Overview

• The Saxon Culture Ministry and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden jointly announced the appointment, which the Saxon cabinet has confirmed.
• Koch becomes director of the Staatlichen Ethnographischen Sammlungen, which operate within the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.
• He previously led Berlin’s Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst at the Humboldt Forum.
• Culture minister Barbara Klepsch described him as an expert on cultural dialogue and restitution, tying the hire to further development of museums in Dresden, Leipzig and Herrnhut.
• SKD general director Bernd Ebert praised his experience, calling his leadership a valuable asset during debates over the role and future of ethnographic museums.