Anne Barlow

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Anne Barlow is a curator and director in the field of international contemporary art, and is currently Director of Tate St Ives, [1] Art Fund Museum of the Year 2018. [2] [3] There she directs and oversees the artistic vision and programme, including temporary exhibitions, collection displays, artist residencies, new commissions, and a learning and research programme. At Tate St Ives, Barlow has curated solo exhibitions of work by artists including: Outi Pieski (2024); Hera Büyüktaşcıyan (2023); Burçak Bingöl (2022); Prabhakar Pachpute (2022); Thảo Nguyên Phan (2022); Petrit Halilaj (2021); Haegue Yang (2020); Otobong Nkanga (2019); Huguette Caland (2019); Amie Siegel (2018) and Rana Begum (2018). She was also co-curator of "Naum Gabo: Constructions for Real Life" (2020) and collaborating curator with Castello di Rivoli, Turin for Anna Boghiguian at Tate St Ives (2019). [4]

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Career

Barlow was formerly Artistic Director of Tate St Ives (2017–2018) [5] [6] and Director of Art in General [7] in New York City (2007–2016). During her tenure at Art in General, she commissioned and curated projects [8] with artists including: Dineo Seshee Bopape (2016); Donna Huanca (2015); Adelita Husni-Bey (2015); Marwa Arsanios (2015); Basim Magdy (2014); Sara Greenberger Rafferty (2014); Jill Magid (2013); Meriç Algün Ringborg (2013); Shezad Dawood (2013); Anetta Mona Chişa and Lucia Tkáčová (2013); Ohad Meromi (2010); Surasi Kusolwong (2007) and Ana Prvacki (2007). Barlow also initiated and oversaw programmatic partnerships with arts organizations in Brisbane, Bucharest, Cairo, Holon, Lisbon, London, Manchester, Riga, Tallinn, Tbilisi, Vilnius, Warsaw, and Zagreb. In 2014, she launched Art in General’s award-winning annual symposium "What Now?" on critical and timely issues in the field, establishing an educational partnership with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, New York, and overseeing the symposia “Collaboration and Collectivity” [9] (2014); “The Politics of Listening” [10] (2015); and “On Future Identities” [11] (2016).

In 2023, Barlow curated the Samdani Art Award for the sixth Dhaka Art Summit বন্যা / Bonna, Bangladesh. [12] [13] She has curated and contributed to a number of biennial projects including “Tactics for the Here and Now”; [14] [15] “North by Northeast”, [16] Latvian Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale (Co-Curator, 2013); 2nd Tbilisi Triennial, [17] Georgia (Guest project curator, 2015) and “Shifts and Interruptions” for The Jerusalem Show VII, [18] presented in framework of second Qalandiya International (Guest film curator, 2014). In 2013, she curated the Centennial Edition “Armory Open Forum” [19] program for The Armory Show, New York.

Prior to Art in General, Barlow was Curator of Education and Media Programs at the New Museum, New York (1999–2007) where she led the department’s new media, public programs, and collaborative projects. From 2004–2006, she conceptualized and developed the "Museum as Hub" [20] initiative and established its first partnerships [21] in Cairo, Eindhoven, Mexico City, and Seoul. She also curated numerous museum and on-line exhibitions; initiated and produced the museum’s Digital Culture Programs; and organized inter-disciplinary roundtables, public programs, performances and broadcasts. She was formerly Curator of Contemporary Art and Design at Glasgow Museums (1994–1999), where she oversaw its collection of international contemporary art and design, exhibitions program, artists’ residencies, commissions, and new acquisitions.

Barlow has been a jury member of numerous selection panels and awards including: 2023 Ars Fennica Award, Helsinki, Finland (2023); [22] [23] The Arts Foundation Futures Awards for Visual Arts (2022), London, UK; [24] Artist of Tomorrow, Prishtina, Kosovo (2020-22 and 2016); British Pavilion Selection Committee, 58th Venice Biennale (2019); [25] MAC International 2018, Belfast, Northern Ireland (2018); [26] “Montblanc Cultural Foundation Curatorium” (2017–2019); [27] Curatorial Advisory Committee, Mumbai Art Room, India (2017); Exposure 8, Beirut Art Center, Lebanon (2016); kim? Contemporary Art Award, Latvia (2016 and 2015); T-HT Award, Zagreb, Croatia (2014); and the Akbank Curatorial Prize, Istanbul, Turkey (2013). Barlow has also been a panelist/advisor to funding organizations including: Creative Capital, New York (2005 and 2006); New York State Council on the Arts (2003–2005); and the Rockefeller Foundation (2002 and 2003); and has lectured, moderated or participated in talks at organizations including Istanbul Modern (2020); Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand (2019); Art Basel Conversations Programme, Art Basel Hong Kong (2019); [28] Tate Modern (2018 and 2019); [29] [30] the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2015); [31] the Sharjah Art Foundation (2012); IASPIS Stockholm (2011); ARCO Madrid (2011); [32] Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw (2009); [33] and the IMLS National Leadership Awards (2004). In 2020, Barlow was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Arts University Plymouth in recognition of her outstanding contribution to arts and culture. [34]

Publications

Barlow is editor/contributor to a number of publications including:

Barlow has also published in numerous arts magazines and journals such as ArteEast Quarterly, ArtPulse Magazine, The Journal for Curatorial Studies, and Ibraaz.

Education

Barlow holds a Masters in the History of Art from the University of Glasgow, Scotland.

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