Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev is an author, organizer of events and exhibitions, and researcher into artistic practices, the histories of art and the politics of aesthetics. She has written extensively on the Arte Povera movement and published interviews and texts on artists such as Boetti, Fabro, Kounellis, Merz and Pistoletto. Bakargiev was Artistic Director of dOCUMENTA (13) from 2009 to 2012, which took place in Kassel, Germany, from June to September 2012, as well as in Kabul, Afghanistan and including projects also in Alexandria/Cairo, Egypt and Banff, Canada.
Previously, she was Artistic Director of the 16th Biennale of Sydney : Revolutions - Forms That Turn (2008), and Chief Curator at the Castello di Rivoli Museum for Contemporary Art (2002- 08, Interim Director in 2009). She was Senior Curator at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, from 1999 to 2001. Previous group exhibitions include The Modems, Turin (2003), Faces in the Crowd, London and Turin (2004), Citta' Natura, Rome (1997), and Molteplici Culture, Rome (1992).
Her other books include William Kentridge (1999), and for dOCUMENTA (13) the 100 Notes - 100 Thouahts series as well as Thok at cL The Book of Books (2011-12).
Previously, she was Artistic Director of the 16th Biennale of Sydney : Revolutions - Forms That Turn (2008), and Chief Curator at the Castello di Rivoli Museum for Contemporary Art (2002- 08, Interim Director in 2009). She was Senior Curator at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, from 1999 to 2001. Previous group exhibitions include The Modems, Turin (2003), Faces in the Crowd, London and Turin (2004), Citta' Natura, Rome (1997), and Molteplici Culture, Rome (1992).
Her other books include William Kentridge (1999), and for dOCUMENTA (13) the 100 Notes - 100 Thouahts series as well as Thok at cL The Book of Books (2011-12).
