Monopol: Holger Liebs becomes new editor-in-chief
Holger Liebs will become editor-in-chief of the art magazine Monopol effective May 1. The 43-year-old is currently the visual arts editor for the arts section of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. He succeeds Cornelius Tittel, who, as deputy editor-in-chief, will become the new culture editor of the Welt Group on April 1, 2010.
Before becoming an editor, art historian Holger Liebs worked as a freelance journalist and art critic for WDR, Taz, Arte, Zeit, SZ, Architectural Digest, Frieze, Texte zur Kunst, Monopol, and The Art Newspaper, among others. In 2009, he edited the essay collection "Art, Money, and the Crisis." The magazine for art and life is published by the Ringier subsidiary Ringier Publishing.
