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| − | '''Charles Esche''' is director of Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven and professor of contemporary art and curating at | + | '''Charles Esche''' is the former director of Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (2004-2024) where he recently co-curated Soils, an exhibition about art, material and belonging. He is a professor of contemporary art and curating at University of the Arts, London and an advisor at Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht. Among other international exhibitions, he has co-curated ''The Meeting That Never Was'', MO Museum, Vilnius, 2022; ''Power and Other Things'', Europalia, BOZAR, Brussels 2017; ''Art Turns, Word Turns'', Museum MACAN, Jakarta 2017; Jakarta Biennale 2015; ''How to Talk about Things that don’t Exist'' – 31st Sao Paulo Bienal 2014; ''Ideal for Living'', U3 Triennale, Ljubljana 2011; RIWAQ Biennale, Palestine, 2007 and 2009; Istanbul Biennale, 2005 and Gwangju Biennale, 2002. His latest publication is ''Art and Its Worlds'', Afterall and Koenig Press, 2021 and he is writing a book on Demodern Thinking with Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti to be published by Duke University Press in 2025. |
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| + | Esche is co-convenor of [https://internationaleonline.org/activities/school-of-common-knowledge/ School of Common Knowledge] with [[Zdenka Badovinac]] and Manolo Borja-Villel. | ||
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| + | He received the 2012 Princess Margriet Award and the 2014 CCS Bard College Prize for Curatorial Excellence. [https://www.whw.hr/en/programme/charles-esche-documenta-toplomjer-ili-katalizator/ (2024)] | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:38, 29 January 2025
Charles Esche is the former director of Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (2004-2024) where he recently co-curated Soils, an exhibition about art, material and belonging. He is a professor of contemporary art and curating at University of the Arts, London and an advisor at Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht. Among other international exhibitions, he has co-curated The Meeting That Never Was, MO Museum, Vilnius, 2022; Power and Other Things, Europalia, BOZAR, Brussels 2017; Art Turns, Word Turns, Museum MACAN, Jakarta 2017; Jakarta Biennale 2015; How to Talk about Things that don’t Exist – 31st Sao Paulo Bienal 2014; Ideal for Living, U3 Triennale, Ljubljana 2011; RIWAQ Biennale, Palestine, 2007 and 2009; Istanbul Biennale, 2005 and Gwangju Biennale, 2002. His latest publication is Art and Its Worlds, Afterall and Koenig Press, 2021 and he is writing a book on Demodern Thinking with Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti to be published by Duke University Press in 2025.
Esche is co-convenor of School of Common Knowledge with Zdenka Badovinac and Manolo Borja-Villel.
He received the 2012 Princess Margriet Award and the 2014 CCS Bard College Prize for Curatorial Excellence. (2024)
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