Philipp Demandt

{{Short description|German art historian and museu director (born 1971)}}

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Philipp Demandt (born 1971 in Konstanz) is a German art historian and director of the Städel Museum and the Liebieghaus sculpture collection in Frankfurt am Main.

Life

Philipp Demandt is the son of the ancient historian Alexander Demandt and grandson of the Hessian state historian Karl Ernst Demandt. Due to his father's appointment as a professor of ancient history at the Friedrich Meinecke Institute of the Free University of Berlin, the family moved to West Berlin in 1975. Philipp Demandt studied art history, classical archaeology, and communication studies, completing his studies in 2001 at the Institute for History and Cultural Studies of the Free University of Berlin with a doctorate on The Historical Mythology of the Prussian State Reflected in the "Luise Cult".

After an initial professional position as an exhibition assistant at the Berlin Bröhan Museum, he worked from 2004 as a curator at the Cultural Foundation of the German States. His work included supporting German museums in acquiring artworks from the 17th to 19th centuries. Additionally, he led the foundation's magazine Arsprototo and the scientific publication series Patrimonia.

Demandt has published numerous articles on art and cultural history in newspapers such as the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Die Welt. His work focuses on topics of the 19th century. After publishing on the Prussian Queen Luise in 2003, he worked from 2007 to 2010 as a scientific advisor and co-curator on the exhibition Luise. Life and Myth of the Queen. This exhibition, organized by the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg, took place in 2010 at Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin. Demandt led the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin starting from January 2012.Julia Voss: [http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/tuerkische-kunst-in-deutschland-ein-tuerke-in-preussens-museum A Turk in Prussia's Museum] in FAZ from 13 March 2014, page 11 (via Qantara.de){{cite web|url=http://www.morgenpost.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/regioline_nt/berlinbrandenburg_nt/article105312511/Philipp-Demandt-neuer-Leiter.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922130854/http://www.morgenpost.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/regioline_nt/berlinbrandenburg_nt/article105312511/Philipp-Demandt-neuer-Leiter.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 September 2015|title=Philipp Demandt new director|website=www.morgenpost.de|date=11 October 2011|accessdate=1 October 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.smb.museum/presse/pressemitteilungen/detail/35806.html|title=Philipp Demandt from January 2, 2012, new director of the Alte Nationalgalerie|publisher=Staatliche Museen zu Berlin|date=11 October 2011|accessdate=1 October 2016}} He succeeded Bernhard Maaz, who became the director of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister and the Kupferstich-Kabinett in Dresden.

Since 1 October 2016, Philipp Demandt has been the director of the Städel Museum and the Liebieghaus sculpture collection, succeeding Max Hollein.{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/staedel-museum-philipp-demandt-wird-neuer-direktor-a-1099545.html|title=Change from the Alte Nationalgalerie: Philipp Demandt becomes head of the Städel Museum|website=Der Spiegel |date=24 June 2016|accessdate=6 August 2016}}{{cite web | last=Göpfert | first=Claus-Jürgen | title=Demandt leitet auch die Schirn | website=FR.de | date=8 January 2019 | url=https://www.fr.de/politik/cdu-org26591/demandt-leitet-auch-schirn-11058606.html | language=de | access-date=29 December 2024}} From October 2016 to June 2022, Demandt also led the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt am Main. In September 2021, it was announced that he would extend his tenure as director of the Städel Museum and the Liebieghaus until 2026, while his role at the Schirn Kunsthalle would conclude at the end of June 2022 due to a strategic realignment.{{cite web |url=https://newsroom.staedelmuseum.de/en/content/philipp-demandt-extends-his-engagement-frankfurt |title=Philipp Demandt Extends His Engagement for Frankfurt |website=Städel Museum |date=15 September 2021 |accessdate=15 September 2021}}

Exhibitions

2014: Rembrandt Bugatti. The Sculptor 1884–1916. Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin. Catalogue.
2015: The Lion-Kuhnert: Africa's Wildlife in the Drawings of Wilhelm Kuhnert. Catalogue.The Bite of the Hyena Becomes Audible in FAZ from 9 November 2015

Publications

Co-editor: Rembrandt Bugatti. The Sculptor 1884–1916. Hirmer, Munich 2014, {{ISBN|978-3-7774-2186-5}}.
Editor: The Lion-Kuhnert: Africa's Wildlife in the Drawings of Wilhelm Kuhnert. Nicolai, Berlin 2015, {{ISBN|978-3-89479-976-2}}.

Philipp Demandt

Life

Exhibitions

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Further reading