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Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev first woman to top "The Power 100" list |
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dOCUMENTA (13)'s Artistic Director, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, announced as the first woman to top ArtReview's "The Power 100" list. After working as an independent exhibition curator for many years, Christov-Bakargiev was the Senior Curator at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
in New York, an affiliate of the Museum of Modern Art. Serving in this
position from 1999–2001, Christov-Bakargiev initiated the first edition
of Greater New York which was organized with other curators of
MoMA PS1. Following this tenure, Christov-Bakargiev was Chief Curator at
the castello di Rivoli Museum in Turin, Italy from 2001 to 2008 and
interim director of the museum in 2009. She has since worked, worldwide,
as a curator. Amongst other exhibitions, Christov-Bakargiev was the
Artistic Director of the 16th Biennale of Sydney in 2008, entitled Revolutions–Forms that Turn. On December 3, 2008, Christov-Bakargiev was appointed Artistic Director
of the thirteenth edition of documenta, dOCUMENTA (13), which will be on
view from June 9 to September 16, 2012, in Kassel.
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