Ingo Bartsch
Year of birth, place
Year of death, place
Role at the ZKM
- Artist of the archive
Biography
Ingo Bartsch studied art history, archaeology and Italian studies in Berlin. In 1977 he received his doctorate with a thesis on »The Painting of Futurism in Italy and its Relationship to Fascism« under Prof. Heinrich Thelen and Prof. Johannes Agnoli. From 1977–1979 he completed a traineeship at the Kunsthalle in Baden-Baden and after working as curator and curator at the Museum Bochum from 1979–1988 he was director of the Museum am Ostwall from 1988–2003, where he conceived renowned exhibitions.
In addition to a teaching position at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, he supported the promotion of art by frequently sitting on the jury at competitions. He was a founding member of the Chelsea Art Museum in New York and a member of the international scientific committee at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art MART in Roverteto/Italy.
From 2004 to 2007 he was a freelance art historian and art scholar.
The Futurism Library from the estate of Ingo Bartsch is held at the ZKM.