Elke Kellner
Elke Kellner received an MA in Art History and studied Archaeology at the University of Vienna, Austria and Yale University, USA. Since 2014 she is Managing Director of ICOM Austria – National Committee of the International Council of Museums. She initiated the series of “ICOM Palmyra Talks” to support the fight against looting and illicit trafficking of cultural goods and is expert for the OSCE in that field. Since 2016 she is lecturing at the Master-Course “Cultural Heritage” at the Danube University in Krems, Austria. Since 2014 she is board-member of Blue Shield Austria and since 2019 board-member of ICOM Europe.
Kellner began her career as an Assistant to the Director at the MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art in Vienna, followed by curatorial projects for the Vienna Art Week and TBA 21 - Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. From 2006 to 2013 Kellner was working at the ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation / Radio Ö1, since 2011 as Head of the Event-Department and at the same time journalist at the Radio Ö1 Science-Department. In 2013 Kellner also worked as a producer at ORF III (ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation / Arts & Science Television Program).