Eva Respini (born 1976)[1] is a curator of contemporary art who served as chief curator (2015–2023) and deputy director for curatorial affairs (2022–2023) at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.[2] She is also a lecturer at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Eva Respini | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) |
| Education | Columbia University (BA, MA) |
| Occupation | Curator |
| Title | Barbara Lee Chief Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston |
Early life and education
editRespini was born and raised in Europe, but has lived in the United States for over two decades. Her father is Italian and her mother is Norwegian.[3] She has lived in Croatia (then Yugoslavia), France, Italy, and Switzerland.[4] She received a bachelor's degree in Art History and master's degree in Modern Art and Critical Theory from Columbia University, and was a 2014 fellow at the Center for Curatorial Leadership.[5]
Career
editRespini is the Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Barbara Lee Chief Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (ICA), where she has been since 2015. Prior to the ICA, Respini was a curator at the Museum of Modern Art, where she organized contemporary art and photography exhibitions.[6][7][8]
At the ICA, Respini has curated solo presentations with artists including Firelei Báez (2021), Deana Lawson (2021), John Akomfrah (2019), Huma Bhabha (2019), and William Forsythe (2018), as well as thematic exhibitions such as When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art (2019) and Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today (2018). At the Museum of Modern Art, her noteworthy exhibitions include retrospectives of Walid Raad (2015) and Cindy Sherman (2012).[9][10]
Respini served as co-commissioner and curator of the U.S. Pavilion's historic Simone Leigh exhibition for the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022. Respini is also working with Leigh on her first museum survey exhibition, scheduled for 2023 at the ICA.[11][12][13]
Other activities
editIn addition to her work as a curator, Respini teaches seminars on curating contemporary art at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She is the author of many books and catalogues, and contributes magazine and journal articles on the topics of contemporary art and photography.[14]
In 2017, Respini served on the jury for the stand prizes of Frieze Art Fair.[15] In January 2019 she was a Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker at the University of Michigan.[16]
References
edit- ^ "Respini, Eva, 1976-". Database of the National Library of the Czech Republic (in Czech). Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ Maximilìano Duròn (2 May 2023), Eva Respini to Step Down as ICA Boston Chief Curator, Ruth Erickson Promoted to Top Role ARTnews.
- ^ "on art, activism, and how much instagram fucking sucks: a conversation with curator Eva Respini". The Annex. University of Michigan Museum of Art. 24 January 2019. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ Burge, Kathleen (4 December 2014). "ICA names Respini new chief curator". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Eva Respini". Center for Curatorial Leadership. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Greenberger, Alex (5 December 2014). "ICA Boston Names Eva Respini Chief Curator". ARTnews. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "ICA/Boston Promotes Eva Respini to Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Barbara Lee Chief Curator". Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. 29 June 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ Durant, Mark Alice (March 2014). "Eva Respini". Saint Lucy. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Eva Respini - Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Barbara Lee Chief Curator". Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Visitors Series: Eva Respini". College of Fine & Applied Art: School of Art & Design. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 2019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Sheets, Hilarie M. (14 October 2020). "Simone Leigh Is First Black Woman to Represent U.S. at Venice Biennale". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Halperin, Julia (21 April 2022). "Not in Venice? Catch Works From Simone Leigh's Crowd-Favorite Pavilion When It Travels to Museums Across the U.S. Starting in 2023". Artnet News. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "2022 Venice Biennale". Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. 2022. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Faculty: Eva Respini - Lecturer in Architecture". Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Sarah P. Hanson (4 May 2017), Galleries showing historic feminist and politically minded artists win Frieze stand prizes The Art Newspaper.
- ^ "Eva Respini: Art in the Age of the Internet". YouTube. U-M Stamps School of Art & Design. January 22, 2019.