Bjorn Geldhof Takes Dual Roles as Yarat Contemporary Art Space Director While Continuing at Pinchuk Art Centre
Bjorn Geldhof has been named artistic and strategic director of Yarat Contemporary Art Space in Baku, Azerbaijan. He will maintain his current position as deputy artistic director at Kiev's Pinchuk Art Centre through the end of 2015. Geldhof's appointment was reported by The Art Newspaper. At the Pinchuk Art Centre, he contributed to developing the Future Generation Art Prize, which the Victor Pinchuk Foundation launched in 2009. This year, Geldhof curated the Ukrainian pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Yarat Contemporary Art Space operates as a non-profit organization based in Baku.
Key facts
- Bjorn Geldhof appointed artistic and strategic director of Yarat Contemporary Art Space
- Yarat Contemporary Art Space is a non-profit based in Baku, Azerbaijan
- Geldhof currently serves as deputy artistic director at Pinchuk Art Centre in Kiev
- He will hold both positions until the end of 2015
- Geldhof helped develop the Future Generation Art Prize at Pinchuk Art Centre
- The Future Generation Art Prize was established by Victor Pinchuk Foundation in 2009
- Geldhof curated the Ukrainian pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale
- The appointment was reported by The Art Newspaper
Entities
Artists
- Bjorn Geldhof
Institutions
- Yarat Contemporary Art Space
- Pinchuk Art Centre
- Victor Pinchuk Foundation
- The Art Newspaper
- Venice Biennale
Locations
- Baku
- Azerbaijan
- Kiev
- Ukraine
- Venice