Philipp Demandt

Philipp Demandt (born 1971 in Konstanz) is a German art historian and director of the Städel Museum and the Liebieghaus sculpture collection in Frankfurt am Main.

After an initial professional position as an exhibition assistant at the Berlin Bröhan Museum, he worked from 2004 as a curator at the Cultural Foundation of the German States.

[1][2][3] He succeeded Bernhard Maaz, who became the director of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister and the Kupferstich-Kabinett in Dresden.

Since 1 October 2016, Philipp Demandt has been the director of the Städel Museum and the Liebieghaus sculpture collection, succeeding Max Hollein.

In September 2021, it was announced that he would extend his tenure as director of the Städel Museum and the Liebieghaus until 2026, while his role at the Schirn Kunsthalle would conclude at the end of June 2022 due to a strategic realignment.