{"title":"Bridget Dark","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/6871\/2841\/files\/BirgitDonker_240x240.jpg?v=1675934125\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBirgit Donker (1965, Willemstad\/Curaçao) has been director of the Nederlands Fotomuseum since November 2018, the national museum for photography located on the Wilhelminakade in Rotterdam. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFrom 2012 to 2018 she was director of the Mondriaan Fund, the public fund for visual arts and cultural heritage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFrom 1991 to 2012 she was employed by NRC Handelsblad, where she worked as an art reporter and as the first female editor-in-chief of a national newspaper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eShe studied New \u0026 Theoretical History at the University of Amsterdam, with Art History as a minor subject. She then followed a journalism course at the Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme in Paris and the postgraduate study 'Analyse du monde actuel' at the Sorbonne.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eShe wrote several books, including 'From grandmother's cupboard. Heritage, a matter of choices and nurturing' (2014) and (under pseudonym) 'Sophie perseveres' (2004), a satirical novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHer additional positions include: Chairman of the Board of the Lux \u0026 Libertas Foundation, to protect the editorial values ​​of NRC Handelsblad and Board member of Kunsten92, the interest group of the cultural sector. She is also active within Platform Photography Netherlands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/6871\/2841\/collections\/Birgit_Donker.jpg?v=1675935741","url":"https:\/\/kiekie-temporary-gallery.myshopify.com\/en\/collections\/birgit-donker.oembed","provider":"Kiekie Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}