Dadja Altenburg-Kohl
(*1949) Czech Republic/Germany
Support culture and art
The doctor, businesswoman. She built one of the most successful pharmaceutical companies in Germany. She is the founder of the DrAK Foundation and owner of the private Museum of Contemporary Art in Prague, MuMo. For several years she is the major colector and patron of fine arts, supports individual artists, as well as larger institutions, such as the National Theatre. She was born in Prague. She studied medicine at Charles University. In 1972, she was emigrated to Germany where she worked as a maxillofacial surgeon for many years. Nowadays she is the curator of many important exhibitions, a member of the European Cultural Forum in Berlin and focuses on projects between the Czech Republic and the Germany. The credo of this important patroness is: „I realize that everything is somehow linked together, all spiritual and material values, culture and health. I want to use my time and at least to contribute to this complex system with something meanigful.”
