10 Highly Influential Curators Today You Need To Know

last week we answered the question what is curating in art extensively in just 90 seconds the act of curating etymologically derives from the Latin words Kura or Kura which means care or to take care is an Endeavor of researching selecting organizing acquiring managing presenting and inventorying Arts most often in the form of exhibitions as a result a curator is appointed as the main person to organize an exhibition and doing so the Creator almost becomes as important or even more important than the artists on display curating is not only about selecting art about being knowledgeable critical and having a vision it is also about personality and the past few decades this personality resulted in an almost star cultist among curators with some very in-demand top curators being respected all around the globe thanks to the analytical tool of art facts that we very much recommend to have a look at they have shortlisted a top 10 of the most prominent creators so the characters that are most in demand and most influential does in the art worlds and we are pleased to present the top 10 results of that list from artifacts sit back and enjoy we start with the seal based curator Sun young Kim she's a professor at a Korean national university of arts and was shortlisted in 2013 by Art reviews annual power hundreds the South Korean curator founded some music and is currently the associate director of Artsonia Center and artistic director of Asia culture information agency notable curatorial contributions include curating the Korean Pavilion at the 51st Venice biennale directing the sixth sealed International media art bianali and co-curating the 2012 Guangzhou bianale who studied literature law and philosophy at the sorbonne in Paris as an independent curator Professor art critic and writer nyami founded and directed review Nori a periodical on contemporary African Arts notable curatorial contributions include co-curating the first African Pavilion during the 52nd Venice bianali in 2007 directing the first African art fair in Johannesburg in 2008 and has worked as a curator for numerous renowned institutions and galleries encompassing the museums in Frankfurt Germany the Smithsonian in Washington DC Galleria natsunale in Rome and many more next we have the australian-born Arts color Lynn cook cook as a senior curator for special projects in modern art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 2006 she received the award for curatorial excellence from the center for curatorial studies at Bart College she is the former curator of the renowned Dia Art Foundation in New York and was appointed as the deputy director and chief curator at the Museum National Reyna Sofia in Madrid further notable curatorial contributions consist of co-curating Carnegie International in 1991 and the artistic direction of the bianali of Sydney in 1996. the director of the Albertina in Vienna close Albert sruder called werner's piece one of the most influential art historians of the 20th century a statement one can hardly contest the German art historian was also a renowned journalist and curator he studied art history French literature and philosophy the professor of art history at the Kunta Academy Dusseldorf has curated some of the most important retrospectives of the past few decades think of the Picasso retrospectives at the K20 and Dusseldorf the Albertina in Vienna and the central pompidou in Paris and has essential work and expertise on Max and curating another major retrospective at the central pompido in Paris the American curator of Contemporary Art Helen and molesworth based in Los Angeles has been a prolific figure in the United States she was the chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles she curated numerous significant retrospectives including Carrie James Marshall at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago Catherine OPI at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and the lucayment retrospective which traveled from the weiner center of the Arts to the Dallas Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago next we have another American La based curator who has been the Museum of Contemporary Art Chief curator in Los Angeles Paul schimel schimel has also been the vice president and partner of the renowned Mega Gallery Hauser and worth the highly rated curator has also served as the curator and Senior curator of the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston resulting in various curatorial Awards including six awards for the International Association of art critics and two from the association of Art Museum curators South african-born and american-based art historian and critic Rose Lee Goldberg is a world-renowned curator she's the former director of the real College of Art Gallery in London and the curator at the kitchen in New York curating and organizing performances at renowned institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York the Guggenheim and the garage in Moscow her contributions when it comes to performance art are groundbreaking she was the founding director and chief curator of performa a public platform for Contemporary Arts and performance by artists shaping the public and academic perception of performance arts Thelma golden is the director and chief curator of the studio Museum in Harlem New York born in Queens golden has been championing artists of African descent at renowned institutions she launched her influential curatorial practice in the late 1980s at the Whitney Museum of American Arts organizing thought-provoking and groundbreaking exhibitions golden received various honorary doctorates and medals throughout her illustrious career further she also works on the board of directors for the Barack Obama foundation and the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts the German art historian cultural manager and curator Klaus biesenbach is one of the most influential figures in the art world he is currently the founder and director of the Neuer National Gallery and the museum this 200 in Berlin previously bizenbach was appointed director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles he directed the very first Berlin biennale and has been the chief curator for New Media at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the director of Moma PS1 arguably not surprisingly we encounter Hans Ulrich August at the top of our list the Swiss Arts historian critic and curator as the artistic director of the renowned Serpentine galleries in London he published the two most essential reference Publications concerning curating titled A Brief History of curating and ways of curating explaining what it means to be a curator notable curatorial contributions includes curating Utopia station during the 2003 Venice biennale co-creating manifesta 1 in 1996 and directing the extensive ongoing project of interviews titled the interview projects in 2009 abrist was ranked number one in Art reviews annual 100th power as the most powerful person in the art worlds a brief and Powerful ontology of the art world's most influential curators for further reading feel free of course to read the aforementioned Publications by hanselric oberist the ways of curating and a brief history of curating thank you so much for tuning in today feel free to watch our video on what is curating in art next support us on patreon and please consider subscribing to stay posted for more Contemporary Arts bye thank you [Music]

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Published: Sun Feb 19 2023