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'''Beatrix Ruf''' (born 1960, [[Singen]], [[Germany]]<ref name=yokohama>{{cite web|title=Artistic Director / Curators|url=http://www.yokohamatriennale.jp/2008/en/curator/|publisher=Yokohama Triennale 2008|access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref>) is a German [[art curator]] and art advisor who held the position of director of the [[Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam]] between November 2014 and October 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.stedelijk.nl/en/news-items/Beatrix-Ruf-new-Director-Stedelijk-Museum-Amsterdam|title = Beatrix Ruf New Director Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam|date = 2014-04-08|access-date = 2014-04-08}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/beatrix-ruf-verlaesst-das-stedelijk-museum-ld.1322379 ''Beatrix Ruf verlässt das Stedelijk Museum.''] In: ''[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]]'', 17. Oktober 2017. (german)</ref> Formerly she was director of the [[Kunsthalle Zurich]]. She is associate editor for [[JRP-Ringier]], works with the [[LUMA Foundation]], the [[Garage Museum of Contemporary Art]] in Moscow,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/beatrix-ruf-garage-moscow|title = Former Stedelijk director Beatrix Ruf will head to Moscow's Garage Museum}}</ref> and is the artistic director of the Ringier Collection. In 2012, she was listed in the top ten of the most influential people in the art world by ''[[ArtReview]]''.
'''Beatrix Ruf''' (born 1960, [[Singen]], [[Germany]]<ref name=yokohama>{{cite web|title=Artistic Director / Curators|url=http://www.yokohamatriennale.jp/2008/en/curator/|publisher=Yokohama Triennale 2008|access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref>) is a German [[art curator]] and art advisor who held the position of director of the [[Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam]] between November 2014 and October 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.stedelijk.nl/en/news-items/Beatrix-Ruf-new-Director-Stedelijk-Museum-Amsterdam|title = Beatrix Ruf New Director Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam|date = 2014-04-08|access-date = 2014-04-08}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/beatrix-ruf-verlaesst-das-stedelijk-museum-ld.1322379 ''Beatrix Ruf verlässt das Stedelijk Museum.''] In: ''[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]]'', 17. Oktober 2017. (german)</ref> Formerly she was director of the [[Kunsthalle Zurich]]. She is associate editor for [[JRP-Ringier]], works with the [[LUMA Foundation]], the [[Garage Museum of Contemporary Art]] in Moscow,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/beatrix-ruf-garage-moscow|title = Former Stedelijk director Beatrix Ruf will head to Moscow's Garage Museum}}</ref> and is the artistic director of the Ringier Collection. In 2012, she was listed in the top ten of the most influential people in the art world by ''[[ArtReview]]''.


== Biography and education ==
==Early life and education==
Ruf is the daughter of a land surveyor, later mayor of Singen, a small town near the Swiss border. She studied at a [[Gymnasium (Germany)|gymnasium]] and studied psychology, ethnology, art, and cultural sciences at the [[University of Zurich]]. After this, she went to the [[Conservatory of Vienna]] to study dancing.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Interview with Ruf|last = Koelewijn|first = Jannetje|date = April 2015|journal = NRC Handelsblad Magazine Lux #23}}</ref> She became a [[choreographer]] and art critic and gave lessons in improvisation at the conservatory.
Ruf is the daughter of a land surveyor, later mayor of Singen, a small town near the Swiss border. She studied at a [[Gymnasium (Germany)|gymnasium]] and studied psychology, ethnology, art, and cultural sciences at the [[University of Zurich]]. After this, she went to the [[Conservatory of Vienna]] to study dancing.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Interview with Ruf|last = Koelewijn|first = Jannetje|date = April 2015|journal = NRC Handelsblad Magazine Lux #23}}</ref> She became a [[choreographer]] and art critic and gave lessons in improvisation at the conservatory.


== Work ==
==Career==
Ruf started her career in art as curator of the Kunstmuseum Thurgau between 1994 and 1998.<ref>[http://www.kortarsgaleriak.hu/en/budapestcontemporary/102-beatrix-ruf-2013-marcius-.html Beatrix Ruf] Budapest Contemporary.</ref> She has been the artistic director of the [[Ringier|Ringier Collection]] since 1995. In 1998 she was named as a member of the Art commission of [[Swiss Re]].<ref name="Beatrix Ruf">[http://www.prixpictet.com/nominators/ruf-beatrix/ Beatrix Ruf] Prix Pictet.</ref>
Ruf started her career in art as curator of the Kunstmuseum Thurgau between 1994 and 1998.<ref>[http://www.kortarsgaleriak.hu/en/budapestcontemporary/102-beatrix-ruf-2013-marcius-.html Beatrix Ruf] Budapest Contemporary.</ref> She has been the artistic director of the [[Ringier|Ringier Collection]] since 1995. In 1998 she was named as a member of the Art commission of [[Swiss Re]].<ref name="Beatrix Ruf">[http://www.prixpictet.com/nominators/ruf-beatrix/ Beatrix Ruf] Prix Pictet.</ref>


From 1998 until 2001, Ruf was the director of [[Kunsthaus Glarus]]. In 1999, she joined the board of the Schweizerische Graphische Gesellschaft (SGG).<ref name="Beatrix Ruf"/>
From 1998 until 2001, Ruf was the director of [[Kunsthaus Glarus]]. In 1999, she joined the board of the Schweizerische Graphische Gesellschaft (SGG).<ref name="Beatrix Ruf"/>


===Kunsthalle Zürich, 2001–2014===
Ruf replaced [[Bernhard Bürgi]] in 2001 as director at Kunsthalle Zurich.<ref name=Allen>{{cite web|last=Allen|first=Jennifer|title=Beatrix Ruf Arrives in Zurich|url=http://artforum.com/news/week=200135|work=Past Digests|publisher=Artforum|access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref> In 2012, she completed the acquisition, remodelling and extension of the Kunsthalle Zürich building at the Löwenbräu building in Zürich. That year, she also served on the jury for the [[Deutsche Börse Photography Prize]] and the Artissima Illy Present Future Prize.<ref name=Ruf>{{cite web|title=7. Beatrix Ruf|url=http://www.artreview100.com/people/782/|work=The Power 100|publisher=Art Review|access-date=26 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622110558/http://www.artreview100.com/people/782/|archive-date=22 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Ruf replaced [[Bernhard Bürgi]] in 2001 as director at Kunsthalle Zurich.<ref name=Allen>{{cite web|last=Allen|first=Jennifer|title=Beatrix Ruf Arrives in Zurich|url=http://artforum.com/news/week=200135|work=Past Digests|publisher=Artforum|access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref> In 2012, she completed the acquisition, remodelling and extension of the Kunsthalle Zürich building at the Löwenbräu building in Zürich. That year, she also served on the jury for the [[Deutsche Börse Photography Prize]] and the Artissima Illy Present Future Prize.<ref name=Ruf>{{cite web|title=7. Beatrix Ruf|url=http://www.artreview100.com/people/782/|work=The Power 100|publisher=Art Review|access-date=26 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622110558/http://www.artreview100.com/people/782/|archive-date=22 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Ruf has served as a juror in commissions and has curated numerous exhibitions, written essays and published catalogues on contemporary art.<ref name="Beatrix Ruf"/> In 2006 she curated the Tate Triennial for [[Tate Britain]], London.<ref name="Beatrix Ruf"/> She co-curated the 2008 Yokohama Triennale.<ref name=yokohama/>
During her time in Zürich, Ruf served as a juror in commissions and curated numerous exhibitions, written essays and published catalogues on contemporary art.<ref name="Beatrix Ruf"/> In 2006 she curated the Tate Triennial for [[Tate Britain]], London.<ref name="Beatrix Ruf"/> She also co-curated the 2008 [[Yokohama Triennale]].<ref name=yokohama/>


===Stedelijk Museum, 2014–2017===
In 2014 Ruf was appointed director of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Her first purchase was the work ''Zwei Lampen by'' [[Isa Genzken]] (1948). The first exhibition in 2015 was by [[Tino Sehgal]].
In 2014 Ruf was appointed director of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Her first purchase was the work ''Zwei Lampen by'' [[Isa Genzken]] (1948). The first exhibition in 2015 was by [[Tino Sehgal]].

Ruf was a member of the juries that selected [[Magali Reus]] as 2015 recipient of the Prix de Rome<ref>Alex Greenberger (17 December 2015), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/magali-reus-named-winner-of-the-2015-prix-de-rome-5554/ Magali Reus Named Winner of the 2015 Prix de Rome] ''[[ARTnews]]''.</ref> and [[Helen Marten]] as 2016 recipient of the [[Turner Prize]].<ref>Alex Greenberger (5 December 2016), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/helen-marten-wins-the-2016-turner-prize-7432/ Helen Marten Wins the 2016 Turner Prize] ''[[ARTnews]]''.</ref>


On October 17, 2017, Ruf resigned as director of the Stedelijk after reports in the Dutch news media detailed how, since 2014, she had been earning nearly a half million euros per year as a private art consultant, above and beyond the salary she received from the Stedelijk, and that she had also failed to report those activities and earnings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/10/12/stedelijk-onderzoekt-nevenactiviteiten-directeur-13472490-a1577104|title=Stedelijk onderzoekt nevenactiviteiten directeur Beatrix Ruf|work=NRC|access-date=2017-10-17|language=nl}}</ref> Her art consultancy activities consisted, in part, of having the Stedelijk officially borrow her clients' artworks, whereby the Stedelijk's prestigious imprimatur would then cause those artworks to increase in value.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/10/14/kunstschandaal-13481113-a1577263|title=Kunstschandaal|work=NRC|access-date=2017-10-17|language=nl}}</ref> Several weeks beforehand, Dutch newspaper [[NRC Handelsblad]] also reported that Ruf had brokered a deal whereby the Stedelijk was to receive a gift of 600 artworks from the German art collector and dealer Thomas Borgmann; in fact, the actual gift consisted of 200 artworks, and was contingent upon the Stedeljk agreeing to purchase seven other artworks from Borgmann in exchange for €1.5 million.<ref name=":0" /> This transaction was initially absent from the Stedelijk's annual report, until the NRC Handelblad's publication of the details resulted in the museum later amending its annual report.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/10/06/gratis-kunst-die-stiekem-toch-15-miljoen-kost-13365402-a1576353|title=Gratis kunst die stiekem toch 1,5 miljoen kost|work=NRC|access-date=2017-10-17|language=nl}}</ref>
On October 17, 2017, Ruf resigned as director of the Stedelijk after reports in the Dutch news media detailed how, since 2014, she had been earning nearly a half million euros per year as a private art consultant, above and beyond the salary she received from the Stedelijk, and that she had also failed to report those activities and earnings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/10/12/stedelijk-onderzoekt-nevenactiviteiten-directeur-13472490-a1577104|title=Stedelijk onderzoekt nevenactiviteiten directeur Beatrix Ruf|work=NRC|access-date=2017-10-17|language=nl}}</ref> Her art consultancy activities consisted, in part, of having the Stedelijk officially borrow her clients' artworks, whereby the Stedelijk's prestigious imprimatur would then cause those artworks to increase in value.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/10/14/kunstschandaal-13481113-a1577263|title=Kunstschandaal|work=NRC|access-date=2017-10-17|language=nl}}</ref> Several weeks beforehand, Dutch newspaper [[NRC Handelsblad]] also reported that Ruf had brokered a deal whereby the Stedelijk was to receive a gift of 600 artworks from the German art collector and dealer Thomas Borgmann; in fact, the actual gift consisted of 200 artworks, and was contingent upon the Stedeljk agreeing to purchase seven other artworks from Borgmann in exchange for €1.5 million.<ref name=":0" /> This transaction was initially absent from the Stedelijk's annual report, until the NRC Handelblad's publication of the details resulted in the museum later amending its annual report.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/10/06/gratis-kunst-die-stiekem-toch-15-miljoen-kost-13365402-a1576353|title=Gratis kunst die stiekem toch 1,5 miljoen kost|work=NRC|access-date=2017-10-17|language=nl}}</ref>
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An independent investigation, commissioned by the city of Amsterdam, fully cleared Ruf in June 2018 from all allegations.<ref>New York Times: [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/arts/design/beatrix-ruf-stedelijk-report.html ''Inquiry Clears Museum Director Who Quit in Conflict-of-Interest Storm.'']</ref><ref>Art Forum: [https://www.artforum.com/news/new-report-clears-former-stedelijk-director-beatrix-ruf-of-wrongdoing-75729 ''New Report clears Former Stedelijk Director Beatrix Ruf of Wrongdoing.'']</ref><ref>Süddeutsche: [https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/kunst-sponsoren-und-maezene-bieten-eine-chance-1.4019487 ''Sponsoren und Mäzene bieten eine Chance.'']</ref>
An independent investigation, commissioned by the city of Amsterdam, fully cleared Ruf in June 2018 from all allegations.<ref>New York Times: [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/arts/design/beatrix-ruf-stedelijk-report.html ''Inquiry Clears Museum Director Who Quit in Conflict-of-Interest Storm.'']</ref><ref>Art Forum: [https://www.artforum.com/news/new-report-clears-former-stedelijk-director-beatrix-ruf-of-wrongdoing-75729 ''New Report clears Former Stedelijk Director Beatrix Ruf of Wrongdoing.'']</ref><ref>Süddeutsche: [https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/kunst-sponsoren-und-maezene-bieten-eine-chance-1.4019487 ''Sponsoren und Mäzene bieten eine Chance.'']</ref>


== References ==
===Later career===
From 2019 to 2020, Ruf headed the international program of the [[Garage Museum of Contemporary Art]] in Moscow.<ref>[https://www.artforum.com/news/Former%20Stedelijk%20Museum%20Director%20Beatrix%20Ruf%20to%20Join%20Moscow%E2%80%99s%20Garage%20Museum-81232 Former Stedelijk Museum Director Beatrix Ruf to Join Moscow’s Garage Museum] ''[[Artforum]]'', 5 November 2019.</ref>

In 2022, Ruf partnered with the Stedelijk for a major exhibition of artist [[Anne Imhof]], which she had helped curate when the show was intended to open at the Garage Museum.<ref>Kabir Jhala (30 September 2022), [https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/09/30/anne-imhof-exhibitionplanned-for-moscow-and-cancelled-due-to-war-in-ukraineopens-at-stedelijk-museum-in-amsterdam Immersive Anne Imhof exhibition—planned for Moscow and cancelled due to war in Ukraine—opens in Amsterdam] ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref>

==Recognition==
* 2015 – Agnes Gund Curatorial Award, presented by [[Independent Curators International]]<ref>Andrew Russeth (22 September 2015), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/beatrix-ruf-wins-icis-agnes-gund-curatorial-award-4979/ Beatrix Ruf Wins ICI’s Agnes Gund Curatorial Award] ''[[ARTnews]]''.</ref>

==References==
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Revision as of 13:51, 16 April 2023

Beatrix Ruf
Beatrix Ruf (2015)
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Singen, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationMuseum director

Beatrix Ruf (born 1960, Singen, Germany[1]) is a German art curator and art advisor who held the position of director of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam between November 2014 and October 2017.[2][3] Formerly she was director of the Kunsthalle Zurich. She is associate editor for JRP-Ringier, works with the LUMA Foundation, the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow,[4] and is the artistic director of the Ringier Collection. In 2012, she was listed in the top ten of the most influential people in the art world by ArtReview.

Early life and education

Ruf is the daughter of a land surveyor, later mayor of Singen, a small town near the Swiss border. She studied at a gymnasium and studied psychology, ethnology, art, and cultural sciences at the University of Zurich. After this, she went to the Conservatory of Vienna to study dancing.[5] She became a choreographer and art critic and gave lessons in improvisation at the conservatory.

Career

Ruf started her career in art as curator of the Kunstmuseum Thurgau between 1994 and 1998.[6] She has been the artistic director of the Ringier Collection since 1995. In 1998 she was named as a member of the Art commission of Swiss Re.[7]

From 1998 until 2001, Ruf was the director of Kunsthaus Glarus. In 1999, she joined the board of the Schweizerische Graphische Gesellschaft (SGG).[7]

Kunsthalle Zürich, 2001–2014

Ruf replaced Bernhard Bürgi in 2001 as director at Kunsthalle Zurich.[8] In 2012, she completed the acquisition, remodelling and extension of the Kunsthalle Zürich building at the Löwenbräu building in Zürich. That year, she also served on the jury for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize and the Artissima Illy Present Future Prize.[9]

During her time in Zürich, Ruf served as a juror in commissions and curated numerous exhibitions, written essays and published catalogues on contemporary art.[7] In 2006 she curated the Tate Triennial for Tate Britain, London.[7] She also co-curated the 2008 Yokohama Triennale.[1]

Stedelijk Museum, 2014–2017

In 2014 Ruf was appointed director of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Her first purchase was the work Zwei Lampen by Isa Genzken (1948). The first exhibition in 2015 was by Tino Sehgal.

Ruf was a member of the juries that selected Magali Reus as 2015 recipient of the Prix de Rome[10] and Helen Marten as 2016 recipient of the Turner Prize.[11]

On October 17, 2017, Ruf resigned as director of the Stedelijk after reports in the Dutch news media detailed how, since 2014, she had been earning nearly a half million euros per year as a private art consultant, above and beyond the salary she received from the Stedelijk, and that she had also failed to report those activities and earnings.[12] Her art consultancy activities consisted, in part, of having the Stedelijk officially borrow her clients' artworks, whereby the Stedelijk's prestigious imprimatur would then cause those artworks to increase in value.[13] Several weeks beforehand, Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad also reported that Ruf had brokered a deal whereby the Stedelijk was to receive a gift of 600 artworks from the German art collector and dealer Thomas Borgmann; in fact, the actual gift consisted of 200 artworks, and was contingent upon the Stedeljk agreeing to purchase seven other artworks from Borgmann in exchange for €1.5 million.[12] This transaction was initially absent from the Stedelijk's annual report, until the NRC Handelblad's publication of the details resulted in the museum later amending its annual report.[14]

An independent investigation, commissioned by the city of Amsterdam, fully cleared Ruf in June 2018 from all allegations.[15][16][17]

Later career

From 2019 to 2020, Ruf headed the international program of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow.[18]

In 2022, Ruf partnered with the Stedelijk for a major exhibition of artist Anne Imhof, which she had helped curate when the show was intended to open at the Garage Museum.[19]

Recognition

References

  1. ^ a b "Artistic Director / Curators". Yokohama Triennale 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Beatrix Ruf New Director Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam". 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  3. ^ Beatrix Ruf verlässt das Stedelijk Museum. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 17. Oktober 2017. (german)
  4. ^ "Former Stedelijk director Beatrix Ruf will head to Moscow's Garage Museum".
  5. ^ Koelewijn, Jannetje (April 2015). "Interview with Ruf". NRC Handelsblad Magazine Lux #23.
  6. ^ Beatrix Ruf Budapest Contemporary.
  7. ^ a b c d Beatrix Ruf Prix Pictet.
  8. ^ Allen, Jennifer. "Beatrix Ruf Arrives in Zurich". Past Digests. Artforum. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  9. ^ "7. Beatrix Ruf". The Power 100. Art Review. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  10. ^ Alex Greenberger (17 December 2015), Magali Reus Named Winner of the 2015 Prix de Rome ARTnews.
  11. ^ Alex Greenberger (5 December 2016), Helen Marten Wins the 2016 Turner Prize ARTnews.
  12. ^ a b "Stedelijk onderzoekt nevenactiviteiten directeur Beatrix Ruf". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  13. ^ "Kunstschandaal". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  14. ^ "Gratis kunst die stiekem toch 1,5 miljoen kost". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  15. ^ New York Times: Inquiry Clears Museum Director Who Quit in Conflict-of-Interest Storm.
  16. ^ Art Forum: New Report clears Former Stedelijk Director Beatrix Ruf of Wrongdoing.
  17. ^ Süddeutsche: Sponsoren und Mäzene bieten eine Chance.
  18. ^ Former Stedelijk Museum Director Beatrix Ruf to Join Moscow’s Garage Museum Artforum, 5 November 2019.
  19. ^ Kabir Jhala (30 September 2022), Immersive Anne Imhof exhibition—planned for Moscow and cancelled due to war in Ukraine—opens in Amsterdam The Art Newspaper.
  20. ^ Andrew Russeth (22 September 2015), Beatrix Ruf Wins ICI’s Agnes Gund Curatorial Award ARTnews.
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