Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev Retires from Castello di Rivoli, Plans Arte Povera Exhibition in Paris
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, who has served as the director of Italy's Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea since 2016, will retire at the age of 66, effective December 2024. With over twenty years at the museum, she began her tenure as chief curator in 2002 after spending two years at New York's PS1. Seeking to step away from administrative demands, Christov-Bakargiev plans to focus on teaching and collaborating with artists, no longer directing institutions or engaging with culture ministers. A significant Arte Povera exhibition is set to debut at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris in 2024. She has been instrumental in diversifying the museum's collection and has notable curatorial achievements, including Documenta 13 in 2012 and co-organizing "The Short Century" at MoMA PS1.
Key facts
- Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev retires as director of Castello di Rivoli in December 2024 at age 66
- She will present an Arte Povera exhibition at Paris's Bourse de Commerce in 2024
- Christov-Bakargiev joined Castello di Rivoli as chief curator in 2002 after working at PS1 in New York
- She directed Documenta 13 in 2012 and the Istanbul Biennial in 2015
- Under her leadership, the museum's collection expanded beyond Eurocentric narratives to include Global South perspectives
- Four of seven advisory committee members at Castello di Rivoli are artists
- She co-organized "The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945-1994" at MoMA PS1 in 2002
- Christov-Bakargiev cites digital artist Beeple as a key contemporary figure comparable to Andy Warhol
Entities
Artists
- Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
- William Kentridge
- Richard Bell
- Jimmie Durham
- Maria Thereza Alves
- Beeple
- Michael Joseph Winkelmann
- Andy Warhol
- Alana Heiss
- Okwui Enwezor
- Catherine David
- Rudi Fuchs
- Hetti Perkins
Institutions
- Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea
- Bourse de Commerce
- MoMA PS1
- Documenta
- Istanbul Biennial
- Sydney Biennale
- Villa Stuck
- Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Locations
- Italy
- Paris
- France
- New York
- United States
- Munich
- Germany
- Berlin
- Sydney
- Australia
- Istanbul
- Turkey