Lars Nittve (born 17 September 1953) is a Swedish museum director, curator, art critic and writer.[1] He was the founding Director of Tate Modern in London;[2] former Director of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm;[3] the founding Director of Rooseum – Center for Contemporary Art – in Malmö, Sweden;[4] and Director of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, Denmark.

Nittve was the Executive Director of M+, museum for visual culture of West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong.[5]

Early life and education

Lars Nittve was born in Stockholm in 1953.[6] He studied at the Stockholm School of Economics, and obtained an M.A. at Stockholm University.[1] He also pursued postgraduate studies at New York University.[1] In 2009, Nittve earned a PhD, HC, from the Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.[7]

Career

In 1978 to 1985, Nittve served as lecturer in art history at the Stockholm University.[8] During the same period he has been Senior art critic for the Swedish daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm,[9] and contributed regularly to Artforum, New York City.[10]

From 1986 Nittve was appointed Chief Curator at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm,[3] where he curated a large number of high-profile exhibitions – both monographic and thematic, among them "Walter De Maria",[11] "Kandinsky and Sweden", "Hilma af Klint"[12] and the seminal "Implosion – a Postmodern Perspective".[13][14] From 1990 to 1995, he served as the founding Director of Rooseum – Center for Contemporary Art – in Malmö, Sweden,[4] where he organized the whole exhibition program, including surveys of "Susan Rothenberg",[15] "Allan McCollum",[16][17] "Sherrie Levine"[18] and "Andreas Gursky".[19] In July 1995, Nittve became Director of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, Denmark, where he also curated the groundbreaking exhibition "Sunshine & Noir – Art in L.A. 1960–1997".[20] In the spring of 1998, he was named the first Director of Tate Modern, London, which opened in May 2000 to great acclaim.[21]

In 2001, he took up his post as Director of Moderna Museet, the national Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm.[22] He co-curated the thematic exhibition Fashination in 2004 about the dialogue between art and fashion in the last ten years.[23] Other exhibitions include "Time and Place: Los Angeles 1957–1968" (2008);[24] "Anthony McCall" (2009)[25] and most recently "Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting" (2010).[26] During his time at the Moderna Museet, Nittve was instrumental in the fundraising effort (70 million USD) that strengthened the collection and oversaw the expansion of the institution – including The Second Museum of Our Wishes, which focuses on bringing more works by women artists into the collection,[27][28] the creation of the innovative Renzo Piano designed Pontus Hultén Study Gallery (opened in May 2008),[29] The American Friends of the Moderna Museet Inc. and the opening of Moderna Museet Malmö in 2009.[30]

At the end of 2010, Nittve left his post as Director of the Moderna Museet after having served the maximum length of nine years anyone is permitted to hold the post.[31][32]

From 2011–2016, Nittve was Executive Director of the M+ museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong.[33][34][35]

Awards and recognition

Lars Nittve has served on the jury of numerous international prizes[36][37][38] and has been on the board of a large number of international art organizations.[12] He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Art.[12]

In 2009 he was awarded a PhD H.C by Umeå University, Sweden, where he is also professor in Art history since 2010.[7]

In 2010, Nittve was awarded H. M. The King's Medal in gold, 12th size in the Order of the Serafim's ribbon.[39]

Nittve is the author of several publications on art, as well as articles in journals and catalogues in Sweden and abroad.[40]

In 2013 he was ranked at number 73 in ArtReview Magazine's annual Power 100[41]

References

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  7. ^ a b "Lars Nittve – artistic advisor for Bildmuseet at Umeå Arts Campus".
  8. ^ "Man on a M+ssion". 25 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Stockholm Museum of Modern Art head to set up Hong Kong museum | All Art News". Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  10. ^ "Articles". 22 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Walter de Maria: The 5-7-9 Series, Rome, March 22 – May 29, 2012". 12 April 2018.
  12. ^ a b c "Biographies Keynote Speakers « Nodem Nodem". Archived from the original on 4 July 2013.
  13. ^ http://www.worldcat.org/title/implosion-ett-postmodernt-perspektiv-a-postmodern-perspective/oclc/757081980 [bare URL]
  14. ^ "HKU SPACE – Public Lecture by Dr. Lars Nittve". Archived from the original on 23 May 2012.
  15. ^ "Trove".
  16. ^ "Allan McCollum | Lars Nittve".
  17. ^ "Calder portfolio".
  18. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ^ "Randian – Andreas Gursky in a Chinese Context".
  20. ^ "Newsroom".
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  22. ^ "Tate Modern chief quits for job in Sweden". The Daily Telegraph. 21 June 2001. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017.
  23. ^ "BBC – Bradford and West Yorkshire – Going Out – Exhibitions – the art of fashion!".
  24. ^ "Artdaily.org – The First Art Newspaper on the Net". Archived from the original on 3 December 2008.
  25. ^ "Moderna Museet Now: Anthony McCall press release – Moderna Museet". Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  26. ^ "Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting. Press preview 27 May. – Moderna Museet". Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  27. ^ "Government contribution to the Second Museum of Our Wishes – Moderna Museet". Archived from the original on 4 December 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  28. ^ "Postidea". Archived from the original on 22 February 2016.
  29. ^ "Pontus Hultén donates 700 works to Moderna Museet – the Local". Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  30. ^ "Unique collaboration – Moderna Museet". Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  31. ^ "Director Lars Nittve's contract ends October 31st – Moderna Museet". Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  32. ^ http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=35776&int_modo=1#.UVqL35NkPng
  33. ^ Radio Television Hong Kong 23 June 2010 Archived 28 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  34. ^ Nittve to head Museum at WKCD, RTHK News, 24 June 2010
  35. ^ "Lars Nittve Resigns as Director of M+ Museum". artnet News. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  36. ^ "Turner Prize 1985 artists: Terry Atkinson".
  37. ^ "Kunsthal Charlottenborg".
  38. ^ "CCAA » Critic Awards". Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  39. ^ "Medal presentations 28 January 2010 – Sveriges Kungahus". Archived from the original on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  40. ^ "Amazon.com". Amazon.
  41. ^ "Lars Nittve / Power 100 / Art Review". Archived from the original on 15 April 2014.
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