DPA Picture Alliance
I am trained as an historian. Born in Switzerland, I grew up in Paris and attended Brown University, Providence RI, and the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. As a director of Berggruen & Zevi in London, I organized exhibitions of Paul Klee, Alberto Giacometti, Not Vital and Elisabeth Scherffig, among others. As associate curator at the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, I curated retrospectives of Matisse's paper cut-outs, Yves Klein and Picasso's work for the stage. I have written on modernist literature (Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Paul Morand), on twentieth century and contemporary art (Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, Cy Twombly, Ed Ruscha, Adriana Varejão) and on the relationship between music and visual arts (George Condo's Jazz paintings, Picasso & Stravinsky in Italy).
Apart from various curatorial projects, I am involved in a small number of musical events focused on 20th Century and Contemporary music. These focus on piano music, ranging from Alexander Scriabin to Unsuk Chin and Helmut Lachenmann.
Education
The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London 1987
M.A. in History of Art, Master’s Thesis: The Brothers Goncourt Between Past and Present
Thesis Director: Anita Brookner
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 1986
A.B. in History of Art
Current Affiliations
Carnegie Hall, New York
Member, Board of Trustees
Beaumont Nathan, London
Member, International Advisory Board
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Member, Visiting Committee, Modern and Contemporary Art; Visiting Committee, Thomas J. Watson Library
Museum Berggruen, Berlin
Vice Chair, International Council
Musée Picasso, Paris
Member of the Scientific Committee; Member of the Acquisitions Committee
The John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, Providence RI
Member, Board of Governors
Select Curatorial Projects
Scuderie del Quirinale & Palazzo Barberini, Rome 2017
Picasso between Cubism & Classicism 1915 - 1925
The Gallery at Windsor, Vero Beach Florida 2015
Per Kirkeby: Echo of the Light (co-curated with Kadee Robbins)
Dickinson Gallery, New York 2013
Paul Klee: The Bauhaus Years
Dickinson Gallery, New York 2011
Playing with Form: Concrete Art from Brazil
Académie de France, Villa Medici, Rome 2010
Beatrice Caracciolo—Tumulti
Fundacion Marcelino Botin, Santander; Fondazione Memmo, Rome 2008
Jean-Michel Basquiat: To Repel Ghosts
Venetia Kapernekas Gallery, New York 2008
Seven Line Drawings by Picasso
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2007
Picasso and the Theater
Fundacion Marcelino Botin, Santander; Fondazione Memmo, Rome 2006
Paul Klee: La Collezione Berggruen
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt; Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao 2005
Yves Klein (co-curated with Ingrid Pfeiffer)
The Gallery at Windsor, Florida 2003
Ed Ruscha: The Drawn Word
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt; Museum Berggruen, Berlin 2002
Henri Matisse: Drawing With Scissors: Masterpieces from the Late Years
Berggruen and Zevi Ltd. 1995
Paul Klee: The Bauhaus Years
Artemis Fine Arts 1989
Paul Klee
Awards and Prizes
Berliner Zeitung Media Award 2009