Marie Muracciole is a writer and curator based in Paris and Beirut.

Early life

Marie Muracciole studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. She shifted her visual art practice to writing in 1991.

Career

Muracciole has held positions as head of the cultural department at Paris's

Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume Jeu de Paume ( en, Real Tennis Court) is an arts centre for modern and postmodern photography and media. It is located in the north corner (west side) of the Tuileries Gardens next to the Place de la Concorde in Paris. In 2004, Galerie Nationale ...

until 2011. She taught in ESAD, Amiens, as a contemporary art professor until 1998, then as film theory professor at the École Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Bordeaux until 2017. She has been the director of the

Beirut Art Center Beirut Art Center is a space for exhibiting contemporary art in Beirut, Lebanon History Beirut Art Center opened to public in January 2009. It is managed as a non-profit organization whose founders and executive board members were Sandra Daghe ...

from February 2014 to February 2019.

Selected exhibitions

Muracciole curated numerous exhibitions in museums and art centers, including

Claude Closky Claude Closky (born 22 May 1963) is a French Contemporary Artist who lives and works in Paris, France. Reception Closky won the "Grand prix des Arts plastiques" (1999) and the Marcel Duchamp Prize (2005) awarded by the ADIAF. Dike Blair wro ...

''Climb at your own risk'' at Madre (Naples, 2007);

Yto Barrada Yto Barrada (born 1971) is a Franco-Moroccan multimedia visual artist living and working in Tangier, Morocco and New York City. Barrada cofounded the Cinémathèque de Tanger in 2006, leading a group of artists and filmmakers. Barrada also wor ...

''RIffs'' at the

Deutsche Guggenheim The Deutsche Guggenheim was an art museum in Berlin, Germany, open from 1997 to 2013.Kuhla, Karoline"Final Exhibition: The Guggenheim's Farewell to Berlin" ''Spiegel Online'', November 15, 2012 It was located in the ground floor of the Deutsche B ...

(Berlin, 2011), Fotomuseum (Winterthur), the Wiels (Brussels), The Renaissance Society (Chicago, 2012);

Allan Sekula Allan Sekula (January 15, 1951 – August 10, 2013) was an American photographer, writer, filmmaker, theorist and critic. From 1985 until his death in 2013, he taught at California Institute of the Arts. His work frequently focused on large economi ...

''Disassembled Movies 1972–2012'' at

Akbank Sanat Akbank Sanat is an art center founded by the Turkish bank Akbank in 1993. The art center is located in Beyoğlu, İstanbul and organizes over 700 events every year. The Center and Its Events Akbank Sanat is located in Beyoğlu and consists of ...

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

in collaboration with Ali Akay.l A Wonderfully Inadequate Medium: Allan Sekula and Photography, at Marian Goodman Gallery London, March to May 2019. Yto Barrada, Holes in the moon, ENSAPC (école des beaux-arts de Paris-Cergy), l’Été culturel, August to September 2020. At Beirut Art Center (BAC) Muracciole curated monographies of

Zineb Sedira Zineb Sedira (born April 1st, 1963) is a London-based Franco-Algerian feminist photographer and video artist, best known for work exploring the human relationship to geography. Sedira was shortlisted for the 2021 Deutsche Börse Photography Fou ...

Joachim Koester Joachim Koester (born 1962) is a conceptual artist. He works principally in still photography and video. Hal Foster, writing in Artforum, has characterized his work as being "along the borders between documentary and fiction." Over the last fifte ...

, Marie Voignier, Danièle Genadry, Naeem Mohaiemen,

, Marwa Arsianos, Tony Shakar, Rana El Nemer, Hassan Khan,

Otobong Nkanga Otobong Nkanga (born 1974) is a Nigerian-born visual artist and performance artist, based in Antwerp, Belgium. In 2015 she won the Yanghyun Prize. In her work she explores the social and topographical changes of her environment, observes their i ...

, as well as many group shows.

Francis Alÿs Francis Alÿs (born 1959, Antwerp) is a Belgian-born, Mexico-based artist. His work emerges in the interdisciplinary space of art, architecture, and social practice. In 1986, Alÿs left behind his profession as an architect and relocated to Me ...

''Knots'n'' ''Dust'' at the

Ikon Gallery The Ikon Gallery () is an English gallery of contemporary art, located in Brindleyplace, Birmingham. It is housed in the Grade II listed, neo-gothic former Oozells Street Board School, designed by John Henry Chamberlain in 1877. Ikon was set u ...

and the BAC.

Selected writings

She contributes to ''

Texte zur Kunst ''Texte zur Kunst'' is a German contemporary art magazine. History ''Texte zur Kunst'' was founded in 1990 in Cologne by art historian Stefan Germer and art critic Isabelle Graw. It has been published in Berlin since 2000. Since the death of ...

'', Berlin, and to the French art magazines ''Les Cahiers du Musée d'Art Moderne'', ''Art Press'', ''20/27''. Among her publications, ''Contre-courants: à propos d’

et d’Aerospace'', in Jeux sérieux, (HEAD), 2015, ''Something New About Plants, Genealogy Tree,'' in

(JPRingier, 2013); ''A Love Story, Transportations'', in

Amar Kanwar Amar Kanwar was born in New Delhi in 1964 where he continues to live and work as a filmmaker. Kanwar studied at the Department of History, Ramjas College, University of Delhi, Delhi University (1982-1985), and at the Mass Communication Research ...

: Evidence (

Fotomuseum Winterthur Fotomuseum Winterthur is a museum of photography in Winterthur, Switzerland. History The museum was founded in 1993 and is dedicated to photography as art form and document, and as a representation of reality. Fotomuseum Winterthur is an art g ...

/Steidl, 2012); ''Memory's body. "Retrospective" by Xavier Le Roy'', in

, 2011/12; ''Tomorrow Never Knows, Peter Roehr'', in 20/27 n°5, 2010. She is the editor of

''Climb at Your Own Risk'' (Naples: Electa, 2007),

''Riffs'' (Berlin: Deutsche Guggenheim, 2011), ''Allan Sekula's writing'' (Paris:

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Science ...

, 2013), ''Photography at Work: Allan Sekula'' (Beirut: Beirut Art Center, 2017), ''Knots'n Dust: Francis Alÿs'' (Dijon : Les Presses du réel, 2018)''.''

Books

Knots’n Dust,

Francis Alys Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places *Rural Mu ...

, (texts Michael Taussig and M.M.)

, 2018. Photography at Work,

, (text from M.M.) Beirut Art Center, 2017. Exposure 6, 7 and 8, Beirut Art Center, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Editor with Benjamin Young of Greyroom special issue on Allan Sekula, spring 2014. Écrits sur la photographie, French translation of the texts in Allan Sekula's Photography Against the Grain including “The Body and the Archive”, editor and translator, éditions de l’ ENSBA, Paris, 2013. Yto Barrada, RIFFS, (texts Okwui Envezor, Daniel Soutif, Negar Azimi, M.M.) English, German, Italian, Flemish and French editions,

Hatje Cantz Hatje Cantz Verlag (English: Hatje Cantz Publishing) is a German book publisher specialising in photography, art, architecture and design. It was established in 1945 by Gerd Hatje Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume Jeu de Paume ( en, Real Tennis Court) is an arts centre for modern and postmodern photography and media. It is located in the north corner (west side) of the Tuileries Gardens next to the Place de la Concorde in Paris. In 2004, Galerie Nationale ...

, 2006.

Essays

« Lévitation », in Si petits entre les étoiles, catalogue de la biennale de Québec, éd. Musée National des beaux-arts de Québec, 2019. “Silence, moteur, mouvements” in

, Sharjah Foundation, 2017. “(Prière de toucher)” in Pierre-Lin Renié, D'autres jours / On Other Days, 2017 “Quitte ou double”, in Bernard Piffaretti Catalogue raisonnable, 2016, MAMCO, Genève. “Contre-courants : à propos d’

et d’Aerospace”, in Jeux sérieux – Cinéma et art contemporains transforment l’essai, HEAD et

MAMCO The MAMCO () is the contemporary art museum of Geneva, which opened in 1994. The building is a former factory building, with 3000 m2 of exhibition space, it is the largest contemporary art museum of Switzerland. From 1994 to 2015, MAMCO was dire ...

, 2015. “ Elisabeth Ballet, Attirance fatale (Underground)”, in Art Public Poitiers, Les presses du reel, 2014. “Something New About Plants, Genealogy Tree“, in

, JPRingier, 2013. “Extrait (de sang-froid) “, in catalogue Sylvie Fanchon, SF, musée de Dole, 2012. “Transports, A Love Story“ in Evidence,

, Steidl, 2012. “ Passons, Ich Sterbe“, in Les Sept Monde, Marylène Négro, ed Analogues, 2012. “ Redistributing narratives with Yto Barrada“, in Plot for a Biennal, Sharjah, 2011. “

Aleksandra Mir Aleksandra Mir (born 1967) is a Swedish-American contemporary artist known for her collaborative installations and projects. Her work deals with travel, time, placehood, language, gender, identity, locality, nationality, globality, mobility, con ...

, Space Invader“, in Mutations, Paris Photo, Steidel 2011. “You Get It ?” in Eric Duyckaerts, ‘idéo, éditions du MacVal, 2011. “Tomorrow Never Knows,

Peter Roehr Peter Roehr (born 1 September 1944 in Lauenburg in Pommern; died 15 August 1968 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German Pop Art minimalist artist. Life Roehr was the only child of Kurt and Eleonora Röhr. After their divorce the mother moved with ...

”, in 20/27 n°5, 2010. “

Ceal Floyer Ceal Floyer (born 1968) is a Pakistani-born British visual artist. She is based in Berlin, Germany. Biography Floyer was born in 1968 in Karachi, Pakistan. Floyer received a BFA degree from Goldsmiths College, in 1994.Tino Seghal”, Cahiers du MNAM, Falls 2007. “Qui parle ? This is not a time for dreaming,

Pierre Huyghe Pierre Huyghe (born 11 September 1962) is a French artist who works in a variety of media from films and sculptures to public interventions and living systems. Education Pierre Huyghe (pronounced ''hweeg'') was born in Paris in 1962. He lives ...

” , in Cahiers du MNAM. “ Time Serial Killer ”; “ See the Words ”; “ Reading the Visible ”; in

, catalogue 315, editions

Centre Georges 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, 2006. “ Le bruit des images, entretien avec

David Claerbout David Claerbout (born 1969, Kortrijk, Belgium) is a Belgian artist. His work combines elements of still photography and the moving image. Early life and education Claerbout studied at Nationaal Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp from ...

” in Cahiers du MNAM 94, 2005–2006. “ Le labyrinthe des cartes ”, in Cox Codex, Paul Cox, Le Seuil, Paris, 2003. “ Une fiction permet de saisir la réalité et en même temps ce qu’elle cache ”, essai sur

Marcel Broodthaers Marcel Broodthaers (28 January 1924 – 28 January 1976) was a Belgian poet, filmmaker, and visual artist with a highly literate and often witty approach to creating art works. In 1943-1951 he was a member of a Communist party. Life and career ...

, Le Portique n°5, Strasbourg, 2000.

Articles

“

Documenta 14 documenta 14 was the fourteenth edition of the art exhibition documenta and took place in 2017 in both Kassel, Germany, its traditional home, and Athens, Greece. It was held first in Athens from 8 April to 16 July, and in Kassel from 10 June ...

. Sans pertes ni profits“, in Revue L’art même, Bruxelles, juillet 2017. “Memory's body. Retrospective by Xavier Le Roy“ in

Texte Zur Kunst ''Texte zur Kunst'' is a German contemporary art magazine. History ''Texte zur Kunst'' was founded in 1990 in Cologne by art historian Stefan Germer and art critic Isabelle Graw. It has been published in Berlin since 2000. Since the death of ...

, 2013. “Exhibition, Inhibition“, in Texte Zur Kunst n° 85, 2012. “It Is Your First Mirage Sophie. On

Guy de Cointet Guy de Cointet (1934–1983) was a French-born artist based in California who created text and sculptural works, often combining them as props and stage sets in theatrical performance pieces. Biography Guy de Cointet was born in Paris in 1934, the ...

“, Texte zur Kunst n°82, 2011 “Conversation avec Yto Barrada” in Index, Macba, 2011. “The Host and the Cloud, Pierre Huyghe”, in Art Press, Mai 2010. “ The Apse, the Bell and the Antilope ”, avec Aurélien Froment, Journal des Labos, 2008. “ Cartographie Friedl ”, in Critique d’art n°31, printemps 2008. “Civique coalisé communiste confiant“, (...)

Yuri Leiderman Yuri Leiderman (born in 1963, Odesa, Ukraine) is an artist and writer, one of the Moscow Conceptualists. He participated in apartment exhibitions in Moscow and Odesa since 1982. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Chemical Technology named af ...

, Art 3, Valence et Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, 2001.

References

External links

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