The next guest and lecturer of the
Check in Budapest curatorial visitor program
organized by ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange
is
Dan Byers, associate curator of Contemporary Art at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh and co-curator of the 2013 Carnegie International.
In his lecture Dan Byers will talk about his latest curatorial projects at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh and will present the Carnegie International, which is the oldest exhibition of international contemporary art in North America, and the second oldest in the world.
Date: 13 April 2011 (Wednesday), 6 pm
Place: Labor, 1053 Budapest, Képíró utca 6.
The lecture will be held in English. All are welcome!
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Dan Byers is Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. He is co-curator of the 2013 Carnegie International along with Daniel Baumann and Tina Kukielski.
Prior to working at the Carnegie, Byers was Curatorial Fellow at the Walker Art Center, and Assistant to the Directors at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia.He has an MA from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, and a BS in Studio Art from Skidmore College.
His recent exhibitions at CMA include Ragnar Kjartansson: Song; Reanimation: Jones, Koester, Nashashibi/Skaer which featured William E. Jones, Joachim Koester, and Nashashibi/Skaer; and Ordinary Madness, a large-scale, wide ranging exhibition and film program based in the museum's collection. Upcoming exhibitions include the Pittsburgh Biennial, and an exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Glasgow-based artist Cathy Wilkes.
Additional information:
Dan Byers and Contemporary Art at the Carnegie
The Check in Budapest program is supported by the Ministry of National Resources | Collaborating partner of the current event: Labor
