Inke Arns

Inke Arns (born 1968 in Duisdorf/Bonn) is an independent art curator and author.
After having held positions at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst (HGK) in Zürich and Piet Zwart Institut in Rotterdam, she has been the artistic director of Hartware MedienKunstVerein since 2005, a contemporary art space in Dortmund, Germany. She has curated numerous exhibitions, particularly in the field of media art. Her publications include studies of the Slovenian NSK movement.
Her 2014 exhibition Böse Clowns (Evil clowns), which she prepared for two years, was widely discussed. It presents examples from advertisement, political activism, television and film, pop music and contemporary art.

Publications

• Arns, I. (2002). Netzkulturen, Hamburg: Europäische Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 3-434-46107-8
• Arns, Inke (2002). Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK) - eine Analyse ihrer kuenstlerischen Strategien im Kontext der 1980er Jahre in Jugoslawien. Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg. ISBN 961-90851-1-6 (Irwin). 
• Arns (ed.), Inke (2003). Irwin: Retroprincip 1983-2003. Frankfurt/Main: Revolver - Archiv für aktuelle Kunst. ISBN 3-936919-56-9 (engl.).