An
artistic director is a person who oversees and directs the creative vision and artistic choices of a theater, orchestra, dance company, or other artistic organization. They are responsible for selecting and guiding the artists and productions to create a cohesive and engaging experience for the audience.
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Overview Artistic directors may work freelance or for event management companies, depending on their specific choice and placement.
Beatrix Ruf takes up the post of
Artistic Director of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam this November, following her appointment in April.
Since taking over the position of
artistic director at Dior Homme in 2007, KRIS VAN ASSCHE has taken a consistent approach to men's fashion at a time when the concept of menswear itself has been under siege.
A pianist and composer who serves as
artistic director for jazz at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Moran frequently works with visual artists.
The three - evening series of free concerts features the Harvest Gospel Choir and special guest soloists, led
by Artistic Director of 29 years, Reverend Maryanne McElroy.
Adam had recently been announced as the
new artistic director of Documenta 14 and mentioned that it would take place in two separate cities, Athens and Kassel, and that a project between Buenos Aires and New York would make an interesting parallel.
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There'll be 15 galleries and the Forum will be curated by Koyo Kouoh
founding artistic director of RAW Material Company, a centre for art, knowledge and society in Dakar.
The show has been curated by Massimiliano Gioni, the Edlis
Neeson artistic director at New Museum in collaboration with The Vinyl Factory.
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Artistic Director Tim Marlow comments on the news — which could affect the artist's attendance at his upcoming exhibition.
Julian Heynen studied art history and literature and is
currently Artistic Director at Large of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein - Westfalen, Düsseldorf.
The news comes one week after the departure of
former artistic director Stuart Horodner, who is now director at the Art Museum of the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
After its eponymous founder's departure in 2009, classic Parisian brand Sonia Rykiel spent five years in a creative flounder, until the appointment of Julie de Libran as
artistic director in May 2014.
The show takes its name and idea from the 1995 exhibition organised by Serpentine Galleries
artistic director Hans Ulrich Obrist and artist Christian Boltanski, building on the anarchist idea of «property is theft» and post-60s dematerialisation of the art object to exhibit work by 12 artists that visitors could not only touch but take home.
«After Tyler Stallings» landmark 2003 show, «Whiteness: A Wayward Construction,» I am very happy to be able to present an opportunity for him to extend his curatorial investigation into identity and race,» says 18th Street Arts
Center Artistic Director Clayton Campbell.
Kevan recently made waves with his frank thoughts on the Canadian film industry in response to an article in the Globe and Mail by TIFF
Artistic Director Cameron Bailey.
The New Museum will celebrate the project in Times Square with the artist on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 11:30 p.m., following her talk with New
Museum Artistic Director Massimiliano Gioni at 7 p.m. in the New Museum Theater.
Jennifer Odem's Rising Tables is a site - specific sculptural work commissioned by Prospect.4: New Orleans, the triennial festival, this year curated by
Artistic Director Trevor Schoonmaker, Nasher Museum Curator, from November, 2017 through February, 2018.
Theater director Lee Strasberg co-founded the Group Theatre, where he directed experimental plays, and later
became artistic director of the Actors Studio.
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Artistic Director Stuart Horodner recently wrote a book called «The Art Life: On Creativity and Career.»
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Shakespeare is rooted in our era of fake news in
artistic director Robert Hastie's outstanding first production for the Crucible
In their official comment on why they chose Serpentine
Galleries artistic director as the winner, ArtReview commented:» This official role tells you very little about what it is that this Swiss curator actually does.
As Cannes
artistic director Thierry Frémaux pointed out when announcing this year's line - up, «Dheepan» features no known actors and remains a working title (so hold the pizza jokes!).
Following a career retrospective tribute at Toronto this week, he was interviewed on stage by
TIFF artistic director Cameron Bailey.
A collaboration between the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and the Newseum, part one of In Conversation: Awareness, Action and Dissent was moderated by Nato Thompson, the Creative
Time artistic director who recently announced he is joining the forthcoming Philadelphia Contemproary.
A selection of seminal dance pieces by Trisha Brown, a friend and collaborator of Judd, was chosen from her oeuvre of work and specially adapted for the space by Trisha Brown Company's
Associate Artistic Directors Carolyn Lucas and Diane Madde.
And Documenta 14
artistic director Adam Szymczyk sits at number two — a solid eight months before his exhibition even opens.
Left: Tate Modern director Chris Dercon with Ullens Center director Phillip Tinari and Samdani Art Foundation
artistic director Diana Campbell Betancourt.
Following a press conference previewing Prospect New Orleans, Hyperallergic talks with
artistic director Franklin Sirmans about the biennial's third edition and how it will reflect its theme «Notes for Now.»
Wednesday's list diverges significantly from a false lineup released at the start of the month, about the «leaking» of which
Cannes artistic director Thierry Frémaux was scathing.
He was awarded third place by juror Ann Barlow, an experienced contemporary art curator and arts administrator, former director of Art in General in New York City, and
current artistic director of Tate St Ives.
Curated by 18th Street
Artistic Director Clayton Campbell, in conjunction with the exhibit, Artist Fellow, Amitis Motevalli debuts Haram eh Massoumeen va Shohad ha (Threshold of the Innocents and Martyred) in our Project Room Gallery.
This is not a monolithic group espousing a narrow political art agenda,» says 18th
Street Artistic Director Clayton Campbell.
The organisation committee of the Busan Biennale have announced curator Cristina Ricupero and writer Jörg Heiser as
joint Artistic Directors for the 11th Busan Biennale.
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