Professors

Monika Baer

Fine Arts and Painting
Photo: Åsa Lundén, Moderna Museet

Daniel Birnbaum

Philosophy and Art Education
Photo: Louis Haugh

Gerard Byrne

Film
Image: Julia Marois

Barbara Clausen

Curatorial Studies, Rector
Photo: Constanze Flamme

Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius

Cohabitation, Vice-Rector
Photo: Heji Shin

Isabelle Graw

Art History and Art Theory
Foto: Florian Zeyfang

Judith Hopf

Fine Arts
Photo: Sebastian Bolesch / HKW

Hassan Khan

Fine Arts
Photo: Büro Schramm für Gestaltung

Philippe Pirotte

Art History and Curatorial Studies
Photo: Killa Schuetze

Tobias Rehberger

Sculpture
Photo: Jonas Leihener

Willem de Rooij

Fine Arts
Photo: Abigail Enzaldo, © Haegue Yang and kurimanzutto, 2017

Haegue Yang

Fine Arts

Guest
Professors

Image: Marina Ackar

Mahret Ifeoma Kupka

Ghislaine Leung, Holdings, detail, 2024. Score: An object that is no longer an artwork. Photo by Bob. Courtesy of the Artist, Maxwell Graham, New York and Cabinet, London

Ghislaine Leung

Past Faculty

Photo: Lisa Whiting

Éric Baudelaire

Summer Semester 2023 and Summer Semester 2024: Guest Professor for Fine Arts
Photo: Sam Penn

Hannah Black

Winter Semester 2021/22: Guest Professor for Fine Arts

Tania Bruguera

Summer Semester 2021: Guest Professor for Fine Arts

Francisco Camacho Herrera

Summer Semester 2023: Guest Professor for Fine Arts

Barbara Casavecchia

Winter Semester 2023/24–Summer Semester 2024: QuiS Visiting Research Fellow
Photo: Albrecht Fuchs

Keren Cytter

Summer Semester 2022: Guest Professor for Fine Arts
Photo: Christian Werner

Clémentine Deliss

Winter Semester 2022/23: Guest Professor for Art History and Curatorial Studies

Loretta Fahrenholz

Winter Semester 2023/24: Guest Professor for Fine Arts
Photo: Albrecht Fuchs

Cyprien Gaillard

Winter Semester 2020/21: Guest Professor for Fine Arts

Ayşe Güleç

Winter Semester 2021/22–Summer Semester 2022: Research Fellow
© Pauline Ferron@ArtExplora

Flaka Haliti

Summer Semester 2024: Guest Professor for Fine Arts

Omar Kasmani

Winter Semester 2022/23–Summer Semester 2023: Guest Professor for Fine Arts
Photo: Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Köln

Kasper König

Rector 1989–2000, Honorary Professor 2001–2024

Vera Mey

Summer Semester 2023: Guest Professor for Curatorial Studies and Art History

Jenny Nachtigall

Summer Semester 2019–Winter Semester 2020/21: Guest Professor for Art Theory

Ruth Noack

Summer Semester 2023: Guest Professor for Curatorial Studies and Art History
Photo: Herman Dreyer

Camille Norment

Summer Semester 2024: Guest Professor for Fine Arts

Ima-Abasi Okon

Winter Semester 2023/24: Guest Professor for Fine Arts

Henrik Olesen

Summer Semester 2024: Guest Professor for Fine Arts

Rahraw Omarzad

Summer Semester 2022: Guest Professor for Fine Arts (Gasthof)
Photo by Keshet Migdal

Nira Pereg

Summer Semester 2024: Guest Professor for Fine Arts

Walid Raad

Summer Semester 2022: Visiting Artist
Photo: Valentina Knežević

Yasmil Raymond

Sommer Semester 2020-Sommer Semester 2024: Professor for Curatorial Studies, Rector
Photo: Paula Court

Asad Raza

Winter Semester 2022/23: Guest Professor for Fine Arts
Slavs and Tatars, Molla Nasreddin the antimodern, 2012, fibreglass, lacquer paint, steel, 180 × 180 × 80 cm, Installation view at Yinchuan Biennale, 2016.

Slavs and Tatars

Summer Semester 2023: Guest Professors for Fine Arts

Monika Szewczyk

Winter Semester 2022/23–Summer Semester 2023: Research Fellow
Photo: Diana Pfammatter

Sung Tieu

Winter Semester 2021/22: Guest Professor for Fine Arts

Helena Uambembe

Winter Semester 2023/24: Visiting Artist / Fine Arts

Honorary
Professors

Photo: Renate Brandt

Christa Näher

Fine Arts
Photo: Anders Clausen

Wolfgang Tillmans

Fine Arts

Research Fellow

Image: Frank Stolle

Gürsoy Doğtaş

Winter Semester 2024/25–Summer Semester 2025: QuiS Visiting Research Fellow

Teachers