Named curator of the 1954 Venice Biennale
They will become the curator of the Zurich Kunsthaus Beach Kuriger
yesterday announced the name of the curator 54-th International Biennial of Contemporary Art, which will be held in Venice in 2011. At the head of the project will arise Beach Kuriger (Bice Curiger).
Beatrice Gabriella Libya Kuriger was born in 1948 in Zurich. At university she studied history of art, folklore and literary criticism. Since 1993 she works at the Zurich Kunsthaus curator - one of the largest art museums in Switzerland. It Kuriger in 1995 organized the famous exhibition "Art and Nico Pirosmani modernity", during which performance was shown by Oleg Kulik's dog-man ».
Kuriger is also chief editor of the influential journal Parkett, which she founded along with several friends in 1984. In addition, it takes an editorial position in the magazine Tate Etc., Is issued by the UK Tate Gallery.
Venice Biennale is held every two years. It is the most prestigious in the world showcase of contemporary art. The previous was its curator Daniel Birnbaum (Daniel Birnbaum), who was recently appointed director of the Stockholm Museum of Modern Art.
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