Gesine Borcherdt is a Berlin-based curator, art critic, and author for Welt, Welt am Sonntag, ART, BLAU International, Artforum, Art Review, Aperture, AD Germany, Ursula, and other major art publications. She is the Berlin correspondent of ART - Das Kunstmagazin, Germany's biggest art magazine.
She recently published her first book, in which artists like Marina Abramovic, Ai Weiwei, Lynda Benglis, Richard Billingham, Valie Export, Mona Hatoum, Jeff Koons, Gregor Schneider, Ryan Trecartin, Raphaela Vogel, Jordan Wolfson and Wong Ping tell her about their childhood. DREAM ON BABY was published by Starfruit Publications in October 2023 and came out in English in June 2024 with Hatje Cantz.
In Gesine's writings since 2004, her focus has been on contemporary art, with a special focus on women artists. Further interests are extensive artist features, international reportages, and architecture.
Gesine has curated a large number of exhibitions for private foundations, galleries, and non-profit spaces. Her latest group exhibition s called HOME IS WHERE YOU'RE HAPPY at Haus Mödrath - Räume für Kunst in Kerpen near Cologne (Oct 8, 2023 - Aug 25, 2024), featuring artists and architects like Caroline Achaintre, Ed Atkins, Barkow Leibinger, Arno Brandlhuber, Alexandra Bircken, Cameron Jamie, Gregor Schneider, Mary Audrey Ramirez, Andro Wekua, and Anna Uddenberg. Her exhibition DREAM BABY DREAM (2020) at the same place included artists ranging from Mike Kelley, Karen Kilimnik and Paul McCarthy to Charlemagne Palestine, Wong Ping and Raphaela Vogel.
Gesine's most recent exhibition is a large solo show with Mary-Audrey Ramirez at Kai10 I Arthena Foundation in Düsseldorf, circulating around the world of gaming.
As the artistic director at Capri in Düsseldorf (2015-2019), Gesine curated 24 solo exhibitions with Martin Boyce, Ellen Gallagher, Cameron Jamie, KAYA, Maria Loboda, Mike Nelson, Lillian Schwartz, Michael E. Smith, Lily van der Stokker, Wong Ping, and others.
From 2015 to 2019, Gesine was the senior editor of BLAU art magazine. She wrote the very first big features and reportages in German about Lynda Benglis, Nairy Baghramian, Huma Bhaba, Doreen Garner, Leiko Ikemura, Julia Scher, Raphaela Vogel, Annika Yi, and Unica Zürn.
Gesine has been teaching and lecturing at art academies, like Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität der Künste Berlin, and Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden. She has contributed to major artist publications, exhibition catalogues and artist monographs, like for Jean-Marie Appriou, John Bock, Julia Scher, Thomas Zipp, and the 12th Berlin Biennale.
Gesine moderates and participates in talks and panel discussions, e.g. with Byung-Chul Han for Universität der Künste Berlin, and Karen and Christian Boros for Gucci.
mail ( at ) gesineborcherdt.de
Radiointerviews in: FAZIT - Deutschlandfunk Kultur // WDR 3 - Kultur am Mittag // WRD 5 - Scala
TV-Beitrag in: rbb Kultur
»Ein faszinierendes Buch mit erstaunlich offenen Bekenntnissen.« / Monopol – Magazin für Kunst und Leben
»Faszinierend.« / art – Das Kunstmagazin
»Werke durch die biografische Brille neu zu lesen.« / Museumsjournal
»Die Kindheit prägt uns alle.« / WDR
»Deckt erstaunliche Traumata und Energiequellen auf.« / Weltkunst
»Interessant und informativ, ohne ins Voyeuristische abzugleiten.« / art – Das Kunstmagazin
»Ein Familienalbum der Kunst. Oder eine Chronique scandaleuse.« / General-Anzeiger, Bonn
»Kindheit als Zündschnur zur Kunst.« / Nürnberger Nachrichten