Thomas Girst
- January 11, 2024
- Art Historian
Quick Facts
Full Name | Thomas Girst |
Date Of Birth | Jul 4, 1971(1971-07-04) |
Age | 53 |
Birthplace | Trier |
Country | Germany |
Birth City | Rhineland-Palatinate |
Horoscope | Leo |
Thomas Girst Biography
Birthday | Jul 4 |
Birth Year | 1971 |
Thomas Girst is one of the most popular and richest Art Historian who was born on July 4, 1971 in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Thomas Girst (born July 4, 1971 in Trier) is a German author and cultural manager.
Besides his work as a cultural correspondent for Die Tageszeitung between 2000 and 2003, Girst has published widely within international newspapers, magazines, catalogues and academic journals, including Amerasia Journal, Tate Modern, Science Ltd., Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Museo Jumex, Serpentine Galleries, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Museum of Design, Kunsthalle Schirn, ICA, ZKM Karlsruhe, The Andy Warhol Foundation, Museum for Applied Arts Cologne, Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Art in America, Frieze, Sotheby’s, The Art Newspaper, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Art, NYArts, Financial Times, Frankfurter Rundschau, SZ-Magazin, Welt, Wirtschaftswoche).
Thomas Girst Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Art Historian |
House | Living in own house. |
Thomas Girst is one of the richest Art Historian from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Thomas Girst 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Girst was the founding editor and publisher (together with the poet Jan Wagner) of “Die Aussenseite des Elementes” (1992-2003), an international anthology of prose, poetry, illustration and art. As a curator, he organized numerous exhibitions, including “Alive and Kicking: the Collages of Charles Henri Ford” at the Scene Gallery in New York as well as “Marcel Duchamp in Munich 1912” at the Lenbachhaus in Munich. Girst teaches at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, as well as at the Academy of Applied Sciences in Zurich. Between 2005-2009 he was a member of the Board for Arts Sponsorship within the Association of Arts and Culture of the German Economy at the Federation of German Industries, and since 2010 he sits on their panel for literature. He is a member of the Board of Spielmotor e.V. as well as for the Association of the Architecture Museum, Munich. Since 2012, Girst is cultural representative for the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. Since 2015, he is a member of the Council of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich and a member of the board of trustees of the Friends of Haus der Kunst, Munich. In 2016 he was appointed member of the advisory board for Sky Arts. In 2017, he joined The Indian Biennale Effects and Ecosystems Advisory Board and in 2018 the advisory panel of the Museum of Art and Photography in Bangalore. In 2019 Girst was appointed ambassador of the Saarland by the state’s chief minister.
Girst graduated from Liverpool High School (New York State) and Rotenbuehl High School in Saarbruecken, Germany. He studied art history, American Studies and German Literature at Hamburg University and New York University. The subject matter of his PhD thesis was “Art, Literature, and the Japanese American Internment” during World War II. He lived in New York between 1995 and 2003, at first on a DAAD academic scholarship. After working at a gallery starting in 1998, in 2000 he became research manager of the Art Science Research Laboratory under the directorship of Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard University. During that time he also was the cultural correspondent for the German daily “Die Tageszeitung.” Since 2003 he is the Head of Cultural Engagement at the BMW Group, Munich. In 2016 he was honored with the “European Cultural Manager of the Year” award.
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Kevin Ranked on the list of most popular Art Historian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Thomas Girst celebrates birthday on July 4 of every year.