Contemporary Art lacks humor and empathy by Moritz Frei

Moritz Frei was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1978. Raised there as well as in Hanover, Syracuse, and Berlin, he trained as a photographer in Berlin from 2000 to 2003. From 2004 to 2010, he studied fine arts at the HGB - Academy for Graphics and Book Art in Leipzig with Peter Piller. In 2010/11 he directed the art space, Benjamin Richard, in Leipzig (with Erik Weiser ). In 2016 Frei founded the publishing house “berlin art books”. In 2019, his withdrawal from the 26th Leipzig Annual Exhibition caused a nationwide media sensation and a controversial debate.Moritz Frei lives and works in Berlin.