Merle Radtke

Merle Radtke works as curator and writer. In her curatorial work she focuses on feminism, the construction and deconstruction of history, art in the public space war, (post-)digital art practice, and sound art. Since July 2018, she is the director of Kunsthalle Münster, devising and realizing the exhibition, furthermore she is for the city’s collection of art in the public space and the residency program Residence NRW⁺. Previously, she has worked as a curator for Hamburger Kunsthalle and Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, amongst others. From 2015 to 2017, she was research fellow of the Aesthetics of the Virtual graduate program at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg. In 2018, she was a fellow at Villa Kamogawa/Goethe Institut Kyoto, Japan. And in 2024, she curated the Art Weekend Belgrade. On a regular basis, she publishes texts on contemporary art and culture.