva, Alanna Heiss, Guy Cogeval and Manuel Borja-Villel.

Talks with Michael Lynch, Chief Executive Royal Festival Hall & South Bank Center, about the repositioning of the Hayward Gallery, London 2005.

Introduction to the catalog of the exhibition "Alighiero Boetti: Un pozzo senza fine - Embroideries", Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, December 2005/2006.

2006

Opening of the «H. W. & J. Hector Research Center» and the «H. W. & J. Hector Creativity Center» of the Kunsthalle Mannheim.

Concept for the special exhibition "Goya - Manet - Picasso: Faces of Fear". An exhibition project for the 100th anniversary of the Kunsthalle Mannheim in cooperation with the Museo Nacional del Prado / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and Museum of Modern Art, New York 2006. The project could not be realized due to lack of technical security and air conditioning at the Kunsthalle Mannheim.

Curator of the most comprehensive, museum-wide new presentation of the Mannheim collection including selected loans under the title "Full House: Faces of a Collection", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2006.

Curator of the special exhibitions "Full House: Special 1-5" with groups of works by "Hussein Chalayan, Axel Geis, Uwe Kowski, Zbigniew Rogalski, Wawrzyniec Tokarski", as part of the exhibition "Full House: Faces of a Collection", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2006.

Special presentation "Take a walk on the wild side: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye" as part of the exhibition "Full House: Faces of a Collection", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2006.

Curator of the exhibitions «68 degrees: Month of Photography III: Peter Loewy, Sigmar Polke, Pat York», Kunsthalle Mannheim 2006.

Cooperation project «Picasso. Tradición y vanguardia ", in close collaboration with Miguel Zugaza, Museo Nacional del Prado & Ana Martínez de Aguilar, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía 2006. On loan of the picture from Edouard Manet, "The Execution of the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico", 1868. Speech, press tour & introduction to the painting by Manet for the King and Queen of Spain, Madrid June 2006.

Cooperation with Glenn D. Lowry & John Elderfield, The Museum of Modern Art and loan of the painting by "Edouard Manet, The Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico (1868)" for the exhibition "Manet & The Execution of Maximilian", MoMA New York 2006/2007.

Curator of the exhibition "Underground Dialogues 3: Surface - Body - Space", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2006/2007.

Curator of the special exhibition and author of the catalog: «Nedko Solakov», Kunsthalle Mannheim 2006/2007.

Interview with Thomas Henne in "Top Magazin Mannheim" June 24, 2006.

Magazine of the «Friends of the Kunsthalle Mannheim» "WICHERT 1 & 2", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2006.

Curator of the special exhibition: "Heiner Blum", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2006.

Special event of the Bibliographisches Institut & F. A. Brockhaus AG in the Kunsthalle Mannheim for the publication of "Meyer's Konversationslexikon" with "Udo Lindenberg", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2006.

Coordinator of the symposium "Essay on Abstraction II: Lucian Freud and Sigmund Freud" in collaboration with Rotraut de Clerck, Frankfurt Psychoanalytical Institute in the Literature House, Frankfurt am Main 2006.

Project meeting with James Turrell in his studio at Roden Crater, Flagstaff / Arizona, to coordinate an artistic lighting concept for the exterior facades of the new Kunsthalle Mannheim building (December 2006) and to realize the worldwide unique light installation "Four Eyes" (2007) by the American artist, a gift from the «H. W. & J. Hector Foundation» for the 100th anniversary of the Kunsthalle Mannheim, March 2007.

Introduction to the catalog "Toti Scialoja: Opere 1983-1997", Galleria dello Scudo, Verona 2006/2007.

2006/07 Redesign and implementation of the "Kunsthalle Sculpture Park" with numerous loans and use of a new lighting concept for the nightly presentation of the architecture and sculptures.

2007

Cooperation project with Rodolphe von Gombergh: "Le Directeur", Videoscan, Paris, January 20, 2007.

Curator of the dialogue exhibition "Weischer meets Beckmann", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2007.

Curator of the special exhibition "SEO: In the end came the day" and catalog introduction, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2007.

Installation and opening of the globally unique light installation "Four Eyes" (2007) by the American James Turrell on the two outer facades of the new Kunsthalle building from 1983, a gift from «H.W. & J. Hector Foundation» for the 100th anniversary of the Kunsthalle, March 2007.

Curator of the "H. W. & J. Hector Art Prize of the Kunsthalle Mannheim 2006", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2007 and editor of the catalogs for "Albrecht Schäfer: 1st Prize", "Sonja Vordermaier: 2nd Prize" and "Nasan Tur: 2nd Prize", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2007.

Curator of the second comprehensive new presentation of the museum collection as part of the 100th anniversary of the Kunsthalle Mannheim under the title: "The New Kunsthalle - A Living Museum of Dialogues", Kunsthalle Mannheim, May 2007.

Founding and establishment of the "K & K Foundation", a non-profit Ltd. for art and culture to promote young artists and contemporary art projects since 2007.

Studio visit and interview with "Alex Katz", Maine 2007. Studio visit and interview with "Philip Pearlstein", New York 2007.

Curator of the special exhibition "Thomas Zipp: Planet Caravan - A Futuristic World Fair", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2007. Curator of the special exhibition "Tal R: Fruits", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2007.

Concept by "James Turrell" for "KHM-Niches", i.e. for four niches in the old building of the Kunsthalle Mannheim.

Curator of the special exhibition "Strong Women - Picturesque Worlds: Cornelia Schleime, Niki Elbe, SEO" in cooperation with the "Verena Foundation", Hydra / Greece 2007.

Text contribution for the catalog of the exhibition "GIUSEPPE GALLO. ALL IN", MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Rome and conversation with Danilo Eccher about Giuseppe Gallo and contemporary art, Rome, October 02, 2007.

Removal as director of the Kunsthalle Mannheim in October 2007 on the decision of the city of Mannheim and new position as Commissioner for Fine Arts of the City of (2008-2009).

2008

New position as Commissioner for Fine Arts of the City of Mannheim (2008-2009). During this time, realizing numerous concepts for cultural urban development.

Since 2008 development of a new concept for the localization of contemporary art and culture in everyday life. Since 2008, various models and platforms have been created under the title ART IN THE CITY to make CITY SPACE AS CULTURAL SPACE clearer and easier to understand.

Author of the catalog for the exhibition "Gerhard Demetz: Sculptural Child Figures", Galleria Rubin, Milano 2008.
Cultural policy concept for the city of Heidelberg entitled "The New Heidelberg: Heidelberg Art Center & Heidelberg Think Tank", Mannheim 2008.

Concept, first architectural drafts and feasibility study for a "World Museum Berlin" and a "World Art Hotel" in Kornspeicher / Heidestrasse, in cooperation with Index Architects Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, November / December 2008.

2009

Concepts for cultural urban development including a "Culture-Topography Mannheim", a project "Art in the City", a "Space-pool" to realize cultural projects, a "Kulturareal Jungbusch", i.e. a conceptual reorientation of the «Hafenstrasse» with a "Belvedere Jungbusch", an "Atelierhaus 1", a "Gallery of Artists", an "Art Campus", i.e. an open space for the realization of artistic installations and events, with a "Temporary Contemporary" as well as with the "Kultur-Hallen-Jungbuscharena", an "Academy of the Arts" as well as concepts for the positioning of the city of Mannheim and the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region for the competition of the Capital of Culture 2020.

Concept for a "Gallery of the Arts, Mannheim City Hall E 5". Aesthetic and content-related redesign of selected rooms in the Mannheim City Hall, Mannheim 2009.

Project draft «Kunstkiste» for a listed commercial building in Hafenstrasse in cooperation with Index Architects, Frankfurt am Main, Mannheim 2009.

Since 2008 conception and from 2009-2013 realization of various «Art Labs», i.e. laboratories of contemporary art, such as «artlabheidelberg», «artlabmannheim», «artlabberlin». "artlabheidelberg" is located in temporary spaces of the Old Tobacco Factory P. J. Landfried in Heidelberg. "artlabmannheim" is situated in temporary spaces of the Old Distillery building F 2, 4a in Mannheim. Since the beginning Curator und Managing Director to promote creativity and emerging artists on new platforms for the arts. "artlabberlin" has been opened in September 2013.

Conception, organization and realization of the exhibition project "artscoutone - contemporary art in urban space from Industriestraße to the castle", a comprehensive overview exhibition with site-specific works and room installations by 100 artists from the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region at 17 selected locations in downtown Mannheim 2009- 2010.

2009-2012 founding, managing director and curator of the "Swiss Art Institution" in the Forsthaus Villa Karlsruhe. During this time conception and realization of numerous exhibitions and publications. First exhibition: "Curator's Choice", Swiss Art Institution, Forsthaus Villa, Karlsruhe 2009.

Programmatic redesign for the "Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin", exhibition cycle September 2009 - December 2010 as part of a cooperation with the "Stiftung Zukunft Berlin", Berlin 2009.

2010

Since the termination of the employment with the city of Mannheim in 2010 freelance curator and art manager.

2010 Concept for a «Mannheim Contemporary», a hall for contemporary art and a project space for contemporary artists in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region combined with a competition of ideas from the Peter Behrens School of Architecture, Düsseldorf, under the direction of Prof. Manfred Morlock.

Editor of the series of publications: "Artist Books: Zhu Hong, Philipp Morlock, Olga Weimer, Marcel Weber & Olga Weimer, Strong Women # 1", «Swiss Art Institution», Forsthaus Villa Karlsruhe, April / May 2010.

Curator of the exhibition and editor of the publication "Artist Duos - Artist Friends: Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Daniel & Geo Fuchs, Karla Hecker & Levke Leiß, Marcel Weber & Olga Weimer", «Swiss Art Institution», Forsthaus Villa Karlsruhe, 03.07. -04.09.2010.

Curator of the special exhibition and author of the catalog "Hans Peter Adamski: Sehnsuchtsquadrate / Squares of Longing", «Swiss Art Institution», Forsthaus Villa Karlsruhe 2010.

Lecture and International Roundtable Talk "Museum in the Contemporary Context". Vth International art fair "ART-KYIV contemporary 2010", opening event at the museum complex "Art Arsenal", Kyiv/Ukraine, November 2010.

Concept and first project of the exhibition series "artscoutneo - Junge Kunst @ artlabheidelberg", Alte Tabakfabrik P. J. Landfried Heidelberg in cooperation with K & K STIFTUNG gGmbH, Heidelberg 2010/2011.

2011

First part of the exhibition series "artscoutspecial. Young artists from Germany", «artlabmannheim» 2011-2013.

Roundtable talk and lecture: "Alighiero e Boetti Day", Auditorium RAI, a cura di Luca Cerizza, Massimiliano Gioni & Francesco Manacorda in collaboration with ARTISSIMA & Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Torino 2011.

Curator of the exhibition "Petra Arnold & Margret Eicher: ICONIC ICONS" «artlabheidelberg», Alte Tabakgesellschaft P. J. Landfried, Heidelberg 2011.

Curator of the exhibition "Horst Hamann: MYTHOS", «artlabheidelberg» in collaboration with Alte Tabakfabrik P. J. Landfried & Qube Hotel Heidelberg 2011.

Curator of the exhibition "Margret Eicher - ICONIC ICONS", «Swiss Art Institution», Forsthaus Villa Karlsruhe 2011.

Artist talk on the exhibition of the Haupt Collection: "Thirty Silver Slices - Money and Art", Halle am Wasser - Art Campus / Europacity Berlin 2011.

Beginning of the exhibition series «artscoutspecial. Young artists from Germany", «Swiss Art Institution», Forsthaus Villa Karlsruhe 2011-2013.

2012

Curator of the exhibition "artlabmannheim @ East Site 2" with works by Carolina Brack, Margret Eicher, Björn Knapp, Martin Knauf, Thomas Neger, Marcel Weber & Olga Weimer, Alastair Thain and Franziska Wolff, East Site 2, Mannheim 2012.

Curator of the exhibition "Sculpture Park Forsthausvilla: Miriam Lenk - Corps sensuels / Stefan Szczesny - Images érotiques", «Swiss Art Institution», Forsthaus Villa Karlsruhe 2012.

Founding of «Art Ambassadors», Advisory Board for Art Management, Forsthaus Villa Karlsruhe 2012.

Concept and feasibility study for a "World Art Museum" for the Getty Research Center Los Angeles, Berlin, May 2012.

Concept for the Metropolitan Museum New York on "New Collection and Exhibition Structures", Berlin, May 2012.

Beginning of the exhibition cycle "Introspection. The hidden reality of the artist" with 100 works from 100 contemporary artists, «artlabmannheim», Mannheim 2012/13.

2013

Introduction to the exhibition "Alighiero Boetti: Imaginando tutto", Qatar Museums Authority in collaboration with Ben Brown London, March 2013.

Structure paper for the position of a new museum director, MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, August / September 2013.

«artlabberlin» opens in September 2013 in cooperation with art loft berlin. Premiere exhibition "Inner Worlds - Outer Worlds" with video projections by Shahab Gabriel Behzumi, Cecily Brown, Valentin Hennig, Bill Viola, Berlin 2013.

Introduction to the exhibition "Massimo Vitali: Photographs". artlabberlin @ art loft berlin, Berlin 2013.

Curator of the special exhibition «Otgonbayar Ershuu. New pictures », artlabmannheim, Mannheim 2013/2014.

Introduction to the exhibition "London Portraits: Nick Gentry - Andrew Salgado - George Morton-Clark", Galerie Flash, Munich 2013.

"Dear John: John Baldessari in conversation with Rolf Lauter", Sprüth Magers Gallery Berlin, interview in sleek 40, winter 2013/14.

2014

Foundation of the culture group "Swiss Art Council" Zurich for the conceptual and organizational preparation of a museum model for the 21st century. The structure of the content of the "Museum of the Future" is based on the conditions of growing globalization and overcomes the outdated structure of museums, which see themselves as archives and pursue the "reconstruction of history" with a chronological order. In the near future we will establish a museum model that combines traditional works of art from different epochs and cultures on the basis of a space and time-spanning "cross-over structure" with selected works and work groups of the immediate present to form holistic, dialogical constellations in order to experience the essence of the artworks themselves, their aesthetic presence, their 'aura' and their cultural value in a comparison with works of comparable content. Based on this concept, works from many museums and collections around the world are temporarily brought together in a 'Musée imaginaire'. The central idea of the "Museum of the Future" is therefore to address the concept of the present through a permanent updating of aesthetic positions from the past and present in the respective 'now'.

Establishment of organizations for the development of humanitarian projects with the aim of promoting existentially, pedagogically and culturally disadvantaged children, young people and adults from all over the world. Development of future-oriented concepts and projects for the preservation of nature as well as for the areas of creativity, education, research, nutrition, agriculture, energy, medicine, technology, transport, the city of the future and democracy.

Interview about art and culture in Mongolia with Jargal de Facto, ntv Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 23.07.2014.

"Brooks Jackson in conversation with Rolf Lauter", Interview about Alexander Iolas and his life, Miami, December 2014. "Evgeny Svyatsky in conversation with Rolf Lauter", Miami, December 2014. "Interview with the director Helen Harrison at Jackson Pollock House & Studio", Springs / New York, December 2014.

2015

Structure paper for the position of "General Director of the GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino and the Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea", Turin, February 2015.

Lecture and discussion with the musicologist Anno Mungen to introduce the evening event with the video projection by «Bill Viola» from 1994 to the concert by «Edgard Varèse: Déserts» (1954), Oper Frankfurt, as part of «Happy New Ears», Frankfurt am Main on June 9th. 2015.

2016

Curator of the exhibition "Carolina Brack: Nature Transfigured: Cut Outs & Cut Outs Light" in the vaulted cellars of the Hamilton Kunst Bar, Weinheim 2016. Introduction to the project Otgonbayar Ershuu - Antarctic Panorama Penguins, Zurich 2016.

2019

Catalog launch "Lou Ros - The Renaissance of Abstraction". «Mutatio», Paris 2019.

2020

Catalog launch "Konrad Ross: Painting at the Origin of Language", Berlin 2020.

2021

Homage to Christian Boltanski. Contribution to the artist's death with interpretations of the room installations Les Ombres (1986) and Les Suisses Morts (1990), MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt.

2022

At the invitation of Studio la Cittá, Verona, he wrote the introduction to the catalogue Herbert Hamak: 30 Anni con Studio La Cittá. With this homage, the author honors the comprehensive, unique work of an artist whom he has accompanied for more than 30 years. Rolf Lauter: Incontri con Herbert Hamak. Un artista sulla via della pittura scultorea / Encounters with Herbert Hamak. An artist on the way to a sculptural painting, introduction in: HERBERT HAMAK. 30 anni con Studio la Città/30 years with Studio la Città, Verona 2022.

2023-25

In connection with the concept for a "Museum of the Future", new concepts, feasibility studies and the first locations for establishing global creativity centers, so-called ArtLabs and FutureLabs in various continents and countries around the world, have also been developed since 2010, organizations to promote creativity, creative thinking and acting as well as establishing strategic planning for the future. The task of the associated cultural scientists is no longer primarily to do retrospective research, but rather to "shape the future", to plan, prepare, curate and coordinate it in global networks.