Departments Post War / Contemporary Art
Another focal point is on classics of Post War and Contemporary Art. Museums, private collections and foundations from more than 50 countries regularly provide for record prices in our auctions.
For this section we constantly look for distinguished works by the following artists:
Emphasis on Zero:
Bernard Aubertin, Enrico Castellani, Yves Klein, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack, Piero Manzoni, Otto Piene, George Rickey, Jan Schoonhoven, Günther Uecker
Emphasis on Informel:
Jean Dubuffet, Maurice Esteve, Adolf Fleischmann, Karl Otto Götz, Hans Hartung, Gerhard Hoehme, Asger Jorn, Norbert Kricke, Georges Mathieu, Markus Prachensky, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Bernard Schultze, Emil Schumacher, Kazuo Shiraga, K.R.H.Sonderborg, Pierre Soulages, Antoni Tapies, Fred Thieler, Fritz Winter, Wols, Zao Wou-Ki, Herbert Zangs
Emphasis on Pop Art:
Alexander Calder, Copley, Sam Francis, Richard Hamilton, Keith Haring, David Hockney, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Allen Jones, Uwe Lausen, Roy Lichtenstein, C.O. Paeffgen, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann
Important German representatives after 1945:
Horst Antes, Willi Baumeister, Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Rainer Fetting, Günther Förg, Rupprecht Geiger, Jörg Immendorff, Anselm Kiefer, Martin Kippenberger, Konrad Klapheck, Imi Knoebel, Markus Lüpertz, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Albert Oehlen, Blinky Palermo, Penck, Sigmar Polke, Neo Rauch, Gerhard Richter
International representatives after 1945:
Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Antonio Calderara, Christo, Lucio Fontana, Franz Gertsch, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Alex Katz, Ferndand Leger, Sol LeWitt, Henry Moore, Serge Poliakoff, Arnulf Rainer, Fred Sandback, Julian Schnabel, Victor Vasarely, Erwin Wurm
Contemporary Art:
Stephan Balkenhol, Norbert Bisky, Jonas Burgert, Maurizio Cattelan, Tony Cragg, Thomas Demand, Rodney Graham, Eberhard Havekost, Damien Hirst, Karin Kneffel, Robert Longo, Jason Martin, Jonathan Meese, Bjarne Melgaard, Jonathan Monk, Anselm Reyle, Daniel Richter, David Schnell, Sean Scully, Gert und Uwe Tobias, Bernar Venet, Cornelius Völker, Matthias Weischer
For this section we constantly look for distinguished works by the following artists:
Emphasis on Zero:
Bernard Aubertin, Enrico Castellani, Yves Klein, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack, Piero Manzoni, Otto Piene, George Rickey, Jan Schoonhoven, Günther Uecker
Emphasis on Informel:
Jean Dubuffet, Maurice Esteve, Adolf Fleischmann, Karl Otto Götz, Hans Hartung, Gerhard Hoehme, Asger Jorn, Norbert Kricke, Georges Mathieu, Markus Prachensky, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Bernard Schultze, Emil Schumacher, Kazuo Shiraga, K.R.H.Sonderborg, Pierre Soulages, Antoni Tapies, Fred Thieler, Fritz Winter, Wols, Zao Wou-Ki, Herbert Zangs
Emphasis on Pop Art:
Alexander Calder, Copley, Sam Francis, Richard Hamilton, Keith Haring, David Hockney, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Allen Jones, Uwe Lausen, Roy Lichtenstein, C.O. Paeffgen, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann
Important German representatives after 1945:
Horst Antes, Willi Baumeister, Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Rainer Fetting, Günther Förg, Rupprecht Geiger, Jörg Immendorff, Anselm Kiefer, Martin Kippenberger, Konrad Klapheck, Imi Knoebel, Markus Lüpertz, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Albert Oehlen, Blinky Palermo, Penck, Sigmar Polke, Neo Rauch, Gerhard Richter
International representatives after 1945:
Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Antonio Calderara, Christo, Lucio Fontana, Franz Gertsch, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Alex Katz, Ferndand Leger, Sol LeWitt, Henry Moore, Serge Poliakoff, Arnulf Rainer, Fred Sandback, Julian Schnabel, Victor Vasarely, Erwin Wurm
Contemporary Art:
Stephan Balkenhol, Norbert Bisky, Jonas Burgert, Maurizio Cattelan, Tony Cragg, Thomas Demand, Rodney Graham, Eberhard Havekost, Damien Hirst, Karin Kneffel, Robert Longo, Jason Martin, Jonathan Meese, Bjarne Melgaard, Jonathan Monk, Anselm Reyle, Daniel Richter, David Schnell, Sean Scully, Gert und Uwe Tobias, Bernar Venet, Cornelius Völker, Matthias Weischer
Your contacts for the following departments:
Gudrun Ketterer, M.A., Auctioneer
phone: +49 89 55 244 200
g.ketterer@kettererkunst.de MUNICH MITARBEITER VITA
g.ketterer@kettererkunst.de MUNICH MITARBEITER VITA
Countess Nicola Keglevich, M.A.
Senior Director phone: +49 89 55 244 175
n.keglevich@kettererkunst.de MUNICH Nicola Gräfin Keglevich joined Ketterer Kunst as Senior Director and management board member in August 2021. With over 20 years of experience in the international art market, she advises notable German and international private collectors of contemporary and modern art. In addition, Mrs. Keglevich is shaping the company's strategic development on its internationalization path. With the acquisition of, among others, Jawlensky's major pieces "Mädchen mit Zopf" and "Spanische Tänzerin", she made a significant contribution to the company's development in the top price segment.
After studying art history in Munich and Florence, she worked for the English Art Advisory and Art Valuation Company Gurr Johns. In 2006, she started at Sotheby's with the organization of the Fix & Foxi auction and has been in charge of Sotheby's Munich branch since 2016. In addition to documenting entire collections, she initiated a "Young Collectors Circle" to pass on her enthusiasm and love of art to the next generation of collectors.
Senior Director phone: +49 89 55 244 175
n.keglevich@kettererkunst.de MUNICH Nicola Gräfin Keglevich joined Ketterer Kunst as Senior Director and management board member in August 2021. With over 20 years of experience in the international art market, she advises notable German and international private collectors of contemporary and modern art. In addition, Mrs. Keglevich is shaping the company's strategic development on its internationalization path. With the acquisition of, among others, Jawlensky's major pieces "Mädchen mit Zopf" and "Spanische Tänzerin", she made a significant contribution to the company's development in the top price segment.
After studying art history in Munich and Florence, she worked for the English Art Advisory and Art Valuation Company Gurr Johns. In 2006, she started at Sotheby's with the organization of the Fix & Foxi auction and has been in charge of Sotheby's Munich branch since 2016. In addition to documenting entire collections, she initiated a "Young Collectors Circle" to pass on her enthusiasm and love of art to the next generation of collectors.
Julia Haußmann, M.A.
Head of Customer Relations phone: +49 89 55 244 246
j.haussmann@kettererkunst.de MUNICH Julia Haußmann studied art history, political science, and theology in Munich. She then worked for various galleries and was an assistant to the management of the Hypo Cultural Foundation in Munich. Since 2007, she has been active as an expert in Post-War and Contemporary Art Ketterer.
Head of Customer Relations phone: +49 89 55 244 246
j.haussmann@kettererkunst.de MUNICH Julia Haußmann studied art history, political science, and theology in Munich. She then worked for various galleries and was an assistant to the management of the Hypo Cultural Foundation in Munich. Since 2007, she has been active as an expert in Post-War and Contemporary Art Ketterer.
Dr. Franziska Thiess
phone: +49 89 55 244 140
f.thiess@kettererkunst.de MUNICH Dr. Franziska Thiess studied art history and theater at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, where she earned her PhD with a thesis on "The Group Portrait in Modern Art from 1869 to 1960" in 2018. Following early insights into the museum world, which included stints at the Kunsthalle Hamburg and the Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice, she decided to pursue a career in the international art trade, gaining valuable experience at Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Sotheby's London, and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Salzburg/Paris. Subsequently, she spent several years working for another Munich auction house before she joined Ketterer Kunst in 2021. Today she contributes her expertise to Ketterer's Department of Post-War and Contemporary Art, with a focus on emerging international talents. Ms. Thiess is fluent in German and English.
f.thiess@kettererkunst.de MUNICH Dr. Franziska Thiess studied art history and theater at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, where she earned her PhD with a thesis on "The Group Portrait in Modern Art from 1869 to 1960" in 2018. Following early insights into the museum world, which included stints at the Kunsthalle Hamburg and the Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice, she decided to pursue a career in the international art trade, gaining valuable experience at Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Sotheby's London, and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Salzburg/Paris. Subsequently, she spent several years working for another Munich auction house before she joined Ketterer Kunst in 2021. Today she contributes her expertise to Ketterer's Department of Post-War and Contemporary Art, with a focus on emerging international talents. Ms. Thiess is fluent in German and English.
Bernadette Kiekenbeck
phone: +49 89 55 244 130
b.kiekenbeck@kettererkunst.de MUNICH Upon graduating from Maastricht University with a degree in Cultural Studies, Bernadette Kiekenbeck worked for the Goethe-Institut in Marseille. She gained her first insights into the international art market while being part of the marketing and PR team of the renowned art fair TEFAF, based in Amsterdam and New York. Subsequently, a position at Galerie Karsten Greve enabled her to gain valuable experience in the art trade at international fairs such as Art Cologne, Art Basel Miami, and Paris. In addition, she curated exhibitions, among them shows at the Olaf Gulbransson Museum in Tegernsee and in a pop-up gallery in Munich. In 2024, she joined the contemporary art acquisition team at Ketterer Kunst.
b.kiekenbeck@kettererkunst.de MUNICH Upon graduating from Maastricht University with a degree in Cultural Studies, Bernadette Kiekenbeck worked for the Goethe-Institut in Marseille. She gained her first insights into the international art market while being part of the marketing and PR team of the renowned art fair TEFAF, based in Amsterdam and New York. Subsequently, a position at Galerie Karsten Greve enabled her to gain valuable experience in the art trade at international fairs such as Art Cologne, Art Basel Miami, and Paris. In addition, she curated exhibitions, among them shows at the Olaf Gulbransson Museum in Tegernsee and in a pop-up gallery in Munich. In 2024, she joined the contemporary art acquisition team at Ketterer Kunst.
Dr. Simone Wiechers
phone: +49 30 88 67 53 63
s.wiechers@kettererkunst.de BERLIN Dr. Simone Wiechers, art historian and exhibition curator, studied at the Philipps University in Marburg, where she earned her PhD in 2005. Following positions at the Marburg University Museum of Fine Arts, as an assistant at an art association in Berlin, and as director of a Berlin gallery, she left the management of the fine art dealership Dieter Brusberg to become director of the Ketterer Kunst Berlin branch in 2015. She curates temporary exhibitions, for example, on the Group Zero, Karl Hagemeister, Emil Schumacher, Joseph Beuys, and Antonio Calderara, as well as exhibitions from artist estates and private and public collections, such as the Alison and Peter Klein Collection, Eberdingen Nussdorf, the Kurt Fried Collection of the Ulm Museum, the Museum of Concrete Art in Ingolstadt, the Lenz Schönberg Collection, the Olbricht Collection and the Marli Hoppe-Ritter Collection. As director of the company's office in the German capital, she is Ketterer Kunst's expert for Contemporary and Modern art in Berlin and the surrounding area.
s.wiechers@kettererkunst.de BERLIN Dr. Simone Wiechers, art historian and exhibition curator, studied at the Philipps University in Marburg, where she earned her PhD in 2005. Following positions at the Marburg University Museum of Fine Arts, as an assistant at an art association in Berlin, and as director of a Berlin gallery, she left the management of the fine art dealership Dieter Brusberg to become director of the Ketterer Kunst Berlin branch in 2015. She curates temporary exhibitions, for example, on the Group Zero, Karl Hagemeister, Emil Schumacher, Joseph Beuys, and Antonio Calderara, as well as exhibitions from artist estates and private and public collections, such as the Alison and Peter Klein Collection, Eberdingen Nussdorf, the Kurt Fried Collection of the Ulm Museum, the Museum of Concrete Art in Ingolstadt, the Lenz Schönberg Collection, the Olbricht Collection and the Marli Hoppe-Ritter Collection. As director of the company's office in the German capital, she is Ketterer Kunst's expert for Contemporary and Modern art in Berlin and the surrounding area.
Cordula Lichtenberg, M.A.
phone: +49 151 29607354
c.lichtenberg@kettererkunst.de Köln Cordula Lichtenberg studied art history in Münster and completed a museum traineeship. After a stint as an assistant at Galerie Sfeir-Semler in Hamburg, she took over management of the Kunstverein in Glückstadt, where she was responsible for curating various exhibitions of contemporary artists. At the same time, she was a representative at the Hamburg branch of a Cologne-based auction house. Relocating to the Rhineland, she remained true to her passion for the art market and went on to work for an Austrian auction house in Düsseldorf before joining Ketterer in spring 2019. As our representative in Cologne, Cordula Lichtenberg covers Modern and Contemporary Art.
c.lichtenberg@kettererkunst.de Köln Cordula Lichtenberg studied art history in Münster and completed a museum traineeship. After a stint as an assistant at Galerie Sfeir-Semler in Hamburg, she took over management of the Kunstverein in Glückstadt, where she was responsible for curating various exhibitions of contemporary artists. At the same time, she was a representative at the Hamburg branch of a Cologne-based auction house. Relocating to the Rhineland, she remained true to her passion for the art market and went on to work for an Austrian auction house in Düsseldorf before joining Ketterer in spring 2019. As our representative in Cologne, Cordula Lichtenberg covers Modern and Contemporary Art.
Miriam Heß
phone: +49 62 21 58 80 038
m.hess@kettererkunst.de HEIDELBERG Miriam Heß has contributed her expertise in appraising art from the 20th and 21st centuries to our company for over 21 years. Based near Heidelberg, she has been our representative for Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, and Rhineland-Palatinate since 2007. She attaches particular value to maintaining close contact with her clients, fostering long-term relationships based on mutual trust, and seizing opportunities to make new and fascinating discoveries, meet new generations of collectors, and support them in their endeavors.
m.hess@kettererkunst.de HEIDELBERG Miriam Heß has contributed her expertise in appraising art from the 20th and 21st centuries to our company for over 21 years. Based near Heidelberg, she has been our representative for Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, and Rhineland-Palatinate since 2007. She attaches particular value to maintaining close contact with her clients, fostering long-term relationships based on mutual trust, and seizing opportunities to make new and fascinating discoveries, meet new generations of collectors, and support them in their endeavors.
Louisa von Saucken
phone: +49 40 37496113
l.von-saucken@kettererkunst.de Hamburg Louisa von Saucken earned a degree in media and communication studies and art history in Fribourg and Berlin. After working in various galleries, she joined the American art platform Artsy. Based in Hamburg, she is on the board of the Deichtorhallen Funding Association and took over our Hamburg branch in 2022.
l.von-saucken@kettererkunst.de Hamburg Louisa von Saucken earned a degree in media and communication studies and art history in Fribourg and Berlin. After working in various galleries, she joined the American art platform Artsy. Based in Hamburg, she is on the board of the Deichtorhallen Funding Association and took over our Hamburg branch in 2022.
Nico Kassel, M.A.
phone: +49 40-374961-15
mobil: +49 171 8618661
n.kassel@kettererkunst.de
Hamburg While studying art history at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Nico Kassel took on internal logistics tasks at Ketterer Kunst from 2009. Even before completing his master's degree in 2013, he had been managing director of Rathenau Kunstvermittlung GmbH since 2012, always in close cooperation with Ketterer Kunst. Rathenau Kunstvermittlung GmbH specialises in analysing the international auction market as well as purchases and sales within it. Since 2021, Nico Kassel has complemented Ketterer Kunst's team of experts in addition to his role as managing director and representative for northern Germany. Nico Kassel has an advisory role in matters of appraisal pricing at Ketterer Kunst.
mobil: +49 171 8618661
n.kassel@kettererkunst.de
Hamburg While studying art history at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Nico Kassel took on internal logistics tasks at Ketterer Kunst from 2009. Even before completing his master's degree in 2013, he had been managing director of Rathenau Kunstvermittlung GmbH since 2012, always in close cooperation with Ketterer Kunst. Rathenau Kunstvermittlung GmbH specialises in analysing the international auction market as well as purchases and sales within it. Since 2021, Nico Kassel has complemented Ketterer Kunst's team of experts in addition to his role as managing director and representative for northern Germany. Nico Kassel has an advisory role in matters of appraisal pricing at Ketterer Kunst.
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