Kasper König

Kasper König (1943-2024)

Kasper König, pioneering curator and co-founder of Skulptur Projekte Münster, dies aged 80

The former director of Cologne’s Museum Ludwig “shaped the art discourse of the last five decades like no other", the museum says

Catherine Hickley12 August 2024

Kasper König: in praise of an artists’ curator

The artistic director of Skulptur Projekte will be in conversation at Art Basel, celebrating five decades as a champion of public art

By Ben Luke13 June 2017

Münster: reflective art in a neo-Medieval Disneyland

The fifth edition of the sculpture show, held every ten years, corrects a gender imbalance but continues a melancholy tradition, according to its chief curator

By Ben Luke4 June 2017

Sculpture Projects Münster 2017: the essential things to see

Sculpture is redefined in the once-every-ten-year German festival

By Julia Michalska and Jane Morris11 June 2017

Locals fight to retain Eisenman fountain following Sculpture Projects Münster

Residents are working with artist to create a more durable version of the vandalised work

Catherine Hickley9 October 2017

Kasper König’s collection fetches €6m at Cologne auction

Top lots at the auction arranged by the esteemed curator before his death in August included two “date paintings” by On Kawara, a close friend

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An infinite conversation: Hans Ulrich Obrist's personal memoir of Kasper König, curator, publisher, teacher, museum director, and friend to artists

The artistic director of Serpentine, recalls 35 years of friendship and collaboration with the cultural impresario who was one of the most important curators of the second half of the 20th century

Trust and risk: why Documenta and Münster are the artists’ favourite shows

This year’s German exhibitions may come round far less frequently than the biennials, but their influence on artists is immeasurably greater