Antje von Graevenitz


Antje von Graevenitz, born Ludwig is a German art historian, art critic, educator and author.

Education and career

Since 1970, Antje von Graevenitz has lived in Amsterdam. As a professor of general art history, specialized in the history of 20th- and 21st-century art, she taught at the University of Amsterdam and Cologne. In her research she is mainly focused on ephemeral art and interdisciplinary and anthropological topics. Some of her publications are dedicated to Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Beuys and Nam June Paik. Parallel to studying librarianship, she read art history, archeology and ethnology at Hamburg and Munich, where in 1973 she obtained her PhD with a dissertation about the Dutch ornament in the of the baroque period, investigated with reference to the works of the family of silversmiths van Vianen and Lutma.
From 1971 onwards she began writing art reviews and essays for the Süddeutsche Zeitung as well as for international journals. She has worked as part of the editorial teams of Museumjournaal, Vrij Nederland, Kunstschrift OKB, , Archis and the Jahrbuch. She went on to lecture in modern art history at the University of Amsterdam. As cultural advisor she worked for both the Dutch government and for the municipality of Amsterdam. Furthermore, she functioned as a member of the board for in Amsterdam, for the Academy of Art in Arnhem, for in Amsterdam, as chairwoman of the board of the Art Collection of Groningen and as the president of the Dutch section of the AICA. She also was engaged as scientific advisor of the , the Institute of Modern Art in Nürnberg, the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein in Vaduz and in the in Cologne. In 1993, she was a member of the selection-committee for the chief-curator of :de:Documenta X|documenta X in Kassel.

Personal life

Antje von Graevenitz was married to the late Gerhard von Graevenitz, who was an artist of kinetic objects. Since 2001 she is married to Martin Adrichem.

Works (selection)

RITUALS
PHILOSOPHY
FLUXUS
JOSEPH BEUYS
MARCEL DUCHAMP
GENERAL SUBJECTS
FILM
EXHIBITIONS CURATED