Heike Munder

It´s Time for Action (There´s No Option)

Heike Munder participated in the TALK Series with a lecture which took place at Reykjavik Art Museum.

Heike Munder studied cultural studies at the University of Lueneburg. She has been director of the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst Zürich since 2001. She co-founded the Halle für Kunst Lüneburg e.V., which she co-directed between 1995 and 2001. Previously curated exhibitions include Ragnar Kjartansson (2012), The Garden of Forking Paths (2011), Tatiana Trouvé (2009), Tadeusz Kantor (2008), Rachel Harrison (2007), Marc Camille Chaimowicz (2006), Yoko Ono (2005), and Mark Leckey (2003). She holds a number of regular teaching positions, including at the University of Lueneburg, Goldsmiths College (London), the University of Bern, the Zurich University of the Arts, and the Jan van Eyck Academy (Maastricht). Since 1995, she has written extensively for art magazines and catalogues. In 2012, she served on the jury for the Turner Prize. The Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst Zürich, under the direction of Heike Munder, commissioned The Visitors, a 9 channel video work by Ragnar Kjartansson. The Visitors is currently on show in Kling & Bang galleri, Reykjavík.

Recording of the lecture