Curator & art writer
Exhibitions with a thesis. Texts that make art readable. And a legally trained eye that accompanies both.
I work with artists, galleries and editorial teams — from the first idea for an exhibition to the text that conveys it, and the catalogue raisonné that documents it.
Three audiences, one shared core: making art understandable, visible and well documented. This is what each of them gets from me.
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Every project starts with the same question: What should this work, this exhibition, this text set off in the person facing it? Everything else follows from there — concept, language and clean documentation.
I do not offer legal advice. On copyright topics I give general information and refer individual questions to lawyers.
A selection from my collaboration with the Karlsruhe artist Marvin Meyer — from art-historical contextualisation and exhibition concept to the catalogue and catalogue raisonné. The texts were written in German; the excerpts below are translations.
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Art-historical contextualisation
“This stance takes up the idea of ‘l'art pour l'art’ – art for its own sake. […] That art does not have to serve anyone does not mean that it cannot open itself to anyone. This is exactly where Marvin Meyer comes in: he takes the freedom of pure art seriously – and makes it accessible.”
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Text for the café, in its own “we” voice
“At Café Rosé, two worlds meet: the impulsive power of art and the refined culture of enjoyment. […] We do not understand this overall experience as a closed system, but as an open stage. We believe that art unfolds its true power only in dialogue.”
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Exhibition design
Development of an exhibition concept that brings out the particularities of the works and the artist's vision, plus the texts for the exhibition flyer.
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Catalogue & text editing
Contribution to an independent catalogue presenting a selection of works that shape the artist's oeuvre: selection of the works and texts for the catalogue.
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Catalogue raisonné & documentation
Upkeep of the catalogue raisonné and contribution to the digital presentation of the works.
Ms Liesche developed an innovative exhibition concept that brought out the particularities of my works and my artistic vision to excellent effect. […] I can recommend Ms Liesche without reservation for future projects.”
Anna-Valeska Liesche worked for the artist Marvin Meyer from August 2022 to March 2023: exhibition concept, texts for the flyer and catalogue, upkeep of the catalogue raisonné and digital presentation of his work.
I combine art-historical depth to place works in context, writerly precision to convey them, and a legal eye to keep an overview of everything around them — copyright, contracts, catalogue raisonné — and to ask the right questions.
I studied art history and law and work from Hamburg for artists, galleries and editorial teams in the German-speaking world. From the curatorial idea through the text to clean documentation, I bring together what is otherwise often spread across several people.
Whether exhibition, catalogue, artist text or a piece for your magazine — tell me briefly what it is about. I reply personally.
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