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Ioana Gordon-Smith
Ioana Gordon-Smith is a New Zealand arts curator and writer. She was assistant curator for ''Yuki Kihara Aotearoa New Zealand'' at the 59th Venice Biennale and co-curator of ''Naadohbil: To Draw Water,'' an internationally touring Indigenous exhibition. She co-founded the publication ''Marinade: Aotearoa Journal of Moana Art'' to feature New Zealand artists with Pacific Island heritage. Gordon-Smith is the curator for Māori Pacific at Pātaka Art + Museum, in Porirua, Wellington. Early life and education Gordon-Smith grew up in New Zealand and is of Samoan and Pākehā heritage. She completed a master's degree in art history at Victoria University of Wellington; her thesis was titled: ''Between the Ocean and AKL: international Pacific art exhibitions in the 2000s, s''upervised by Peter Brunt. Gordon-Smith was the inaugural Education Intern for Artspace Aotearoa, a role created with Tautai Contemporary Arts Trust. Career Gordon-Smith was the first curator at new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
59th Venice Biennale
The 59th Venice Biennale is an international contemporary art exhibition held between April and November 2022. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Artistic director Cecilia Alemani curated its central exhibition. Background The Venice Biennale is an international art biennial exhibition held in Venice, Italy. Often described as "the Olympics of the art world", participation in the Biennale is a prestigious event for contemporary artists. The festival has become a constellation of shows: a central exhibition curated by that year's artistic director, national pavilions hosted by individual nations, and independent exhibitions throughout Venice. The Biennale parent organization also hosts regular festivals in other arts: architecture, dance, film, music, and theater. Outside of the central, international exhibition, individual nations produce their own shows, known as pavilions, as their national representation. Nations that own their pavilion build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |