Ever since the foundation of the Deutscher Künstlerbund public figures rendering outstanding services to art have been nominated extraordinary members by the Deutscher Künstlerbund. Apart from having regular members, to which exclusively artists are appointed, the Deutscher Künstlerbund has always involved art lovers and promoters in its work and activities in order to encourage a fruitful debate.

 

Currently, the following people belong to the circle of extraordinary members:

 

Dr. Susanne Anna

Director of the Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf

Gerhart R. Baum

Lawyer, Cologne

Leonie Baumann

formely Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee

Prof. Dr. Stephan Berg

Director of the Kunstmuseum Bonn

Prof. Dr. Christoph Brockhaus

Duisburg

Commendatore Prof. h. c. Joachim Burmeister

Venice

Dr. Ina Busch

formely Director of the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt

Prof. Dr. Sybille Ebert-Schifferer

Director of the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome

Günter Engelhard

Berlin

Prof. Dr. Manfred Fath

Ludwigshafen

Dr. Helmut Gerber

Senior Legal Secretary, Stuttgart

Prof. Eugen Gomringer

IKKp-Kunsthaus Rehau

Prof. Klaus Honnef

Bonn

Prof. Dr. Ludger Hünnekens

Darmstadt

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Krempel

Director of the Sprengel Museum Hannover

Prof. Dr. Robert Kudielka

Professor of Ästhetik and Theorie der Kunst, Universität der Künste Berlin

Artur Kulak

Independent Art Consultant, Munich

Dr. Urban Pappi

Chief Executive Officer, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Pfennig

Lawyer, Bonn

Prof. Dr. Dieter Ronte

Bonn

Dr. Anke Schierholz

Legal Counsel, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Dr. Jürgen Schilling

Berlin

Angelika Stepken

Director of the Villa Romana, Florenz

Sylvia und Ulrich Ströher

Darmstadt

Dr. Elisabeth Wolken

Rome