Stefan Koldehoff (born 27 October 1967) is a German journalist, art market expert and non-fiction author. He became known through numerous publications and his work as culture editor of the

Deutschlandfunk Deutschlandfunk (DLF, ''Broadcast Germany'') is a public-broadcasting radio station in Germany, concentrating on news and current affairs. It is one of the four national radio channels produced by Deutschlandradio. History Broadcasting in the ...

Life

Born in

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; "''Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and to ...

, Koldehoff graduated in

history of art The history of art focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but with a primary emphasis on its aesthetic vis ...

German studies German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German hi ...

and

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

. At the same time, he initially worked as a freelance journalist for the ''

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' (; ''FAZ''; "''Frankfurt General Newspaper''") is a centre-right conservative-liberal and liberal-conservativeHans Magnus Enzensberger: Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen' (in German). ''Deutschland Radio'', ...

'', ''

Die Tageszeitung ''Die Tageszeitung'' (, “The Daily Newspaper”), is counted as being one of modern Germany's most important newspapers and amongst the top seven. taz is stylized as ''die tageszeitung'' and commonly referred to as ''taz'', is a cooperative-own ...

'' (taz) and the '' Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln'' (WDR). From 1998 he was editor for three years, most recently deputy editor-in-chief of the ''

Art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

'' magazine in Hamburg.Stefan Koldehoff
(in German) ''

Kiepenheuer & Witsch Kiepenheuer & Witsch is a German publishing house, established in 1948 by Joseph C. Witsch and on behalf of Gustav Kiepenheuer (who was already terminally ill). The partners initially held respectively 30% and 40% of the company's share capita ...

'' 2021, retrieved 1 October 2021 In 2001, Koldehoff moved to an editor's position at

. In the following years, he published numerous non-fiction books about the art market, art forgery and art history, especially on

Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2 ...

. Between November 2016 and November 2018, he headed the editorial department of the weekday media journalistic ' program, which went online and on air for the first time on 20 March 2017. On 1 December 2018, Koldehoff returned to the editorial team of the daily culture magazine ' of Deutschlandfunk. He also continues to work for the broadcaster's other cultural programs. Koldehoff is married, has three children and lives in Cologne.

Awards

* 2008: puk, journalists prize of the

German Cultural Council The German Culture Council, or Deutscher Kulturrat in German, is the umbrella organization of the German cultural associations and has its headquarters in Berlin. It is a political and lobbying association, member, for example, of Europ ...

. * 2012: (with ), for ''Falsche Bilder, Echtes Geld''. * 2012: for critical journalism (with Timm), for ''Falsche Bilder, Echtes Geld'' (3rd prize) * 2014: in the "Kultur/Unterhaltung"category (5th Place)

Publications

Individual publications

* ''Deserteure in Wuppertal. Dokumentation zu den Erschießungen 1944/45.'' (''Informationen aus dem Stadtarchiv,'' 7). Stadtarchiv Wuppertal 1992. * '' Meier-Graefes van Gogh: wie Fiktionen zu Fakten werden.'' (''Schriften zur Kunstkritik'', vol. 9). Lindenau-Museum Altenburg. Steinmeier, Nördlingen 2002, . * ''

.'' Rowohlt, Reinbek 2003, . * ''Aktenzeichen Kunst – Die spektakulärsten Kunstdiebstähle der Welt.'' (with Nora Koldehoff.) DuMont, Cologne 2004, . * ''Wem hat van Gogh sein Ohr geschenkt? Alles, was Sie über Kunst nicht wissen.'' (with Nora Koldehoff). Eichborn, Frankfurt 2007, . * with Tobias Timm: ''Falsche Bilder, Echtes Geld''.

Galiani Ferdinando Galiani (2 December 1728, Chieti, Kingdom of Naples – 30 October 1787, Naples, Kingdom of Naples) was an Italian economist, a leading Italian figure of the Enlightenment. Friedrich Nietzsche referred to him as "a most fastidious and ...

, Berlin 2012, . * ''Die Bilder sind unter uns. Das Geschäft mit der NS-Raubkunst und der Fall Gurlitt.'' Galiani, Berlin 2014, . Neuauflage mit einem 28-seitigen Kapitel zum aktuellen (2014) Stand des Falls Gurlitt. * ''

Frieder Burda Frieder Burda (29 April 1936 – 14 July 2019, in Baden-Baden) was a German art collector and Honorary Citizen of Baden-Baden. Life Born on 29 April 1936 in Gengenbach, Burda was the second son of publisher Franz Burda and his wife Aenne Burda ( ...

: Sammler aus Leidenschaft.'' DuMont, Cologne 2011, . * ''Ich und van Gogh. Bilder, Sammler und ihre abenteuerlichen Geschichten.'' Galiani, Berlin 2015, * ''Der Van Gogh-Coup. Otto Wackers Aufstieg und Fall.'' (with Nora Koldehoff). Nimbus, Wädenswil 2019, * with Tobias Timm: ''Kunst und Verbrechen.'' Galiani Verlag, Berlin 2020, .

Collective publications

* ''When myth seems stronger than scholarship: Van Gogh and the problem of authenticity.'' In ''Van Gogh Museum Journal.'' Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 2002,
Online
*''Kunst-Transfers – Thesen und Visionen zur Restitution von Kunstwerken. Eine Einführung.'' In Stefan Koldehoff, Gilbert Lupfer, Martin Roth (ed.): ''Kunst-Transfers.'' Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin 2008, , . *''Ob die Kunst in die neue Zeit passt – 1938, die Französische Moderne und die „Entartete Kunst“.'' In Eva Atlan, Raphael Gross, Julia Voss (ed.): ''1938. Kunst – Künstler – Politik.'' Wallstein, Göttingen 2013, , . * Stefan Koldehoff, Ralf Oehmke, Raimund Stecker: ''Der Fall Gurlitt. Ein Gespräch''. Nicolai, Berlin 2014, . *''Der Fall Gurlitt und seine Folgen – eine Bestandsaufnahme.''''Eine Debatte ohne Ende? : Raubkunst und Restitution im deutschsprachigen Raum''
on WorldCat In Julius H. Schoeps, Anna-Dorothea Ludewig (ed.): ''Eine Debatte ohne Ende? Raubkunst und Restitution im deutschsprachigen Raum''. Hentrich & Hentrich, Berlin 2014, , . *''Ausreden, Ignoranz und fehlendes Einfühlungsvermögen'' ''– der Umgang mit NS-Opfern und der „Fall Gurlitt“.'' In Kunstmuseum Bern; Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ed.): ''Bestandsaufnahme Gurlitt.'' Hirmer Verlag, Munich 2017, , *''"Hauptsächlich malt er Blumen" – Van Goghs Pariser Blumenstillleben''. In Ortrud Westheider, Michael Philipp (ed.): ''Van Gogh – Stillleben''. Prestel Verlag, Munich 2019, ,

Publisher

*''O-Ton Pina Bausch – Interviews und Reden.'' Nimbus, Wädenswil 2016, . * ''The Thannhauser Gallery – Marketing Van Gogh.'' (published with Chris Stolwijk). Mercatorfonds, Brüssel/Yale University Press, New Haven 2017, . ** In German: ''Die Galerie Thannhauser – Van Gogh wird zur Marke.'' Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2017, .

References

External links

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