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
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
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
Sculpture Projects Münster 2017: the essential things to see
Sculpture is redefined in the once-every-ten-year German festival
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
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
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