Astrid Peterle | Curator Kunsthalle Vienna

Astrid Peterle, curator and author, since 2022 head of curatorial and programming at Kunsthalle Wien. 2010 to 2022 at the Jewish Museum Vienna, most recently as chief curator. 2017 to 2022 curator for performance at Donaufestival Krems. Studied history and art history in Vienna, Berlin and New York; 2009 PhD. Curator and author of numerous exhibitions and articles on contemporary art as well as Viennese cultural history, especially choreography, performance art, photography, and feminist art practice. For the Jewish Museum Vienna, she most recently took over the curatorial direction of the new conception of the permanent exhibition Our Middle Ages! The First Jewish Community in Vienna at the Judenplatz Museum. At Kunsthalle Wien, she is curator of the Kunsthalle Wien Prize, which is awarded annually by a jury to graduating students of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the University of Applied Arts Vienna.