Gabi Ngcobo to curate 2018 Berlin Biennale
On November 25, 2016, Gabi Ngcobo was named the curator for the 2018 Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, marking its 10th edition. Ngcobo, who is from South Africa, will follow the DIS Magazine collective, which managed the 9th edition in 2016. Her background includes co-curating the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo, working as an assistant curator at Cape Town's South African National Gallery, and being the head researcher for the Cape Africa Platform, where she also curated the 2007 Cape07 Biennale. Furthermore, she co-founded the initiatives NGO – Nothing Gets Organised and the Center for Historical Reenactments, which operated from 2010 to 2014.
Key facts
- Gabi Ngcobo will curate the 10th Berlin Biennale in 2018.
- She succeeds the DIS Magazine collective, which curated the 2016 edition.
- Ngcobo is a South African curator.
- She co-curated the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo.
- She was assistant curator at the South African National Gallery in Cape Town.
- She was head researcher at the Cape Africa Platform.
- She curated the 2007 Cape07 Biennale.
- She is a founding member of NGO – Nothing Gets Organised and Center for Historical Reenactments.
Entities
Artists
- Gabi Ngcobo
Institutions
- Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
- DIS Magazine
- Bienal de São Paulo
- South African National Gallery
- Cape Africa Platform
- Cape07 Biennale
- NGO – Nothing Gets Organised
- Center for Historical Reenactments
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- Cape Town
- South Africa
- Johannesburg
- São Paulo
- Brazil