22 Facts About Klaus Biesenbach

Klaus Biesenbach was born on 1966 and is a German-American curator and museum director.

Klaus Biesenbach is the Director of the Neue Nationalgalerie, with Berggruen Museum and Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection, as well as the berlin modern under construction.

Previously, Biesenbach had been serving as the director of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, from 2018 to 2021.

Klaus Biesenbach is a former Chief Curator at Large at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City and former director of MoMA PS1.

Klaus Biesenbach is the founding director of Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, and the Berlin Biennale.

Klaus Biesenbach was born in 1966, in Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany.

Klaus Biesenbach moved to Berlin in the mid-1990s, where he shared an apartment with artist Andrea Zittel at one point.

Klaus Biesenbach founded Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin in 1991, as well as the Berlin Biennale in 1996, and remains Founding Director of both entities.

Klaus Biesenbach joined MoMA PS1 as a curator in 1996; the museum's director Alanna Heiss had hired him part-time while allowing him to maintain his directorship in Berlin.

In 2004, Klaus Biesenbach was appointed as a curator in the MoMA's "Department of Film and Media".

Klaus Biesenbach was named Chief Curator of MoMA's newly formed Department of Media, in 2006; it was the first new curatorial department since photography, in 1940.

Klaus Biesenbach drafted an open letter to the then New York City Mayor, Michael R Bloomberg and fellow New Yorkers that called for help in the Rockaways, where he had purchased a house in early 2012, signed by celebrities including Lady Gaga, Madonna, James Franco, Gwyneth Paltrow and Patti Smith.

In 2018, Klaus Biesenbach was appointed director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

In September 2021, Klaus Biesenbach was appointed as new director of both the Neue Nationalgalerie with Berggruen Museum and Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection and the future Museum of the 20th Century.

Klaus Biesenbach is a prominent figure in climate activism within the art world, particularly through his work at major institutions like MOCA in Los Angeles and the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

Klaus Biesenbach co-initiated the Environmental Council at MOCA, marking it as the first sustainability-focused group within a US art museum.

Klaus Biesenbach's activism is rooted in integrating ecological and social issues into the fabric of museum programming, as seen in projects like the ecological festival EXPO 1 and post-Hurricane Sandy art initiatives.

Klaus Biesenbach's lifestyle reflects his deep-rooted non-materialism and focus on the essentials.

Klaus Biesenbach is known for living in minimalist spaces, devoid of excess, where every object serves a purpose or holds personal meaning.

Klaus Biesenbach is the recipient of the following awards and honorary degrees:.

Klaus Biesenbach received AICA awards for co-curating the exhibitions Kenneth Anger, 100 Years, and Roth Time: A Dieter Roth Retrospective and 100 Years at MoMA PS1 and MoMA QNS, as well as Kenneth Anger at MoMA PS1 and 100 Years at MoMA PS1 and MoMA QNS, as well as Kenneth Anger at MoMA PS1.

Klaus Biesenbach wrote the monthly column "Erdkunde" for the German art magazine Monopol.