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Chris Dercon
Born1958 Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationArt historian, art critic, university teacher, curator Edit this on Wikidata
Employer
Position heldmuseum director Edit this on Wikidata

Chris Dercon (born 1958) is a Belgian art historian and curator. He is former director of Haus der Kunst in Munich and Tate Modern in London. In 2017 he became the intendant of the Volksbühne Berlin,[1] but resigned in April 2018.

In July 2020, he was appointed to the Visual Arts Authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Tate Modern Director, Chris Dercon, to Step Down". New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  2. ^ https://www.arabnews.com/node/1711551/saudi-arabia