Catherine de Zegher

Catherine de Zegher
Catherine de Zegher portrait
Born
Marie-Catherine Alma Gladys de Zegher

1955 (age 68–69)
Groningen, Netherlands
NationalityBelgian
Alma materUniversity of Ghent
Occupation(s)Curator and art historian

Catherine de Zegher (born Marie-Catherine Alma Gladys de Zegher Groningen,[1] April 14, 1955[2]) is a Belgian curator and a modern and contemporary art historian.[3] She has a degree in art history and archaeology from the University of Ghent.[4]

From 1988 to 1998, de Zegher was director of the Kunststichting Kanaal, Kortrijk,[5][6][7] from 1999 to 2006, executive director and chief curator of the Drawing Center, New York, from 2007 to 2009, director of exhibitions and publications of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, and from 2013 to 2018, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent. In 2018, she was temporarily suspended from this post as a result of the Toporovski Collection Controversy.[8][9] She was permanently suspended in 2019 and in 2020, she retired.[10][11]

De Zegher was curator of the Belgian pavilion (1997) and the Australian pavilion (2013), both at the Venice Biennale, as well as the Moscow Biennale (2013).[12][13][14][15] She was co-artistic director with Gerald McMaster of the Biennale of Sydney (2012). Her curatorial projects have included, On Line. Drawing through the Twentieth Century, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York (2010), and Inside the Visible. An Elliptical Traverse of 20th Century Art in, of, and From the Feminine, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (1966); traveled to Whitechapel Gallery, London (1996); Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (1997).

Having curated more than eighty museum exhibitions and large-scale perennial exhibitions, her exhibitions challenge mainstream models of art and art history and often promote the feminine principle.[16]

For her contribution to curating, de Zegher received the 2010–11 best show awards from AICA (Award of International Critics)[17] and, in 2017, the OSCARla-award[18][19][20] for her role in the art world. Since 2014, De Zegher is a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts.[21]

  1. ^ "Gesprekken met hedendaagse kunstenaars: Interview met Catherine de Zegher".
  2. ^ Pollock, Griselda (2005). Generations and Geographies in the Visual Arts: Feminist Readings. Routledge. p. xii. ISBN 9781134768509.
  3. ^ "de Zegher, M. Catherine 1955- | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
  4. ^ de Zegher, Marie-Catherine (1977-03-21). "Kantharoi van de Atheense Agora uit de 5e en 4e eeuw vóór Christus : kritische benadering van de argumenten aangewend bij de opbouw van de typologie en de chronologie van de Kantharoi uit de publicatie Agora XII".
  5. ^ "Stefaan De Clerk". De Standaard (in Flemish). 6 January 2007. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. ^ "Catherine de Zegher". De Morgen (in Dutch). 2004-12-22. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  7. ^ http://www.liebaertprojects.be/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/nieuwsblad98.pdf [dead link]
  8. ^ "Catherine de Zegher is niet langer museumbaas in Gent". 2019-02-22.
  9. ^ "Catherine de Zegher definitief opzijgeschoven als museumdirectrice MSK". De Morgen (in Dutch). 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  10. ^ "Geschorste MSK-directrice met pensioen". De Standaard (in Flemish). Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  11. ^ In opspraak gekomen MSK-directrice Catherine De Zegher op pensioen knack.be, 25 Many 2020, article in Dutch
  12. ^ "Catherine de Zegher biography". Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  13. ^ Kris Kulakova, "Moscow Shines Once More: The Fifth Moscow Biennale Of Contemporary Art" Archived 2013-10-13 at the Wayback Machine, The New Contemporary
  14. ^ Rachel Kent, "Catherine de Zegher and the 18th Biennale of Sydney", Art & Australia, Winter 2012
  15. ^ Venice Biennale. Archived 2013-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ "De indrukwekkende internationale carrière van museumdirecteur Catherine de Zegher". 2018-03-07.
  17. ^ Staff writer (Apr 12, 2012). "Catherine De Zegher Has Received The 2011 US Art Critics Association (AICA-USA) Award For Best Thematic Museum Show In New York". Biennial Foundation. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12.
  18. ^ "Catherine de Zegher krijgt OSCARla-prijs". kortrijk.cdenv.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  19. ^ "Catherine De Zegher uit Kortrijk krijgt Oscarla". Focus en WTV (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  20. ^ "Catherine De Zegher uit Kortrijk krijgt Oscarla". Focus en WTV.
  21. ^ "Members | KVAB". www.kvab.be. Retrieved 2020-11-15.