1. Artur Walther was born on October 9,1948 and is a German-American art collector focused on exhibiting and publishing contemporary photography and video art.
10 Facts About Artur Walther
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Artur Walther began collecting photography in the late 1990s and later established The Walther Collection, which is open to the public at its museum campus in Neu-Ulm, Germany and its Project Space in New York City.
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Artur Walther graduated from the University of Regensburg in 1975.
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Artur Walther established one of the first groups focused on interest and currency swaps on Wall Street and was a co-founder and co-chairman of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.
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In 1994, at age 46 Artur Walther retired and pursued his interests in architecture, design, and photography.
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Artur Walther studied at the International Center of Photography and took classes with artists such as Bruce Davidson, Mary Ellen Mark, Joel Meyerowitz, Stephen Shore and became acquainted with Bernd and Hilla Becher.
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Artur Walther joined the Architecture and Design Committee for the Museum of Modern Art, the Photography Committee of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Photography Committees of Bard and Vassar Colleges, and he became a Board Member of the Storefront for Art and Architecture and the International Center of Photography.
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In 2003, as chair of the exhibitions committee at the International Center of Photography, Artur Walther spearheaded the establishment of its Triennial of Photography and Video.
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Artur Walther has participated in the Art Basel Art Salon series, contributed to Art Basel Magazine and to Mutations: Perspectives on Photography, and organized exhibitions at Paris Photo and Les Rencontres d'Arles, where his nominees for the 2011 Discovery Award, Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse, won the grand prize.
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Artur Walther opened a second exhibition venue, The Artur Walther Collection Project Space, in New York in April 2011.