The adjudicating nine headed Advisory Board of art karlsruhe is composed of experts in the fair’s individual focal points. In agreement with the Chairman of the Advisory Board Kristian Jarmuschek and fair director Britta Wirtz, the Advisory Board decides whether or not to allow potential exhibitors to participate in the art fair.
Dorothee Baer-Bogenschütz
(art journalist, Wiesbaden)
The art historian and critic writes for various daily newspapers and reports on art fairs and exhibitions worldwide.
Dr. Alexander Fils
(gallery owner, Düsseldorf)
The postdoctoral art historian and member of the supervisory board in several museums decides on the selection of galleries with a focus on Graphic prints and Original Editions.Fils leads Art Edition-Fils (founded in 1870) in the fifth generation.
Renate Bender
(gallery owner, Munich)
In the programme of her homonymous gallery, which she founded in 1987, Bender carries reduced forms of painting, photography and sculpture, primarily in the area of minimal, monochrome and concrete forms of expression.
Werner Tammen
(gallery owner, Berlin)
Gallery Tammen focuses on Contemporary art. Werner Tammen is also the chairman of the Landesverband Berliner Galerien [State Association of Berlin Galleries].
Dr. Dorothea van der Koelen
(gallery owner, Mainz/Venice)
This art historian and publisher operates three galleries for Contemporary art in Mainz and Venice, has staged over 500 exhibitions, and curates in over 25 countries.
Christian K. Scheffel
(gallery owner, Bad Homburg)
Scheffel runs his homonymous gallery for contemporary art (founded in 1979) in the second generation. He is also the founder and curator of the Skulpturenbiennale Blickachsen and Managing Director of the Stiftung Blickachsen gGmbH.
Marko Schacher
(gallery owner, Stuttgart)
Schacher was appointed as a new member of the Advisory Board in 2019 and decides on the selection of galleries for the section ContemporaryArt 21. For several years now, he has been running his Galerie Schacher – Raum für Kunst in Stuttgart and is also working as a curator and author.
Arne Linde
(gallery owner, Leipzig)
Arne Linde is the founder and director of the ASPN gallery on the grounds of the Leipzig cotton mill. She has been showing young and recent positions in contemporary art since 2005. Social issues, participation, queerness, feminism and democracy play a decisive role in the gallery's programme.
