Mikkel Bogh
General Information
Born 17 December 1963
Education
2002-2003 The Danish Rectors' Conference's one-year head-of-department programme
1994 PhD-studies at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen with scholarship from the Faculty of Humanities (project on Quatremere de Quincy and neoclassicistic theory of sculpture)
1993 Participation in a six-week PhD-summer school with, amongst others, Michael Fried at The School of Criticism and Theory, Dartmouth College, NH, USA
1993 MA Art History, University of Copenhagen
1984-1985 Language programme at l'Université de Dijon, France
1983-1984 Medicine studies at the University of Copenhagen
Current Occupation
2014- Director, National Gallery of Denmark
Prior Occupations
2005-2014 Rector, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts' Schools of Visual Arts
2003 Head of the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen. Research director for comparative literature and modern culture in the same place.
2002 Head of the Department of Comparative Literature
2000-2005 Associate professor at the Department of Comparative Literature affiliated particularly to Modern Culture, University of Copenhagen
1997-1998 One year postdoc funding from the Carlsberg Foundation for research project
1996-2000 Associated with Weekendavisen's culture editors
1999-2000 Fixed-term lecturer at the Department of Comparative Literature
1995-1999 Assistant professor at the Department of Comparative Literature, Modern Culture, University of Copenhagen (Leave of absence from July 1997 to June 1998, funded by the Carlsberg Foundation)
1994-1995 Assistant professor at the School of Art History, Aarhus University
1994 PhD-fellowship at the Department of Art History, University of Copenhagen
1990-1994 Associated with Dagbladet Information as an art critic
Other Positions (boards, memberships, etc.)
Chief editor for a series of publications as part of The Novo Nordisk Art History Project
Board member, Else Marie Bukdahl's scholarship for young artists
Board member, Fonden Rådmandsgade 34
Board member, the Hirschsprung Collection (ex officio)
Board member, Overgaden - Institute of Contemporary Art (from 2017 as chair)
Member of the Danish Parliament's Art Committee (ex officio)
Vice Head, the Danish Commission on the Export of Cultural Assets (ex officio)
Board member of Queen Ingrid's Roman Foundation
Board member of the Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle
Board member of Ribe Art Museum