FYI: Joseph Backstein at Pushkin House, London, July 6

http://www.pushkinhouse.org/events/2016/5/13/special-event-for-russian-art-week-tour-of-exhibition-followed-by-qa-with-celebrated-russian-curator-joseph-backstein

A CURATOR REVEALS: A TALK WITH CELEBRATED RUSSIAN CURATOR JOSEPH BACKSTEIN

Wednesday, July 6, 2016
7:30pm  8:30pm

Join us for a talk with Joseph Backstein, one of the leading curators in
Russia over the last 30 years, and former Commissioner of the Moscow
Biennale of Contemporary Art. Joseph will talk about curating in Russia and
how this role has changed since he began. He will also talk about the
history, development and significance of the Biennale over the last 12
years, its important role as a reflector of the global contemporary art
scene as well as its great impact within Russia and Internationally.

Joseph Backstein was artistic director of the Moscow Biennale of
Contemporary Art until May this year. He is deputy director of the State
Centre for Museums and Exhibitions ROSIZO, director of the Institute of
Contemporary Art in Moscow and a member of the Art Historians' Association.
He is the curator of more than 30 exhibitions including the Norman Foster
solo show at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Sergei Bratkov’s
exhibition at 25th Sao Paolo Biennial and was the curator of the Russian
pavilion at the Venice Biennale 1999. Backstein has a medal of the Academy
of Arts of the Russian Federation and is the author of numerous
publications on contemporary art. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of
Computer Sciences and has a PhD in Sociology of Arts and Culture.

Pushkin House curator Olga Jurgenson will chair a Q&A at the end of the
talk.

A drink is included in the ticket price.

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Ksenia Nouril
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+1.917.767.8024

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