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 the major reinstallation of the collection.

Prior to joining Museum Brandhorst, she 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.

In 2026 Bayer-Wermuth went on a research trip to São Paulo and Buenos Aires, realized through the collaboration between Salta art, Goethe-Institut, NODO Somos Meridiano, and ABACT.