Dr. Hans-Michael Herzog
Since 2000 Dr Herzog has been the Director and Curator of the Daros Latinamerica Collection based in Zürich, Switerland. From 2005 to 2009 he was the Artistic Director of the Daros Classical Collection, also based in Zürich. He is currently the Funding Director of the future Casa Daros in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hans-Michael Herzog is an acknowledged international expert on contemporary art, particularly from Latin America.
Born in 1956, he studied art history, philosophy, and classical archaeology at the University of Bonn, and was awarded his Ph.D in 1984 with a focus on Venetian Proto-Renaissance Sculpture. From 1987 until 1989, Hans-Michael Herzog worked for the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, München. Between 1989 and 1999 he was Curator of the Kunsthalle Bielefeld. Critical writer on art and architecture, Dr Herzog has been responsible for numerous exhibitions and publications, largely on international contemporary art. These include: Manolo Millares (1992), Sean Scully: The Catherine Paintings (1995), Langlands & Bell (1995), Jonathan Lasker: Paintings, 1977-1997 (1997-1998), Ronald Bladen Sculpture (1998), La Mirada – Looking at Photography in Latin America Today (2002-2003), Cantos Cuentos Colombianos Contemporary Columbian Art (2004-2005), Le Parc Lumière: Kinetic Works by Julio Le Parc (2005), The Hours: Visual Arts of Contemporary Latin America (2005-2006), Guillermo Kuitca (2006), Face to Face (2007-2008). He has also been a lecturer at various German universities.
Han-Michael Herzog’s involvement in the conference will include conducting a plenary discussion with the conference’s featured artist, Oscar Muñoz.
