KASSEL.- February 1, 2025 saw Silke Müller take over the Communications Department at documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH. She succeeds Johanna Köhler, who was responsible for Press and Public Relations at documenta gGmbH since 2018.

“We would like to thank Johanna Köhler for her great commitment and her hugely important and impactful work over the past few years. At the same time, we are delighted to have found a successor in Silke Müller, who most recently headed up Communications at Klassik Stiftung Weimar, one of Germany’s largest museum institutions. Silke Müller not only boasts considerable expertise in the national and international cultural sector, but also brings with her a journalistic eye for relevant topics and public discourse,” says Andreas Hoffmann, Managing Director of documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH.

Silke Müller studied Art History and Modern German Literature in Hamburg and completed an editorial traineeship in Kassel. She worked for the magazine art for twelve years, including as New York correspondent and member of the editorial board. In 2006 she took over the the culture department at stern magazine, from 2013 she worked as a reporter from the Berlin stern office. From 2021, Silke Müller was Head of the Communications, Public Relations and Marketing Department at Klassik Stiftung Weimar. As press officer, she built up the Strategic Media Communications Team and was responsible for the relaunch of the magazine klassisch modern and development of the associated online magazine along with artistic communication projects such as Schloss erzählen I-V, Wie Weimar wohnt and the Weimarer Zimmer as well as the topical literary series Gleichzeit with Sasha Marianna Salzmann and Ofer Waldman and Krieg und Sprache with Kateryna Mishchenko.