2016.07.18 Mon, by
Artissima 2016: world map of curators

[Press release]

Artissima is a year-round research project that involves a team of leading curators and museum directors from around the world. The quality of its exhibition programming, the avant-garde nature of the curatorial proposals, the attentive presentations and the wide-ranging geographical provenance of the artists presented all reflect the vision and invaluable contribution of these highly regarded professionals.

In the year leading up to the fair, Artissima’s staff is enhanced by an extended international panel, which includes more than 40 curators who collaborate actively with the fair: on the selection committees, in the numerous prize juries, in the exhibition initiatives and in additional events such as talks and presentations.

Artissima’s comprehensive curatorial team therefore contributes to the development of a dynamic, inclusive and avant-garde perspective on the art world which ensures that collectors are offered the highest quality artworks as well as an extraordinary opportunity for discovery.

Thanks our contributing curators, the 20,000 square meters of the exhibition hall extend for thousands of kilometres, from Brazil to China, Colombia to Norway, North to South Africa, Poland to Lebanon, California to the Middle East.

jul12_artissima_image2

Based near Artissima:
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Turin, director, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea – GAM
illy Present Future Prize jury member
Franz Bernardelli, Turin, independent curator
Prix K-Way Per4m jury member
Andrea Busto, Turin, director, MEF – Museo Ettore Fico
Fondazione Ettore Fico Prize jury member
Francesco Zanot, Turin, curator, Camera – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia
Reda Prize jury member

Based less than 500km from Turin:
Daniel Baumann, Zurich, director, Kunsthalle Zürich
Sardi per l’Arte Back to the Future Prize jury member
Eva Fabbris, Milan, independent curator
Back to the Future curator and coordinator
Silvia Fanti, Bologna, co-director, Xing
Prix K-Way Per4m jury member
Emma Lavigne, Metz, director, Centre Pompidou – Metz / curator, Biennale de Lyon (2017)
Promos Scalo Milano New Entries Prize jury member
Simone Menegoi, Milan, independent curator
In Mostra curator
Letizia Ragaglia, Bolzano, director, Museion
Fondazione Ettore Fico Prize jury member
Cristiano Raimondi, Montecarlo, head of development and international projects, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco
Back to the Future committee member

Based less than 1,000km from Turin:
Frédérique Bergholtz, Amsterdam, curator, If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution
Per4m co-curator
Tobia Bezzola, Essen, director, Museum Folkwang
Reda Prize jury member
Reinhard Braun, Graz, director, Camera Austria
Reda Prize jury member
Luigi Fassi, Graz, visual arts curator, steirischer herbst festival
Present Future curator and coordinator
Anne Faucheret, Vienna, research curator, Kunsthalle Wien
Present Future committee member
Susan Gibb, Amsterdam, curator, If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution
Per4m co-curator
Krist Gruijthuijsen, Berlin, director, KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Back to the Future committee member
Bart van der Heide, Amsterdam, chief curator, Stedelijk Museum
illy Present Future Prize jury member
Hicham Khalidi, Paris, associate curator, Fondation d’entreprise Galeries Lafayette, Lafayette Anticipation
Present Future committee member
Christine Macel, Paris, chief curator, Musée National d’Art moderne – Centre Pompidou / director, Venice Biennale (2017)
Sardi per l’Arte Back to the Future Prize jury member
Filipa Ramos, London, editor in chief, Art Agenda
Prix K-Way Per4m jury member
Andrea Viliani, Naples, director, MADRE
Fondazione Ettore Fico Prize jury member
Wim Waelput, Ghent, founding director and curator, KIOSK
Present Future committee member

Based less than 10,000km from Turin:
Gary Carrion-Murayari, New York, curator, Kraus Family, New Museum / co-curator, New Museum Triennial (2018)
Back to the Future committee member
Stefano Colicelli Cagol, Trondheim, curator, Trondheim kunstmuseum
“What is Experimental?” talk curator and moderator
Ruth Estevez, Los Angeles, gallery director and curator, REDCAT
Prix K-Way Per4m jury member
Tobi Maier, São Paulo, independent curator and critic
“What is Experimental?” talk curator
Sohrab Mohebbi, Los Angeles, writer and associate curator, REDCAT
Present Future committee member
Davide Quadrio, Shanghai, founder and curator Arthub
“What is Experimental?” talk curator
Jose Roca, Bogota, director, FLORA ars+natura
Promos Scalo Milano New Entries Prize jury member
Jay Sanders, New York, curator and curator of performance, Whitney Museum of American Art
Sardi per l’Arte Back to the Future Prize jury member
Kitty Scott, Toronto, curator of modern and contemporary art, Art Gallery of Ontario / co-curator, Liverpool Biennial (2018)
Promos Scalo Milano New Entries Prize jury member
Natalia Sielewicz, Warsaw, curator, Museum of Modern Art
“What is Experimental?” talk curator
Christine Tohme, Beirut, director, Ashkal Alwan / curator, Sharjah Biennial (2017)
illy Present Future Prize jury member

Artissima would like to thank all of them for the extraordinary vision they bring!

Artissima is a brand of the Regione Piemonte, Città Metropolitana di Torino and Città di Torino. Mandated by the three organisations, it is connected with the Fondazione Torino Musei. The 23rd edition of Artissima is staged thanks to the support of the three bodies that own the brand name, together with the Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT, Compagnia di San Paolo and the Camera di commercio di Torino. Artissima is organised by Artissima Srl, a company established in 2008 to manage the fair’s artistic and commercial relations.