Myriam Ben Salah

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Myriam Ben Salah is a Tunisian curator based in Paris. [1] [2] She was born in 1985 in Algiers, capital of Algeria. [3]

She became the editor-in-chief of Kaleidoscope Magazine in 2016. [4] Prior, she coordinated special projects and public programs at the Palais de Tokyo from 2009 to 2016. [4]

In 2017, Ben Salah curated I Heard You Laughing at the Gregor Staiger Gallery. [5] She was the curator of the 10th edition of the Abraaj Group Art Prize. [1] [6] Ben Salah curated a collection called The Pain of Others at the Ghebaly Gallery in Los Angeles in 2018. [7] She also edits the magazine F.A.Q. [5]

In April 2020, it was announced that Ben Salah would become the next executive director and chief curator of the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. [8] [9]

References

  1. 1 2 Kanne, Nicole. "Meet Myriam Ben Salah, Curator of the 10th edition of the Abraaj Group Art Prize - Art Dubai". www.artdubai.ae. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  2. Douglas, Sarah (2021-09-20). "How to Curate During a Pandemic: An Interview with Renaissance Society Director Myriam Ben Salah". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  3. "MYRIAM BEN SALAH". SAM Art Projects (in French). Retrieved 2025-11-05.
  4. 1 2 "KALEIDOSCOPE | New Editor-in-Chief appointed". Kaleidoscope.media. 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  5. 1 2 "Abraaj Group Announces Myriam Ben Salah as Curator for Abraaj Group Art Prize 2018". Harper's BAZAAR Arabia. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  6. "Five minutes with Myriam Ben Salah". The National. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  7. "Myriam Ben Salah curates The Pain Of Others at Ghebaly Gallery, Jan 26 – Mar 3". atractivoquenobello. 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  8. "ANNOUNCING MYRIAM BEN SALAH AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CHIEF CURATOR". Renaissance Society. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  9. "French Tunisian curator Myriam Ben Salah will head Chicago's Renaissance Society". gazette-drouot.com. Retrieved 2022-01-07.