Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev's Curatorial Approach and Cerruti Collection Reveal

In 2019, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev was honored with the Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence from Bard College, although she prefers to view her work as 'drafting' exhibitions rather than adhering to traditional curatorial categories. This year, as the director of Turin's Castello di Rivoli, she managed exhibitions featuring Michael Rakowitz and Anri Sala. Her main endeavor has been the preparation of the Cerruti collection, set to be publicly unveiled in April at Cerruti Villa. Collected by entrepreneur Francesco Federico Cerruti from the late 1960s until 2014, this $600 million collection includes pieces ranging from Francisco de Goya's The Disasters of War (1863) to Medardo Rosso's The Jewish Child (1892), featuring works by Francis Bacon, Alberto Burri, and Pablo Picasso. The collection's exceptional quality has necessitated minimal marketing.