Ralph Rugoff
Ralph Rugoff (born January 12, 1957 in New York City ) is an American curator and has been the director of the Hayward Gallery in London since 2006 and the curator of the Biennale di Venezia in 2019.
Career
Rugoff's father was a film distributor and his mother was a psychoanalyst . He studied semiotics at Brown University .
Rugoff was director of the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco for almost six years before becoming director of London's Hayward Gallery in 2006 .
Rugoff is artistic director of the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019 .
At the 2019 Birthday Honors, he was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the arts .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information from LCCN and VIAF
- ↑ a b telegraph.co.uk: Ralph Rugoff: 'Tate Modern is like the Bluewater shopping center'
- ↑ theguardian.com: Odd one in
- ↑ artreview.com: Ralph Rugoff appointed curator of the 58th Venice Biennale
- ↑ labiennale.org: Ralph Rugoff
- ^ London Gazette (Supplement). No. 62666, HMSO, London, 8 June 2019, p. B14 ( PDF , English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rugoff, Ralph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American curator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |