Dr. Jan Nicolaisen is the Head of the Department of Paintings and Sculptures at Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig.
Curated exhibitions (selection): Max Beckmann (1997), Hans Hartung (2007/08), Eugène Delacroix / Paul Delaroche (2015), Anna-Eva Bergman. Licht/Light (2018), Max Klinger (2020), Caspar David Friedrich und die Düsseldorfer Romantiker (2020/21).
Main scientific interests: European art of the 19th-21 century, Netherlandish art of the 17th century