Kasper König

Kasper König
König in 2012
Born
Rudolf Hans König

(1943-11-21)21 November 1943
Mettingen, Gau Westphalia-North, Germany
Died9 August 2024(2024-08-09) (aged 80)
Berlin, Germany
Occupations
  • Museum director
  • Curator
  • Academic teacher
Organizations
Spouses
  • Ilka Schellenberg
  • Edda Köchl-König
  • Barbara Weiss
  • Heidi Specker
Children4, including Johann
WebsiteOfficial website

Rudolf Hans "Kasper" König (German pronunciation: [ˈʁuː.dɔlf ˈhans ˈkas.pɐ ˈkøː.nɪç]; 21 November 1943 – 9 August 2024) was a German museum director and curator. He curated exhibitions of works by Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol in the 1960s, initiated the Skulptur Projekte Münster in the 1970s, founded the Portikus hall and became a professor at the Städelschule in Frankfurt in the 1980s, and was director of the Museum Ludwig in Cologne from 2000 to 2012.

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