Marius Babias, is a curator, art historian and university lecturer living in Berlin. He is director of the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) since 2008 and currently a lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). In 1996 he was awarded the Carl Einstein Prize for art criticism. Babias has published numerous works and exhibition catalogues on contemporary art and art theory, and was author of various publications including “Herbstnacht” (Berlin, 1990), “Ich war dabei, als… Interviews 1990–2000” (Frankfurt/Main, 2001), “Ware Subjektivität – Eine Theorie-Novelle” (Munich, 2002) and “Berlin. Die Spur der Revolte” (Cologne, 2006).