Irit Rogoff is a writer, theorist, teacher and curator. Her research interests include

visual culture Visual culture is the aspect of culture expressed in visual images. Many academic fields study this subject, including cultural studies, art history, critical theory, philosophy, media studies, Deaf Studies, and anthropology. The field of ...

; contemporary art and critical theory;

postcolonialism Postcolonialism is the critical academic study of the cultural, political and economic legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the impact of human control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands. More specifically, it is a ...

, geoculture, and geographies, cultures of education and gender. Rogoff obtained her PhD degree from the Courtald Institute of Art in 1987. She was born in Jerusalem, Palestine and immigrated to London for her studies in the 1970’s.

Teaching

Between 1989 and 1997 Rogoff taught at

UC Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...

, where she merged the graduate programs in Art and Critical Theory under the department of Visual Culture. In 2002, she founded the trans-disciplinary department of Visual Cultures at

Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of London, officially the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London in England. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Wor ...

where she is a Professor of Visual Cultures, heading the PhD in Curatorial/Knowledge program.

Curating

Between 2005 and 2006 Rogoff was part of the curatorial team of the A.C.A.D.E.M.Y project which consisted of a series of exhibitions, projects and events at the

Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp The Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp ( nl, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, commonly abbreviated as ''M HKA'', previously ''MuHKA'') is the contemporary art museum of the city of Antwerp, Belgium. Its current director is Bart de Baere. Overvie ...

and the

Van Abbemuseum The Van Abbemuseum () is a museum of modern and contemporary art in central Eindhoven, Netherlands, on the east bank of the Dommel River. Established in 1936, the museum is named after its founder, Henri van Abbe, who loved modern art and wante ...

in Eindhoven. In 2011, together with Stefano Harney,

Adrian Heathfield Adrian Heathfield is a British writer and curator. Overview Heathfield works on contemporary art practices, particularly those involving live elements such as performance art, experimental theatre and dance. His writing has focused on questions ...

Massimiliano Mollona Massimiliano is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: * Massimiliano Alajmo (born 1974), Italian chef * Massimiliano Allegri (born 1967), Italian footballer and manager *Massimiliano Ammendola (born 1990), Italian f ...

, Louis Moreno and Nora Sternfeld she founded the curatorial and research collective ''freethought''. In 2016, ''freethought'' was the artistic director of the Bergen Assembly.

Writing

Rogoff has written co-written a number of essays and pamphlets. She has authored one book over 20 years ago: * ''Visual Cultures as Seriousness'' (2013) (co-written with Gavin Butt), Sternberg Press * ''Terra Infirma: Geography's Visual Culture'' (2000). * ''A.C.A.D.E.M.Y.'', co-eds. Angelika Nollert and Irit Rogoff, Revolver (2006) * ''Museum Culture – Histories, Discourses, Spectacles'' (with Daniel Sherman) Minnesota 1994, Routledge 1998. Rogoff has contributed to various periodicals such as Art Journal,

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 ...

, and

Third Text ''Third Text'' is a leading peer-reviewed academic journal covering art in a global context. After founder and editor Rasheed Araeen's earlier art magazine ''Black Phoenix'', which started in 1978 and published only three issues, ''Third Text'' ...

. She was a guest-editor for the 2010 special issue of

journal no. 14 entitled ''Education Actualised''

References

External links

Irit Rogoff – Panel Discussion
Sonic Acts Festival 22 February 2019, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Conversation with Irit Rogoff on her views and approach to education and curating
Radio Web MACBA, July 2019.
A Pantheon of Disenchantment
lecture at Weaving Politics Symposium, Stockholm 2012 (audio only)
Exhausted Geographies
keynote lecture, Crossing Boundaries Symposium, INIVA, London 2010
Professor Irit Rogoff
Goldsmiths University of London {{DEFAULTSORT:Rogoff, Irit Academics of Goldsmiths, University of London Living people Jewish philosophers Jewish writers Alumni of the Courtauld Institute of Art 1963 births Israeli curators Israeli women curators British curators British women curators