Christiane Kuhlmann

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German^[1] b. 1967, Essen, Germany^[1] active 1997–present

Christiane Kuhlmann is a German art historian and curator specializing in photography and contemporary art. She holds a Master's degree from the University of Bochum (graduated 1997) and a doctorate on the medial intersection of dance and photography in the 1920s. Kuhlmann has held various curatorial positions across Europe, including roles at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, the Heidi Horten Collection in Vienna, and as the director of the Emslandmuseum Schloss Clemenswerth (since 2024). She is a prolific author of publications on photography history and theory, notably co-authoring works on Richard Tepe for the Rijksmuseum.^[1,2]

• photography history
• curatorship
• dance photography

Works by Christiane Kuhlmann

• 2007 Richard Tepe: Photography of Nature in the Netherlands 1900-1940 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam · book · English · ISBN 9789086890194 Co-authored with Richard Tepe.
• 2010 A Star Is Born: Photography and Rock since Elvis book · ISBN 9783869301921 Co-edited with Ute Eskildsen.

Exhibitions

• 2013 Hannes Schmid – Real Stories Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern · solo
• 2023 Look, Hommage an die Museumsgründerin Heidi Horten Collection, Vienna · solo

Awards

• 2015 Thomas Friedrich-Stipendium für Fotografieforschung Berlinische Galerie
• 2005 Agnes Gaetz Preis

References

1. Wikipedia (de): Christiane Kuhlmann link
2. 2007 link