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Alexie Glass-Kantor is an Australian curator. Since 2013, she has held the position of Executive Director of Artspace Visual Arts Centre in Sydney.[1][2]

Career

Glass-Kantor worked as curator for ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) in Melbourne from 2002 to 2005. In 2005, she worked as Curator-in-Residence at Ssamzie Space, Seoul.[1] From 2005 until 2013, she held the position of Director and Senior Curator at Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne.[3][4] During this time, Glass-Kantor formed part of the curatorial team of the 7th International Santa Fe Biennale in 2008, and in 2012, with Natasha Bullock, Glass-Kantor co-curated Parallel Collisions, the 12th Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide, South Australia.[5][6] She served on the board of the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) from 2010 to 2014, and since 2015, Glass-Kantor has been the chair of Contemporary Art Organisations Australia (CAOA).[7][8]

In December 2013, Glass-Kantor was appointed Executive Director of Artspace, in Sydney’s Woolloomooloo. In a 2013 interview with Ocula Magazine, Glass-Kantor said that a goal during her tenure at Artspace was to engage in collaborative projects alongside fellow institutions in the Asia-Pacific region.[1] Since 2015, Glass-Kantor has been the curator for Art Basel Hong Kong’s Encounters section, the sector dedicated to large-scale installations.[9][10][11] International exhibitions Glass-Kantor has curated during her time as Artspace Executive Director include Nicholas Mangan: Ancient Lights, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK (2015),[12][13] Angelica Mesiti: Relay League at Art Sonje, Seoul, South Korea (2019),[14] Taloi Havini: Reclamation at Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh (2020),[15] 경로를 재탐색합니다 UN/LEARNING AUSTRALIA at Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea (2021),[16] and Jonathan Jones: untitled (transcriptions of country) at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2021).[17][18]

In 2022, Glass-Kantor curated Marco Fusinato: Desastres at the Australian Pavilion at the 59th La Biennale di Venezia.[19][20][21][22] The Washington Post selected the Australian Pavilion as one of the best three at the 2022 Biennale,[23] although Glass-Kantor explained that she and Fusinato were "much more interested in proposition, in open-ended speculation, in confrontation and giving people the space and agency to decide for themselves, if they do or don't like something, what that means for them."[24] Similarly, Ocula Magazine wrote "People either love or hate this pavilion ... At least they felt something so strongly as to articulate a thought."[25] The exhibition welcomed around 2,000 visitors per day.[26]

Personal life

Glass-Kantor was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and spent her childhood living in Regional NSW.[27] She holds a Bachelor of Art Theory (Hons) degree from the University of New South Wales (then the College of Fine Arts) with majors in photography and English literature.[26] Her dissertation was marked by Nick Waterlow, who later mentored Glass-Kantor.[27]

References

  1. ^ a b c Dickie, Anna (2013). "Alexie Glass-Kantor in conversation with Anna Dickie". Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ^ Fairley, Gina (25 March 2022). "How to grow a small to medium arts organisation". ArtsHub Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  3. ^ Rainforth, Dylan (26 July 2011). "Don't fear projection, embrace it". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  4. ^ "'You promised me…' Group exhibition at Anna Schwartz Gallery". Vogue Living Australia. NewsLifeMedia. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  5. ^ Rainforth, Dylan (3 April 2012). "Wandering between the lines". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Art Gallery of South Australia :: Exhibitions :: Adelaide Biennial".
  7. ^ "Chair of CAOA Alexia Glass-Kantor speaks…". Regional Arts Australia. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  8. ^ "About". Contemporary Arts Organisations Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  9. ^ Cascone, Sarah (9 July 2014). "Art Basel in Hong Kong Hires Alexie Glass-Kantor as Encounters Curator". Artnet News. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  10. ^ "ArtAsiaPacific: Changes at Art Basel Hong Kong Ahead of 2023 Edition". artasiapacific.com. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Curator Alexie Glass-Kantor on learning from artists". Art Basel. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Nicholas Mangan – Chisenhale Gallery". Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Nicholas Mangan "Ancient Lights" at Chisenhale Gallery, London — Mousse Magazine and Publishing". www.moussemagazine.it. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Angelica Mesiti at Art Sonje Center, Seoul". Contemporary Art Library. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  15. ^ Mahendru, Radha (21 February 2020). "Dhaka Art Summit 2020: Seismic Movements".
  16. ^ "경로를 재탐색합니다 UN/LEARNING AUSTRALIA". Artist Profile. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Untitled (Transcriptions of Country) – Jonathan Jones, Artspace". 2020.
  18. ^ "Jonathan Jones - Palais de Tokyo". palaisdetokyo.com. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  19. ^ Fairley, Gina (25 February 2022). "Set to repel audiences, Australia goes bold for Venice". ArtsHub Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  20. ^ "'Most people won't like my work': Marco Fusinato, artist representing Australia at the Venice Biennale, reveals pavilion plans". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  21. ^ "Faraway, so close #1: Solitude with Yvette Coppersmith and Alexie Glass-Kantor". Art Guide Australia. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  22. ^ Morris, Linda (24 February 2022). "Australian artist ready to challenge audiences at Venice Biennale". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  23. ^ Smee, Sebastian (25 April 2022). "Perspective | A great Venice Biennale unfolds, against all the odds". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  24. ^ "Why you should care about the Australian artist who's playing for 200 days straight in Venice". ABC News. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  25. ^ "Venice Biennale Pavilion Highlights: Arsenale and Giardini".
  26. ^ a b Riches, Emily (7 July 2022). "Alexie Glass-Kantor on curating beautiful disasters | Truly Aus". Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  27. ^ a b Rocca, Jane (4 June 2022). "After the shock loss of her mentor, this art curator holds three values close". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
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