Dr. Monika Bayer-Wermuth is Senior Curator at Museum Brandhorst in Munich, where she is responsible for the collection as well as international exhibitions and publication projects. At the core of her curatorial work is an in-depth engagement with artistic production, as well as with the social and political questions of contemporary art, which she seeks to translate into the institutional context in an accessible and critical way. Her exhibitions include, among others, Alexandra Bircken. A–Z, Nicole Eisenman. What Happened, and This Is Me, This Is You. The Eva Felten Photo Collection. Most recently, she oversaw a major re-installation of the museum’s collection. Prior to joining Museum Brandhorst, Bayer-Wermuth worked at Tate Modern in London (2016–2019) and at Lenbachhaus in Munich (2014–2016). Her dissertation, “Harun Farocki: Arbeit,” was published in 2017 by Silke Schreiber. She is also a member of the advisory board of Kunstraum München.

Bayer-Wermuth undertook a week-long curatorial research trip to Buenos Aires and Sao Paolo, as part of Salta art’s partnership with the Goethe-Institut, Meridiano (within the framework of the NODO Program), and ABACT / Latitude.