Kasper König


Kasper König is a German museum director and curator.

Career

König was born in Mettingen. In 1965 he traveled to New York as a courier on behalf of the Robert Fraser Gallery, where he lived intermittently until 1978. From 1973 to 1975, König taught as an associate professor at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Canada. He became a professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1985. Portikus, an exhibition hall for contemporary art in Frankfurt am Main, was founded in 1987 by König. From 1988 to 2000, König taught as a professor at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, which he headed as rector from 1989.
From 2000 to 2012, he was director of the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.

Exhibitions

Honorary doctorates

In December 2018, König was accused by artist Cana Bilir-Meier of making racist statements about German Turks at a panel event at the Munich Kammerspiele theatre.

Personal life

He was married to the actress Edda Köchl-König. Their son Johann König is a Berlin-based art dealer.