Werner Spies

Werner Spies (born 1 April 1937 in Tübingen) is a German art historian, journalist and exhibition organizer. From 1997 to 2000, he was a director of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.[1] Klaus Albrecht Schröder, director of the Albertina in Vienna, has called Spies "one of the most influential art historians of the 20th century."[2]

  1. ^ "Ehrendoktorwürde für Werner Spies" [Honorary doctorate for Werner Spies]. Tübinger Universitätsnachrichten (in German). University of Tübingen. 14 April 2005. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. ^ Julia Michalska, "Werner Spies rehabilitated with Max Ernst show in Vienna". The Art Newspaper, 28 January 2013.