Johannes Beltz

About

I joined the Museum Rietberg in Zurich in 2001 and was appointed Curator of Indian Art in 2006. In 2009, I assumed the role of Head of the Curatorial Department. I currently serve as Deputy Director and am a member of the museum’s management team. Alongside my institutional responsibilities, I regularly act as a consultant for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the German Research Foundation. I also serve as a reviewer for several leading academic journals, including the *Journal of Asian Studies*. In 2025, I was appointed Managing Director of the GBF Foundation for Cooperative Research on South and Southeast Asian Art.

Experience

• Professor of Practice at Somaiya Vidyavihar University
  Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

• Managing Director at GBF Foundation for Cooperative Research on South Asian Art and Artists
  Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Museum Rietberg (On-site)
  • Chief Curator, Indian and South East Asian Art
    Sep 2009 - Present · 16 yrs 10 mos

  • Deputy Director
    Sep 2015 - Present · 10 yrs 10 mos

  • Head of Art Education
    Jan 2015 - Dec 2022 · 8 yrs

• Advisor to Green Barbet, India (GBI) at Green Barbet Ltd.
  Mar 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 4 mos

  The Advisory group is imagined as a supporting body with the expertise and experience to help guide and nurture the vision of a young enterprise. https://greenbarbet.org

• Mentor at AAMC Foundation - Art Curators
  Aug 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

  Proppel Program / Fellow / Mentee: Naz Cuguoglu, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco