Saskia Bos

Saskia Bos (* before 1970 in The Hague ) is a Dutch exhibition maker , museum director and art historian .

Life

Bos was born in The Hague. As the daughter of a Dutch naval officer and an artistically gifted mother, she grew up in different places ( Curaçao , Japan and France ). Initially enrolled in economics and law , Saskia Bos quickly switched to art history , history and media technology at the University of Amsterdam . She got the master's . In the mid-1970s she made art programs for Dutch radio and television.

From 1984 to 2005 Saskia Bos was artistic director and manager of the Museum De Appel in Amsterdam . Bos was President of the International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art from 1999 to 2002 . In 2005 she followed a call as Dean at the School of Art at the Cooper Union in New York City .

Saskia Bos worked as a consultant at the Yokohama Triennale , documenta 11 (2002) in Kassel, the Moscow Biennale (2007) and the SculptureCenter in New York City (2007).

Curator (selection)

Saskia Bos has worked as a curator on many international exhibition projects:

• 2009 Biennale di Venezia Dutch Pavilion, Venice
• 2003 3rd Sculpture Biennale Münsterland , Münsterland
• 2001 2nd Berlin Biennale , Berlin
• 1998 São Paulo Biennial (Dutch Commissioner), São Paulo
• 1988 Biennale di Venezia (Co-curator of Aperto), Venice
• 1986 Sonsbeek '86, Arnhem

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Cooper Union Meet the Deans: Saskia Bos accessed on March 3, 2015 (English)
2. ↑ Der Tagesspiegel, April 17, 2001 An interview with Saskia Bos: Does Berlin's art need the Biennale? accessed on March 3, 2015 (English)
3. ↑ The Cooper Union Saskia Bos ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on March 3, 2015 (English)