Steven supports collectors, institutions, and companies in shaping art with lasting value – through research, curation, and strategic guidance.

Steven Reiss is an art historian, curator, and advisor with a background that spans museums, archives, and academic research. He studied art history and Scandinavian studies in Göttingen, where he is currently completing his PhD on Edvard Munch and his Literary Writings. His work combines collection research, curatorial practice, and advisory services for institutions, companies, and private clients.

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He has held research positions at the University of Göttingen, the Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, and the Göttingen State and University Library, where he worked extensively with archives and collections. His projects have included the digitization of historical holdings, critical scholarly editions, and provenance research. He has contributed to catalogues raisonnés, collection catalogues, and DFG-funded projects, and was involved in curating exhibitions on German Romanticism, 19th-century drawing, and modern print culture.

Fellowships at the Central Institute for Art History in Munich, the Centre for Cultural Studies Research in Lübeck, and the Albertina Museum in Vienna supported his work on archival sources and the history of art history. He has taught courses on archival methods, Romantic artists, and Edvard Munch, and published on topics ranging from 19th-century art to contemporary digital culture.

In recent years, Steven Reiss has expanded his advisory work to include the building and management of private and corporate collections, as well as the oversight of estates and scholarly editions. Clients include major museums such as the Belvedere Museum in Vienna and the Francisco Carolinum in Linz, as well as private collectors and companies. He also writes regularly on Bitcoin art and digital culture, bringing academic depth to contemporary debates about collecting, preservation, and cultural value.

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