Lars Nittve
| Lars Nittve | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 17, 1953 |
| Education |
M.A., |
| Occupation | Executive Director, M+, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Hong Kong |
| Known for | Director of Moderna Museet, (2001–2010) Director of Tate Modern, London (1998–2001) |
| Awards |
PhD, HC, Umeå University, Sweden (2009) H.M The King's Medal in Gold, 12th size in the Order of the Serafim's Ribbon (2010) Swedish Manager of the Year Honorary Award (2002) City of Malmö Grand Culture Award (2009) Bridge of Culture Denmark-Sweden Award (1997) |
Lars Nittve (born 17 September 1953) is a Swedish museum director, curator, art critic and writer. He was the founding Director of Tate Modern in London; former Director of the Moderna Museet in ; the founding Director of Rooseum – Center for Contemporary Art – in Malmö, Sweden; and Director of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, Denmark.
Nittve is currently the Executive Director of M+, museum for visual culture of West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong.
Lars Nittve was born in in 1953. He studied at the , and obtained an M.A. at . He also pursued postgraduate studies at New York University. In 2009, Nittve earned a PhD, HC, from the Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
In 1978 to 1985, Nittve served as lecturer in art history at the . During the same period he has been Senior Art Critic for the Swedish daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, and contributed regularly to Artforum, New York City.
From 1986 Nittve was appointed Chief Curator at the Moderna Museet in , where he curated a large number of high-profile exhibitions – both monographic and thematic, among them "Walter De Maria", "Kandinsky and Sweden", "Hilma af Klint" and the seminal "Implosion – a Postmodern Perspective". From 1990 to 1995, he served as the founding Director of Rooseum – Center for Contemporary Art – in Malmö, Sweden, where he organized the whole exhibition program, including surveys of "Susan Rothenberg", "Allan McCollum", "Sherrie Levine" and "Andreas Gursky". 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". In the spring of 1998, he was named the first Director of Tate Modern, London, which opened in May 2000 to great acclaim.
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