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Prof. Dr. Marion Ackermann
Marion Ackermann is an art historian and has been President of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz since 1 June 2025. She is the first female president of the foundation, following four male predecessors.
The President of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Prof. Dr. Marion Ackermann, photo: SPK / photothek / Thomas Koehler
Ackermann studied art history, German language and literature, and history in Göttingen, Kassel, Vienna, and Munich, and received her doctorate from the University of Göttingen in 1995 with a thesis on Wassily Kandinsky's autobiographical and theoretical texts.
In 2003, she took over as director of the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, becoming the youngest director of a major museum in Germany at the age of 38. From 2009, she headed the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, one of Germany's most important art museums. Since 2016, she has been Director General of the Dresden State Art Collections, an association of 15 museums and four institutes with over two million visitors annually.
In addition to her work as a curator and museum director, Marion Ackermann has held teaching positions at various universities and art academies. Until 2023, Marion Ackermann was co-chair of the Bizot Group for many years and until 2024 she was a member of the Goethe-Institut's executive committee. She is active in the following committees, among others: Chair of the jury for the Kaiserring Goslar; Academic Council of the National Gallery Prague; Supervisory Board of the KBB in Berlin; Foundation Advisory Board of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz and Senate of the German National Foundation.
Her role as president involves a wide range of tasks: Ackermann represents the foundation. She implements decisions made by the foundation board in consultation with the advisory board. She is also responsible for all day-to-day business.
Ackermann is the editor of the foundation's own publications, such as SPK Magazine, the Annual Report (formerly the Yearbook) and individual publications on current foundation topics.