Dr Lena Fritsch is an award-winning curator, writer and art historian. Her extensive curatorial career has seen her work at prominent institutions such as the Ashmolean Museum Oxford, Tate Modern, Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, and Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie in Berlin, before becoming independent. She has orchestrated over 15 exhibitions and numerous museum installations. Many of her shows garnered five star reviews, including Tokyo: Art & Photography (2021), and were nominated for awards, including Ashmolean NOW: Pio Abad for the 2024 Turner Prize. She has published on a wide array of modern and contemporary art, ranging from the work of influential German artists, such as Anselm Kiefer, A.R. Penck and Cornelia Schleime, to Agnes Martin’s writings, Alberto Giacometti’s sculptures, Ibrahim El-Salahi’s African modernist art, Moriyama Daido’s photography, Flora Yukhnovich’s distinctive paintings, and Radiohead’s LP covers. Fritsch has taught at the University of Oxford and SOAS (University of London), lectures regularly at museums, and consults private clients. She holds a PhD in Art History from Bonn University and also studied at Keio University, Tokyo.

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Dr Lena Fritsch is an award-winning curator, writer and art historian. Her extensive curatorial career has seen her work at prominent institutions such as the Ashmolean Museum Oxford, Tate Modern, Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, and Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie in Berlin, before becoming independent. She has orchestrated over 15 exhibitions and numerous museum installations. Many of her shows garnered five star reviews, including Tokyo: Art & Photography (2021), and were nominated for awards, including Ashmolean NOW: Pio Abad for the 2024 Turner Prize. She has published on a wide array of modern and contemporary art, ranging from the work of influential German artists, such as Anselm Kiefer, A.R. Penck and Cornelia Schleime, to Agnes Martin’s writings, Alberto Giacometti’s sculptures, Ibrahim El-Salahi’s African modernist art, Moriyama Daido’s photography, Flora Yukhnovich’s distinctive paintings, and Radiohead’s LP covers. Fritsch has taught at the University of Oxford and SOAS (University of London), lectures regularly at museums, and consults private clients. She holds a PhD in Art History from Bonn University and also studied at Keio University, Tokyo.

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