Caterina Avataneo on Independent Curating: Ethics, Collaboration, and Agency
In an interview with Artribune, independent curator Caterina Avataneo from Italy shares insights on her curatorial methods. Since 2015, she has been organizing exhibitions that question prevailing realities, exploring concepts such as mysticism, linear time, and darkness. Her intuitive style merges different media and generations, while also highlighting the ethical aspects of curation. Avataneo has worked with artists like Chiara Camoni and Leonor Serrano Rivas, resulting in solo exhibitions and written works. She began experimenting with duo exhibitions in 2019 and considers her role as assistant curator for Sun & Sea at the 58th Venice Biennale to be pivotal. Advocating for collaboration, she describes curation as 'taking care.' The interview, conducted by Dario Moalli, appeared in Artribune Magazine #63.
Key facts
- Caterina Avataneo is an independent curator active since 2015.
- She explores themes like linear time, mysticism, liminality, contagion, surface, nature, darkness, and negativity.
- She has collaborated with artists Chiara Camoni, Leonor Serrano Rivas, Miriam Austin, Anastasia Sosunova, Irati Inoriza, Anna Barham, Diego Delas, Rolf Nowotny, Rory Pilgrim, and Giuliana Rosso.
- Since 2019, she has developed a duo exhibition format pairing artists with different media.
- She worked as assistant curator for Sun & Sea, Lithuanian Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale.
- Avataneo emphasizes the ethical dimension of curation and the importance of recognizing artists' work as labor.
- She advocates for opening curatorial practice to queer, human, and non-human agents.
- The interview was conducted by Dario Moalli and published in Artribune Magazine #63.
Entities
Artists
- Caterina Avataneo
- Chiara Camoni
- Leonor Serrano Rivas
- Miriam Austin
- Anastasia Sosunova
- Irati Inoriza
- Anna Barham
- Diego Delas
- Rolf Nowotny
- Rory Pilgrim
- Giuliana Rosso
- Dario Moalli
Institutions
- Artribune
- Artribune Magazine
- Lithuanian Pavilion
- Venice Biennale
Locations
- Italy
- Venice
- Vigevano
- Milan