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Dr. Ferdinand von Saint André has been appointed interim managing director of documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH as of October 1, 2022. This has now been announced by documenta Supervisory Board Chairman and Lord Mayor of Kassel Christian Geselle. Prior to the decision, the City of Kassel and the State of Hesse, as shareholders of documenta gGmbH, had reached an agreement on the appointment of the new interim managing director. Geselle subsequently informed the members of the Supervisory Board of the decision.
“When one documenta ends another begins. Dr. von Saint André is now to manage the company as interim managing director. With a view to documenta 16, a long-term appointment will of course be made,” explained Lord Mayor Geselle.
Dr. Ferdinand von Saint André is 50 years of age, married and a father of three children. He holds a doctorate in law and most recently spent around six years as managing director at the Stiftung Gebäudeensemble Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium Templin—a large, European school project. As legal counsel and head of the contracts department, he also worked at the Federal Cultural Foundation from 2006 to 2014. He is therefore no stranger to “modern cultural administration”: “I am grateful for the trust placed in me by the shareholders and the Supervisory Board at documenta gGmbH. I very much look forward to my time in Kassel and the challenging task ahead. documenta is something particularly close to my heart.”
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credits: documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH, Dr. Ferdinand von Saint André, Photo: Nicolas Wefers, 2022.