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Marion Ackermann, currently the general director of Dresden’s state museums, has been appointed the first woman to run the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), the largest cultural employer in Germany.
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 11 Jul 2024
Marion Ackermann, currently the general director of Dresden’s state museums, has been appointed the first woman to run the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), the largest cultural employer in Germany.
With around 2,000 employees, the SPK oversees 15 Berlin museums as well as archives, libraries and research institutes. As president, Ackermann’s tasks will include managing a major overhaul of the foundation, which a panel of independent experts described in a 2020 report as “dysfunctional” and “structurally overwhelmed.”
Ackermann, the unanimous choice of a finding commission, will take up the post in June next year. She succeeds Hermann Parzinger, who is retiring after... More from The Art Newspaper
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