the TEAM

Drs. André W. A. van der Goes
Founder and manager of GRAND TOUR Dresden, lecturer.

André studied History, History of Art and Classical Archeology at Amsterdam University. From 1974 on, he was curator of several of the most important castles and manor-houses in the Netherlands. Appointed director of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Pillnitz Palace, one of the Museums of the celebrated State Art Collections Dresden, he settled in Dresden in 2002. He was asked in 2010 to develop the newly founded International Academy for the Arts of the State Art Collections Dresden. The Academy being well established after three succesful courses, he retired in 2012. Since 2006 he is lecturer for History of Art at the Technische Universität Dresden. André speaks fluent English, German, French and, of course, Dutch.

Anne Gieritz, degree in Museology
Programme consultant and support

Anne studied Museology at the University of Applied Sciences in Leipzig and at the Institut Denis Diderot in Dijon (France). In 2008 she started working at the State Art Collections Dresden and since 2010 she was active as consultant for the International Academy for the Arts. In 2013 she started as lecturer at the University of Applied Arts Leipzig, in Collection Management. Anne speaks fluent English.