Katrin Bellinger (born October 1958) is a London-based German art dealer and collector, specialising in Old Master drawings.
Katrin Bellinger was born in October 1958. Her family owned a chain of department stores.
Bellinger is an art dealer and collector, specialising in Old Master drawings.
Bellinger was a partner at London art dealers Colnaghi for thirteen years, until the company was merged with Spanish gallery Coll & Cortez in 2015. One of BellingerâÂÂs primary roles was managing its art library and 225-foot archive, which she and her partner Konrad Bernheimer bought from Christoph Graf Douglas, the former head of SothebyâÂÂs in Germany and the son-in-law of Rudolf August Oetker, whose company owned Colnaghi between Jacob Rothschild and Bernheimer.
In addition to her professional career in the arts, Bellinger assembled a private collection of more than 900 works, including paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures. In 2001, she founded the Tavolozza Foundation, a non-profit organisation based in Munich.
In March 2016, Bellinger was appointed a trustee of the National Gallery, for four years, from 29 March 2016. She has served on several Visiting Committees at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Bellinger resides in London, England and Dunton Hot Springs, Colorado, and is married to Christoph Henkel, a billionaire businessman. They have two sons.