Thomas Fuchs

Dr. Thomas Fuchs is a Scientific Associate at the Faculty of Art and Design, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, specializing in art history, visual culture, and theoretical disciplines. He coordinates seminars and examination modules for teacher training programs (Lehramt) in art history, focusing on topics spanning from 17th-century Dutch genre painting to contemporary art movements like Minimal Art and Arte Povera.

• Postal address: Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 7, D-99421 Weimar
• Office hours: Mondays during the semester and by appointment via email

His research interests include:

• Historical and theoretical analysis of art, particularly Dutch Golden Age painting (e.g., Rembrandt’s market dynamics)
• Exploration of bodily experience and violence in modern/contemporary art (Bacon, Nauman, Bourgeois)
• Challenging art historical canons through studies of 1960s movements and dematerialization of art objects

For Staatsexamen exams in art history, he supervises students preparing for modules on "Epochen der Kunstgeschichte bis 1800" and "Kunstgeschichte vom 19. bis zum 21. Jahrhundert."