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.
Born in Wuppertal, [1] Koldehoff graduated in history of art, German studies and political science. At the same time, he initially worked as a freelance journalist for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , Die Tageszeitung (taz) and the Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (WDR). From 1998 he was editor for three years, most recently deputy editor-in-chief of the Art magazine in Hamburg. [2] [3]
In 2001, Koldehoff moved to an editor's position at Deutschlandfunk. [2] In the following years, he published numerous non-fiction books about the art market, art forgery and art history, especially on Vincent van Gogh. Between November 2016 and November 2018, he headed the editorial department of the weekday media journalistic @mediasres 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 Kultur heute of Deutschlandfunk. He also continues to work for the broadcaster's other cultural programs. [4]
Koldehoff is married, has three children and lives in Cologne.
Otto Wacker (1898–1970) was a German art dealer who became infamous for commissioning and selling forgeries of paintings by Vincent van Gogh. He had gained a good reputation in the 1920s after false starts in various other professions. Since the end of World War II, he lived in East Berlin. A study of his life and times has been written by Modris Eksteins.
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