The Dresden State Art Collections (SKD) will once again have a Director General. On May 1, art historian Bernd Ebert will succeed Marion Ackermann, who will become President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in Berlin in the summer. The Saxon cabinet has now approved the selection of a search committee. Ebert's contract at the SKD, an association of 15 museums with a total of around three million objects, runs until the end of 2033.
Ebert, born in Berlin in 1972, comes to the Elbe from Munich. There, he has headed the collection of Dutch and German Baroque painting at the Bavarian State Painting Collections since 2013 and is also responsible for the state galleries in Bayreuth and Bamberg. For him, the move to Dresden is a return to the place where he trained as a banker.
Culture Minister Barbara Klepsch (CDU) is delighted with the appointment, saying that Saxony is gaining a "distinguished and sought-after art historian". Ebert's clear ideas on how he wants to lead the internationally renowned museum association "into a promising future" are convincing. With his enthusiasm for the collections and his national and international experience and networks, he is predestined for the position.
