„would you abuse your strength if you were the strongest man on earth?“ (Robert Filliou, Ample Food for Stupid Thought, 1965) 

Susanne Rennert is an art historian, author & curator, based in Düsseldorf. In 1990, she finished her Master´s Thesis at Ludwig Maximilians-Universität, Munich on Jörg Immendorff´s and Chris Reinecke´s LIDL project (Jörg Immendorff, Chris Reinecke: LIDL, Konzepte und Aktionen 1968-1970). 1995 PhD at the University of Cologne (Arthur Køpcke (1928-1977). Bilder, Objekte, Fluxus-Stücke (published in 1996 by Verlag Silke Schreiber, Munich).

Her research interests include Fluxus and intermedia, the Rhineland art scene after 1945 in an international context, the art of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and its interdisciplinary aspects. In addition, there are monographic positions (such as Addi Køpcke, Nam June Paik, Jean-Pierre Wilhelm, Dorothy Iannone, Chris Reinecke, Gerhard Hoehme) as well as contemporary art and its references to society, economy and politics. As an art historian who conducts basic research, she has been working at the interface with archival science for a long time. From 2016–2024 she worked as an external researcher for Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach and realised, together with Susanne Titz, different curatorial and book projects. Susanne Rennert is the author of the digital archive www.museum-moenchengladbach-1967-1978.de – now online with more than 80 chapters.

In November 2024 Susanne Rennert she was appointed curator at Museum Schloss Moyland. Furthermore she is writing the biography of René Block.