Helmut Draxler

Helmut Draxler is an art historian and cultural theorist. From 1992 to 1995 he was director of the Kunstverein München. He held professorships in art theory at the Merz Akademie in Stuttgart (1999–2012), at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg (2013–2014) and finally at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (2014–2023). His work focuses on the intersections of art, politics, philosophy and psychoanalysis.

Publications: Gefährliche Substanzen. Zum Verhältnis von Kritik und Kunst, Berlin (b_books) 2007; Abdrift des Wollens. Eine Theorie der Vermittlung, Vienna, Berlin (Turia + Kant) 2017; Die Wahrheit der Niederländischen Malerei. Eine Archäologie der Gegenwartskunst, Paderborn (Brill/Fink) 2021; A Sense for Projects. The Problem of the Public and Contemporary Art (in preparation).

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