Anselm Franke Appointed Chief Curator for 10th Shanghai Biennale Opening November 2014

Anselm Franke, a Berlin-based curator and writer, has been named the chief curator for the 10th Shanghai Biennale, which kicks off on November 22, 2014. He currently leads the Visual Arts department at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. Franke mentioned that the biennale will explore how personal experiences relate to historical and collective narratives, aiming to contrast individual viewpoints with the rational, standardized, and tech-driven aspects of modernization. He will collaborate with a team that hasn’t been revealed yet. It’s worth noting that the Shanghai Biennale is the oldest biennale in China. In 2012, Franke curated the Taipei Biennial, "Modern Monsters / Death and Life of Fiction," and was the artistic director at Antwerp's Extra City Kunsthal from 2006 to 2010.