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as chairman of the NAK‘s board, I eventually developed an eye for 17th century apartments in Acquapendente in the Italian border
trans-regional and international art. Working in the NAK, as it were, triangle of Lazio-Umbria-Tuscany in order to make them available at
was for me an education in seeing. The more you see and know, the regular intervals to artists, to live and work for a time in a comple-
more you can develop a sense of judgement. I tried to accumulate tely different environment.
as much pictorial experience and knowledge as possible in order to
develop a sense for quality, for the intensity of art and artists. Perhaps a thought to finish with?

Do you buy spontaneously? A small quote that has left a deep impression on me. I have a small
work by Joseph Beuys with the phrase: “Who is unwilling to think is
In recent years much less frequently, but at the opening of ‚Visi- dismissed” (Economic Value Apollo, 1977). I would like to add to this
ons. An Atmosphere of Change‘ at MARTa Herford in May 2013, I sentence: „… and he who thinks too much, will too”
saw the installation ‚Von neuerwachten Welten‘ (2012) by Johanna
Tiedtke, an artist born in 1981 and currently living in New York. I
spontaneously decided to acquire the work.

What plans do you have for the future?

In autumn 2013, I was able to persuade the former gallerist Ben
Kaufmann to take over the directorship of the NAK. I expect that
we‘ll realise some interesting projects here, that the Kunstverein
will have a stronger connection to the Euregio region, and that we‘ll
not only be able to stabilise the success we‘ve had so far, but also
to build on it. Additionally, I am planning to restore and convert two

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