Welcome to CIMAM to Axel Wieder!
"As a museum professional, I experience CIMAM as a crucial platform to discuss current challenges and visionary ways forward in our professional field. The annual conference specifically seems an outstanding opportunity to meet relevant and critical peers, to discuss and learn together. I value CIMAM's policy activities and the role that the organisation takes in developing a climate of forward thinking practice".
Axel Wieder, Director, Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany.
"In my current activity as director of the Berlin Biennale, we create a succesful and visible platform for contemporary art that is open to the public, accessible and inclusive, to foster diversity and sustainability. We aim to operate and communicate ethically, professionally and with the participation of communities, offering varied experiences for education, enjoyment, reflection and knowledge sharing".
About Axel
Axel Wieder, former director of Bergen Kunsthall, became the new director of the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art in August 2024.
Axel studied art history and cultural studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the University of Cologne. He has been director of Bergen Kunsthall since 2018, where he produced a widely acclaimed, interdisciplinary program with an international focus and local roots together with his team, which encompassed exhibitions, live projects, and a broad event and outreach program. Previously, Wieder was the director of Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation in Stockholm (2014-2018) as well as director of Programs at Arnolfini in Bristol (2012-2014). He was responsible for the program of Ludlow 38 – Goethe Institute in New York from 2010 to 2011 after being responsible as artistic director of Künstlerhaus Stuttgart from 2007 to 2010. In 1999, he founded Pro qm, a bookshop and discourse platform, together with Katja Reichard and Jesko Fezer in Berlin.
Wieder has held teaching appointments at various universities and art academies, including Bauhaus Universität Weimar and Zurich University of the Arts; he also publishes in magazines and anthologies.
About CIMAM
CIMAM – International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art – is an Affiliated Organization of ICOM.* Founded in 1962, CIMAM’s vision is a world where the contribution of museums, collections, and archives of modern and contemporary art to the cultural, social, and economic well-being of society is recognized and respected.
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Thank you, Axel Wieder, for becoming a member of CIMAM!