Ekaterina Degot (Екатерина Дёготь; b. December 2, 1958, Moscow) is a Russian

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

, art writer, and

curator A curator (from la, cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the parti ...

based in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, Cologne and Graz.

Biography

A member of the

Russian Academy of Fine Arts The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by the founder of the Imperial Moscow University Ivan Shuvalov under the name ''Academy of the Thre ...

, she received her doctoral degree in art history, specializing in Russian art of the 20th century and Russian

contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...

. She has worked as a senior curator at the State

Tretyakov Gallery The State Tretyakov Gallery (russian: Государственная Третьяковская Галерея, ''Gosudarstvennaya Tretyâkovskaya Galereya''; abbreviated ГТГ, ''GTG'') is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, which is considered th ...

, art columnist at the Russian daily newspaper ''

Kommersant ''Kommersant'' (russian: Коммерсантъ, , ''The Businessman'' or Commerce Man, often shortened to Ъ) is a nationally distributed daily newspaper published in Russia mostly devoted to politics and business. The TNS Media and NRS Russia ...

'', and senior editor from 2008 to 2012 at an independent online magazine dedicated to art news, art criticism, and cultural analysis—www.openspace.ru/art. She is a regular contributor to international art journals and magazines such as ''

Artforum ''Artforum'' is an international monthly magazine specializing in contemporary art. The magazine is distinguished from other magazines by its unique 10½ x 10½ inch square format, with each cover often devoted to the work of an artist. Notabl ...

'', ''

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'', and ''

e-flux e-flux is a publishing platform and archive, artist project, curatorial platform, and e-mail service founded in 1998. The arts news digests, events, exhibitions, schools, journal, books, and art projects produced and/or disseminated by e-flux ...

'' magazine. After teaching at the

European University at Saint Petersburg The European University at Saint Petersburg (russian: Европейский университет в Санкт-Петербурге), sometimes referred to as EUSP, is a non-state graduate university located in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was ...

and holding guest professorships at various American and European universities, she is presently a professor at the

Alexander Rodchenko Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Ро́дченко; – 3 December 1956) was a Russian and Soviet artist, sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer. He was one of the founders ...

School of Photography and New Media in Moscow. 2013 she was Artistic Director of the first Bergen Assembly in Norway, 2014 she was appointed Artistic Director of Academy of the Arts of the World, Cologne. 2017 she was appointed Intendant of Steirischer Herbst in Graz, Austria.

Curated Exhibitions

*(with Julia Demidenko). 2000. ''Body Memory: Underwear of the Soviet Era''. City History Museum (

St Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

), City Museum (

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), Volkskundemuseum (

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), et al. *2001. The Russian Pavilion. The

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

. *(with Jürgen Harten et al.). 2003-04. ''Moscow--Berlin 1950–-2000''. Martin-Gropius-Bau (

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

), the History Museum (

). *2005a. ''The Comedy: the Funny Side of a Moving Image''. Central House of Artists (Moscow). *2005b. ''Soviet Idealism''. Musee de l’art wallon (

Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...

). *2009. ''European Atelier: Russian Artists on Europe''. Central House of Artists (Moscow).

Books

*1998. ''Terroristicheskii naturalizm'' errorist naturalism n Russian Moscow: Ad Marginem. *2000. ''Russkoe iskusstvo XX-go veka'' ussian art of the 20th century n Russian Moscow: Trilistnik. *(and Vadim Zakharov). 2005. ''Moskovskii kont︠s︡eptualizm'' oscow conceptualism n Russian Moscow: Izdatelstvo WAM。

Distinctions

*1995. “Courant d’Est” Fellowship,

Centre Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou ( en, National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of ...

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. *1998.

Fulbright Scholarship The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of ...

. *1999. Virginia Hanks Distinguished Visiting Curatorship,

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

Museum of Art. *2003. Zentrum für Literaturforschung Fellowship,

. *2004. “Post Communist Condition” Fellowship. ZKM Karlsruhe. *2004. Visiting Curatorship. Jane Voorhoos Zimmerli Museum of Art,

New Brunswick, NJ New Brunswick is a city in and the seat of government of Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Екатерина Деготь на сайте Российской секции Международной ассоциации художественных критиков

* ttp://www.lenta.ru/conf/degot/ Пресс-конференция Е. Деготь на сайте Lenta.Ru
Екатерина Деготь: «Потребительство публики нужно сознательно ломать, а для этого необходимо выходить за рамки эстетического…»

Почему я не буду работать на COLTA.RU. Екатерина Дёготь о старом OpenSpace.ru и о неизбежности личного выбора

Steirischer herbst: Ekaterina Degot wird neue Intendantin
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