Joachim Jäger. Born in Munich, Germany. Study of art history, cultural history, and German literature. Ph.D. with a thesis on the American artist Robert Rauschenberg. 2000- 2007 curator at the Hamburger Bahnhof – Berlin.
Since 2008 head of the Neue Nationalgalerie, responsible for collection and program. Since 2012 involved in the refurbishment of the Mies-building as user representative. Since 2017 involved in all plannings for the new “Museum of the 20th Century” designed by Herzog / de Meuron. Selected exhibitions curated: William Kentridge: Journey to the moon (2007; Wolfgang Tillmans. Lighter (2008), Divided Heaven. Art between 1945-1968 (2011- 2013), Stella & Calatrava. The Michael Kohlhaas Curtain (2011), Otto Piene. More Sky (2014), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Hieroglyphs (2016/2017), Pablo Picasso x Thomas Scheibitz. Signs, stage, lexicon (2019).
Publisher and author of numerous books and articles on modern and contemporary art.
Deputy Director Nationalgalerie Berlin.
Head of Neue Nationalgalerie (Mies-building Berlin).
Since 2008 head of the Neue Nationalgalerie, responsible for collection and program. Since 2012 involved in the refurbishment of the Mies-building as user representative. Since 2017 involved in all plannings for the new “Museum of the 20th Century” designed by Herzog / de Meuron. Selected exhibitions curated: William Kentridge: Journey to the moon (2007; Wolfgang Tillmans. Lighter (2008), Divided Heaven. Art between 1945-1968 (2011- 2013), Stella & Calatrava. The Michael Kohlhaas Curtain (2011), Otto Piene. More Sky (2014), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Hieroglyphs (2016/2017), Pablo Picasso x Thomas Scheibitz. Signs, stage, lexicon (2019).
Publisher and author of numerous books and articles on modern and contemporary art.
Deputy Director Nationalgalerie Berlin.
Head of Neue Nationalgalerie (Mies-building Berlin).
