We’ll Stay Silent No More
More than 150 artists, directors, and curators, have written a letter denouncing sexual harassment and intimidation in the art world. The letter comes in the wake of the resignation of Artforum co-publisher Knight Landesman, hours after a lawsuit was filed in New York accusing him of sexual harassment. As always, MEANS stands with the Voices.
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We are gallerists, artists, writers, editors, curators, directors, arts administrators, assistants, and interns – workers of the art world – and we have been groped, undermined, harassed, infantilised, scorned, threatened, and intimidated by those in positions of power who control access to resources and opportunities. We have held our tongues, threatened by power wielded over us and promises of institutional access and career advancement.
We are not surprised when curators offer exhibitions or support in exchange for sexual favours. We are not surprised when gallerists romanticise, minimise, and hide sexually abusive behaviour by artists they represent. We are not surprised when a meeting with a collector or a potential patron becomes a sexual proposition. We are not surprised when we are retaliated against for not complying. Abuse of power comes as no surprise.
This letter stems from a group discussion about sexual harassment within our field, following the recent allegations about Knight Landesman’s behaviour. The conversation has branched out internationally to include artists, writers, editors, curators, directors, assistants, interns, and those with positions within institutions. Harder work to advance equity is often expected of and performed by women of colour, trans, and gender nonconforming people. Our efficacy relies on taking this intersection very seriously and not excluding other corroborating factors that contribute to bias, exclusion, and abuse. These additional factors include, but are not limited to, gender identity, ability, religion, class, and immigration status. There is an urgent need to share our accounts of widespread sexism, unequal and inappropriate treatment, harassment and sexual misconduct, which we experience regularly, broadly, and acutely.
Many institutions and individuals with power in the art world espouse the rhetoric of feminism and equity in theory, often financially benefiting from these flimsy claims of progressive politics, while preserving oppressive and harmful sexist norms in practice. Those in power ignore, excuse, or commit everyday instances of harassment and degradation, creating an environment of acceptance of and complicity in many more serious, illegal abuses of power.
The resignation of one publisher from one high-profile magazine does not solve the larger, more insidious problem: an art world that upholds inherited power structures at the cost of ethical behaviour. Similar abuses occur frequently and internationally on a large scale within this industry. We have been silenced, ostracised, pathologized, dismissed as “overreacting”, and threatened when we have tried to expose sexually and emotionally abusive behaviour.
We will be silenced no longer.
We will denounce those who would continue to exploit, silence, and dismiss us. Your actions will no longer be a secret, whispered among us for fear of ostracisation, professional shunning, and recrimination. Where we see the abuse of power, we resolve to speak out, to demand that institutions and individuals address our concerns seriously, and to bring these incidents to light regardless of the perpetrator’s gender.
We will no longer ignore the condescending remarks, the wayward hands on our bodies, the threats and intimidations thinly veiled as flirtation, or the silence from ambitious colleagues. We will not tolerate being shamed or disbelieved, and we will not tolerate the recrimination that comes with speaking out. We will not join “task forces” to solve a problem that is perpetrated upon us.
We, the undersigned – those who have experienced abuse and those standing in solidarity with them – call upon art institutions, boards, and peers to consider their role in the perpetuation of different levels of sexual inequity and abuse, and how they plan to handle these issues in the future.
We are too many, now, to be silenced or ignored.
With all we have experienced and witnessed, this letter should come as no surprise.
Following are some of the signatories. A full list is available at notsurprised.org.
A.L. Steiner, artist
Abigail Browde, theater artist, 600 HIGHWAYMEN, Brooklyn
Abigail Child, filmaker
Abigail Toll, Artist assistant and writer, Berlin
Ad Minoliti, artist, Buenos Aires
Ada Potter, Artist & curator, New York City
Addie Wagenknecht, artist, NYC
Adele Eisenstein, curator, New York
Adi Gura, Gallery Director, BRAVERMAN Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Adriana Ramić, Artist, New York
Adriana Zavala, PhD, Curator and Art Historian
Adrianne Rubenstein, artist, New York
Agar Ledo, Curator, MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporánea, Vigo
Agnieszka Polska, Artist, Warsaw / Berlin
Agustina Ferreyra, Gallery Owner, Galería Agustina Ferreyra, Mexico City
Aileen Murphy, Artist
Aily Nash, Curator, New York
Aimee Friberg, Owner, CULT | Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco
Alanna Lockward, Founding Director of Art Labour Archives, Berlin and Santo Domingo
Alessandra Saviotti, Curator
Alex Goldberg, Artist , Self , New York
Alex Mawimbi (formerly Ato Malinda), artist, Rotterdam
Alexandra Baudelot, Co-Director of Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, Paris
Alexandra Giniger, Director, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York
Alexandra Schwartz, Art history faculty and independent curator, School of Visual Arts, New York
Alexandra Tatarsky, Writer & Performer, NY
Alexine Chanel , Artist, Weissensee Hochkunstschule, Berlin
Alexis Johnson, Gallery Director
Alhena Katsof, Curator , New York
Alia Farid, Artist
Alice Conconi, Gallery Director, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Alice Rawsthorn, Chair and trustee, London
Alice Tippit, Artist, Chicago
Aline Bouvy , Artist, Brussels
Alison Coplan, Curator, New York
Alison Dillulio, Studio Manager
Alison Fox, Artist
Alissa Bennett, Writer, New York
Alissa McKendrick, Artist, New York
Alix Dana, Director, Independent, New York
Aliza Nisenbaum, Artist, Professor, Columbia University, NYC
Allison Card, Gallery Partner, New York
Allison Weisberg, Executive Director & Founder, Recess, Brooklyn
Alyson Shotz, Artist, New York
Amalia Pica, Artist, London
Amanda Ross-Ho, Artist, Los Angeles
Amelia Jones, Professor, USC, Los Angeles
Amy Zion, curator and writer, New York
Amy Balkin, Artist, San Francisco
Amy Whitaker, Assistant Professor, Visual Arts Administration, NYU Steinhardt, New York
Amy Wolf, Private art dealer, New York
Ana Castella, Gallerist, josegarcia ,mx, Mexico City
Ana Gallado, artista, argentina
Ana Janevski, Curator, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Anastasia James , Curator , New York
Andrea Belag, Artist, studio, New York
Andrea Crespo, Artist, New York
Andrea Giunta, Writer and professor, Buenos Aires University, Buenos Aires
Andrea Longacre-White, Artist, Los Angeles
Andrea Scott, writer, New York City
Andrea Valdés, Writer, Barcelona
Andrianna Campbell, Art Historian, CUNY Graduate Center , New York
Angela Dimitrakaki , Writer
Angelina Volk, Gallery owner, Emalin, London
Angie Keefer, Artist
Anicka Yi, Artist, New York
Ann Greene Kelly, Artist, Los Angeles
Anna Daneri, curator, Genova
Anna Craycroft, artist, NYC
Anna Goetz, Curator, Frankfurt am Main / Mexico-City
Annabeth Marks, Artist, New York
Anne Dressen, Curator, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Anne Ellegood, Curator
Anne Washburn, Playwright, New York
Annette Lemieux, Artist, Professor, Harvard University, Cambridge
Annie Godfrey Larmon, Writer and Editor
Antonia Alampi, Curator, SAVVY Contemporary, Extra City, Berlin
Antonia Hirsch, artist, Berlin
Antonia Majaca, Curator, Berlin
Anuradha Vikram, Artistic Director, 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles
April Gornik, Artist, 61 Fresh Pond Rd, Sag Harbor, NY 11963
Apsara DiQuinzio, Curator, BAMPFA
Ashton Cooper, writer, curator, and gallery worker
Aslihan Demirtas, Architect, artist, writer, teacher, Istanbul
Astrid Mania, Professor for art history / art critic, Berlin
Attilia Fattori Franchini, Curator, London
Aude Pariset, Artist, Berlin
Ava Ansari, Artist, Curator, Poetic Societies, The Arab American National Museum, Detroit
Avery Singer, Artist, New York, NY
Aya Ogawa, Theatre artist, Brooklyn
B. Ingrid Olson , Artist
Banu Cennetoglu, artist, Istanbul
Barb Choit, artist
Barbara Bloemink, Former art museum director, Smithsonian national design museum, cooper-hewitt, New york
Barbara Gladstone, Gallerist, Gladstonegallery, New York
Barbara Sirieix, Independent curator, Paris
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Artist, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Becca Albee, Artist, New York
Becky Kinder, Artist, New York
benedicte Gyldenstierne sehested, Artist
Beth B, Artist, Filmmaker , B Productions, New Jersy
Beth Fiore, Art Advisor & Curator, Fiore Art Advisory , New York City
Beverly Fishman, Artist, Head of PAinting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills
Bharti Kher, Artist, Delhi
Bianca Schreiber, Program Coordinator, BAU Institute, New York, NY
Biljana Ciric, independent curator, Shanghai and Belgrade
Binna Choi, Director, Casco, Utrecht
Birgit Rathsmann, Artist, Animator, Brooklyn, NY
Bouchra Khalili, Artist, Berlin
Brandy Carstens, Director, New York
Bridget Donahue, Gallery Owner, New York
Bridget Finn, Co-founder, Cleopatra’s, New York
Brigitte Neufeldt, Media Artist, Germany , Monakam
Britta Thie, visual artist, performer, Berlin
Brittany Nelson, Artist, Richmond, VA
Brittni Collins, Arts Administrator , Creative Capital, New York City
Brittni Collins, Arts Administrator , NYC
Caitlin Keogh, Artist
Cajsa von Zeipel , artist, New York City
Candice Breitz, Artist, Berlin
Cara Benedetto, Artist
Caragh Thuring , Artist, London
Carin Kuoni, Director/Curator, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, New York
Carissa Rodriguez, Artist, New York
Carla Acevedo-Yates, Curator, MSU Broad, Lansing, Michigan
Carla Chammas, advisor, New York City
Carmen Hermo, Assistant Curator, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, New York
Carol Bove, Artist, Brooklyn
Carolina Caycedo, Artist, Los Angeles
Caroline Mesquita, Artist, Paris / Brittany
Carolyn Lazard, Artist
Carolyn Schoerner, Artist book publisher/bookkeeper, Previously White Columns, now Books for All, New York
Carrie Yamaoka, Artist, New York
Casey O’Connell, Freelance , Glasgow
Cassie Griffin, artist, new york
Cassils Cassils, Artist, Los Angeles
Catalina Lozano, curator and writer, Mexico City
Caterina Riva, Curator, Singapore
Catherine Taft, Curator and writer , Los Angeles
Catherine Wood, Senior Curator, Tate Modern, London
Ceci Moss, Director , Gas , Los Angeles, CA
Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Independent curator, Los Angeles
Cecilia Dan, Advisor, Cecilia Dan Fine Art, Los Angeles
Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Curator, Los Angeles
Cecilia Vicuna, artist, self employed, New York
Celia Hempton, Artist, London
Celine Kopp, Director, Triangle France, Marseille
Charlotte Walters, Associate Fair Director , New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) , New York
Charlotte Brathwaite, Director, New York
Charlotte Prodger, Artist , Glasgow
Chelsea Haines, Doctoral candidate, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY
Chiara Repetto, Art dealer, kaufmann repetto, Milano and New York
Chitra Ganesh, Visual artist, NYC
Chloé Rossetti, Artist and Writer, New York
Christa Blatchford, CEO/ Artist, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York
Christabel Stewart, Art Editor, curator, ex-Gallerist, Art Review, London
Christina Dimitriadis, Artist, Berlin
Christina Mackie, artist, London
Christine Messineo, Gallerist, Hannah Hoffman, Los Angeles
christine Rebet, Artist , Ny
Christine Zehner, Art advisor, Various, New York
Christy Matson, Artist, Los Angeles
Chus Martínez, Curator
Cindy Sherman, Artist, New York
Claire Le Restif, Director, Le Crédac , Ivry-sur-Seine
Claire Tancons, curator, New Orleans
Claire Barliant, Writer, Cambridge, MA
Claireban Coffey, Studio Manager, New York
Clare Quinlan, Former development professional, Dia and the New Museum, New York City
Claude Adjil, Curator, London
Claudia Altman-Siegel, Gallerist, Altman Siegel, San Francisco
Claudia Peña Salinas, Artist/Art Preparator, Guggenheim, New York
Claudine Elysee, Gallery assistant, New York City
Clemence White, Curatorial Assistant
Coco Fusco, artist/professor, University of Florida, Gainesville
Coco Young , Artist, New york
Colleen Grennan, Gallery Director , Los Angeles
Connie Butler, Curator, Los Angeles
Constance DeJong, artist, writer
Constance Penley, Professor, University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Courtney Willis Blair, Artist Liaison, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
Cristiana Tejo, Independent Curator, Lisbon/Recife
Cristina Tufino, Artist , New York
Cécile B. Evans, Artist, London
Dai Skuse, Associate Professor, University of Guelph, Gueph, Ontario Canada
Dana Kopel, Editor, curator, writer, New Museum, New York
Danai Anesiadou, Artist
Danielle Dean, Artist, Detroit/Amsterdam
Danijela Dugandzic, Directress at Association for Culture and Art CRVENA and Curator at Red Mined Feminist Curatorial Collective, Sarajevo
Davina Semo, Artist
Deborah Kass, artists, Brooklyn NY
Deborah Schamoni, Gallerist, Munich
Delaney Martin, Artistic Director, New Orleans and Los Angeles
Dena Yago, Artist, Los Angeles
Devika Daulet-Singj, Gallery Owner , Photoink, New Delhi
Diana Betancourt, Curator , Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka
Dianna Molzan, Artist, Los Angeles
Dina Deitsch, Gallery Director, Tufts University Art Galleries, Boston and Medford
Dina Weiss, Artist, Professor, and Assistant Chair, Pratt Institute , New York
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Artist, Paris
Dora Budor, Artist, New York
Doreen Mende, Curator, writer and theorist, Berlin/Geneva
Dorothée Dupuis, Director and Founder, Terremoto Magazine, Mexico City
Drae Campbell, actor, self employed, Brooklyn, NY
Débora Delmar, artist, London
Débora Delmar, Artist, Mexico City/ London
Elana Rubinfeld, Advisor , Los Angeles
Eleanor Cayre, Art advisor, Cayre Art Group , NYC
Elena Filipovic, Director/Curator, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
Elena Tavecchia, Studio manager and curator, New York
Eleonora Oreggia, Artist, Queen Mary University of London, London
Elisabeth Sherman , curator, New York
Elisabeth Lebovici, Art critic, Paris
Elisabeth McAvoy, former Artforum staff member
Elise Lammer, Curator, Rome, Italy
Eliza Ryan, Curator and Producer, New York
Elizabeth Jaeger, Artist, book publisher , New York
Elizabeth Jaeger, Artist, New York
Ella Dawn McGeough, Artist, Toronto
Ellen Freed, Artist, London
Ellie Rines, Gallery Owner, 56 Henry, New York
Eloise Hawser, Artist, London, London
Els Silvrants-Barclay, Co-Director of Netwerk, Aalst
Elvia Wilk, Writer, New York
Elvira Dyangani Ose, Lecturer / Curator, Goldsmiths / Creative Time, London / New York
Elyse Derosia, Gallery Owner, Bodega, New York
Emilie Villez, Director, Kadist , Paris
Emily Guzman Sufrin, Former curatorial assistant
Emily Hunt, Poet & Arts Professional
Emily Mae Smith, Artist, self , Brooklyn
Emily Segal , Artist and Writer , Berlin / New York
Emily Shanahan, Artist, New York
Emma Astner, Gallery Owner, Koppe Astner, Glasgow
Emma Fernberger, Director of Artist/City, Bortolami, New York
Emma Hedditch, Artist, New York
Erica Baum, Artist, Studio, New York
Erika Anderson, Gallery Assistant, New york
Erika Balsom, Writer , London
Erin Leland, Artist, New York
Erin Somerville, Curator, White Columns, New York
Erin Goldberger, Director and owner, Half Gallery, New Release Gallery, New York City
Erin McMonagle, Events, New York
Erin Rommel, Designer
Erin Shirreff, Artist, New York
Eriola Pira, Curator, NARS Foundation, New York
Erëmirë Krasniqi, Researcher/ Curator, Kosovo Oral History Initiative, Pristina
Eungie Joo, Curator
Eva Barois de Caevel, Curator, Paris
Eva Franch , Architect / Curator and Director, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York
Eva Scharrer, curator, writer, editor, Berlin
Eva Thorne , Graphic designer, Kellenberger-White , London
Eva Ursprung, artist, puchstrasse 41, graz
Fabienne Audeoud, artist, Paris
Fabienne Lasserre, Artist
Fadwa Naamna, Curator, Amsterdam
Fanny Singer, Arts writer / editor, Freelance / The Wall Street Journal Magazine, London
Fawz Kabra, Curator
Fernanda Pitta, curator, Pinacoteca de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Filipa César, Artist and filmmaker, Berlin
Filipa Ramos, Editor and writer, art agenda, London
Finola Jones, Gallery owner/Director, mother’s tankstation, Dublin
Fiona Bate, Gallery Owner, SANDY BROWN, Berlin
Flaka Haliti, Artist, Munich
Flame *, Artists, Berlin
Fleur Breteau, Writer, Paris
Florence Derieux, Director of Exhibitions, Hauser & Wirth, New York
Florencia Portocarrero , Curator , Bisagra , Berlin
Francesca Astesani, Founder and Director, South into North, Copenhagen
Francesca Boenzi, Gallery Manager / Producer
Francesca Gavin, Curator, Freelance, London
Furen Dai, Artist
Gabriella Boyd, Artist, London
Gabriella Price, Assistant , Gavin Brown’s enterprise , New York
Gabrielle Giattino, Gallery Owner, Bureau LLC, New York
Gabrielle Jenks, Director, Abandon Normal Devices, Manchester, UK
Gala Berger , Artist and Co-founder, La Ene , Buenos Aires
Gelare Khoshgozaran, artist, writer, co-founding editor of contemptorary, contemptorary, Los Angeles
Georgia René-Worms, Artist, Author, Paris
Giovanna Zapperi, Art historian, Paris
Giulia Gregnanin, Editor, Flash Art, Milano
Giulia Mengozzi, Curator, Turin
Giulia Tognon, assistant curator, Council, Paris
Gloria Maximo, Artist , Queens
Gordon Hall, artist, New York, NY
Goshka Macuga, Artist, London
Grace Schofield, Gallery Owner, Union Pacific, London
Greta Hewison, Producer, FLAMIN, London
Guy Mannes-Abbott, Writer
Gwen Allen, Art historian, San Francisco
Géraldine Gourbe, Philosopher and curator, Paris
H Lan Thao Lam, Artist, Toronto/New York
Haegue Yang, Artist
Hannah Hoffman, Gallery Owner, Los Angeles
Hannah Perry, Artist, London
Hannah Robinson, Gallery Owner, Mary Mary , Glasgow
Hannah Whitaker, Artist, New York
Harriet Blaise Mitchell, Associate Director, Herald St, London
Hayden Dunham, Artist, Los Angeles
Heather Funk, Art Shipper, New York
Heather Guertin, Artist, New York
Heather Hubbs, Director, Non-profit, New York
Heather Pesanti, Senior Curator, The Contemporary Austin, Austin
Heather Phillipson, Artist, London
Helen Nisbet, Curator , Cubitt , London
Helen Marten, Artist, London
Helena Whittingham , Assistant curator, Freelance, London
Henriette Huldisch, Curator, Boston
Hilary Crisp-Hudson, Consultant, former Gallery Owner , London
Hilary Fagadau, Gallerist, Los Angeles
Ilaria Bonacossa, Director/curator, Art Fair, Torino
Iliana Fokianaki, State of Concept Athens and Kunsthal Extra City, Greece/Netherlands
Iman Issa, Artist
Inés Katzenstein, Curator, Professor, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires
Irene Aristizabal, Curator/Head of Exhibitions, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
Irene Hofmann, Director and Chief Curator, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Irene Small, Art historian and critic
Iris Touliatou, Artist
Irma Álvarez-Laviada, Artist, Madrid
Irmgard Emmelheinz, Writer, Mexico City
Isabella Maidment, Curator , London
Isabelle Alfonsi, Gallerist, Marcelle Alix, Paris
Isabelle Le Normand, Curator, Los Angeles
Isobel Harbison, Writer, London
Ivana Bago, Art historian and curator, Duke University, Durham, NC
ivy Shapiro , art advisor , Art Agency Partners , New York
Jackie Sibblies Drury, Playwright, New York
Jaki Irvine , Artist, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin
Jamie Sneider, Artist , New York
Jana Doell, Art student / educator, Braunschweig
Jane Panetta, Curator, New York
Jane Swavely, Artist, Chair of the Board of Directors, A.I.R. gallery, A.I.R. Gallery, New York
Janelle Reiring, Gallerist, Metro Pictures, New York
Janine Foeller, Co-Founder, GrandArmyCollective, New York
Jasmin Tsou, Dealer, JTT, New York
Jasmina Cibic, Artist, London
Jasmine Johnson, Artist, London
Jasmine Picot-Chapman, Artist and Curator , London and Vilnius
Jayne Drost Johnson, Gallerist, New York
Jeannette Ehlers, Artist, Copenhagen
Jen Liu, Artist, New York
Jennie Goldstein, Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Jennifer Reeder, Filmmaker, Chicago
Jennifer Coates, Artist
Jennifer Josten, Art historian
Jennifer Krasinski, Writer|Critic, Brooklyn
Jennifer Peterson, Writer and professor, Los Angeles
Jennifer Piejko, Writer and Editor, Los Angeles
Jennifer Thatcher, Freelance writer, Folkestone, UK
Jennifer West, Artist, Los Angeles
Jenny Schlenzka, Executive Artistic Director, Performance Space 122, New York
Jenny Jaskey, Director and Curator, Brooklyn
Jenny Schlenzka, Performance Space 122, New York
Jesse Darling, Artist, LDN/Berlin
Jessi Reaves, Artist, New York
Jessica Silverman, Dealer
Jessica Vaughan, Curator, Art on the Underground , London
Jessica Wiesner, Artist
Jessie Washburne-Harris, Senior Director, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Jimi Lee, Gallerist, Modern Art, London
jina valentine, artist, professor, UNC / SAIC, Durham, NC / Chicago, IL
Jing He, Artist/Designer, Eindhoven
Joan Jonas, Artist, Self employed, New york
Joanna Fiduccia, Art Historian and Critic, Reed College, Portland
Joanna Warsza, Independent curator , Artistic Director Public Art Munich 2018 , Berlin
Joanne Greenbaum, Artist, New york,new york
Johanna Burton, Curator, writer, and educator, New York
Johanna Fateman, Writer, New York
Jolynn Krystosek, Artist , New York
Jordana Zeldin , Independent Curator, Senior Gallery Partnerships Manager (Artsy), Artsy, Brooklyn
Josephine Graf, curator and writer
Joy Episalla, Artist, New York
Juana Berrío, Independent Curator & Writer, San Francisco, CA
Judi Roaman, Collector, New York
Judith Hudson, Artust, Self employed, NYC
Julia Bryan-Wilson, writer and professor, UC Berkeley, Oakland, CA
Julia Christensen, Artist and Professor, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Julia Hendrickson, Curator, Writer, & Editor, Austin, Texas
Julia Jarcho, director, Minor Theater , New York City
Julia Morandeira Arrizabalaga, Curator, CA2M , Madrid
Julia Rodrigues, Art producer/ Curator , South INTO North, Copenhagen
Julia Rommel, Artist, Bureau, New York, Brooklyn
Julia Trotta, Filmmaker, curator, advisor
Julia Wachtel, Artist, New York
julie bena, artist, Paris-Prague
Julie Freeman, Artist, Translating Nature, Margate
Julie Muehleisen, Registrar, New York
Julieta Aranda, Artist and editor, e-flux, Berlin / New York
Julieta Gonzalez, Curator, Mexico City
Jumana Manna, Artist, Berlin
June Crespo, Artist , Bilbao
Kah Bee Chow, Artist, Malmo
Kaira Cabañas, Art historian and critic
Kaltrina Krasniqi, Film director, Filmmaker, Prishtina
Kara Kazanoff, Writer
Kari Conte, Director of Programs and Exhibitions, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), Brooklyn
Karin Schneider, Artist, filmmaker and writer. , New York
Karyn Olivier, Artist and educator, Philadelphia
Kat Herriman, Writer
Kate Nesin, Art historian and curator
Kate Bryan, Specialist, Phillips, London
Kate Fowle, Chief curator, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
Kate Shepherd, Artist, New York City
Katharina Worf, Gallery Director, London
Katharine Overgaard, Gallerist, New York
Katherine Carl, Art Historian and Curator, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York
Katherine Chan, Gallerist, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York
Kathleen Madden, Professor, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York
Kathleen Ryan, Artist, Los Angeles/ New York
Kathryn Brennan, Gallery Owner, Brennan & Griffin, New York
Kathy Noble, Writer and Curator, London
Katie Bethune-Leamen, artist
Katie Minford, Studio manager
katie pearl, theater artist, the american theater community, brooklyn
Kay Watson, Curator, London
Kelly McGee, Director, Simone Subal Gallery, New York
Kelly Taxter, Curator, The Jewish Museum, New York
Keltie Ferris, artist, Brooklyn
Keren Cytter, Artist, New York
Kerri Schlottman-Bright, Director of Development, Creative Capital, New York
Kerstin Brätsch, Artist
Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Artist, Studio, Berlin
Kim Kozzi, Associate Professor, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Canada
Kim Uchiyama, Artist, New York
Kimberly Bradley, critic/adjunct professor, freelance, Berlin/Vienna
Kira Freije, Artist, London
Kristen Becker, Director, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
Kristen Dodge, Gallery Owner/Director, SEPTEMBER, formerly DODGEgallery, Hudson, NY, formerly LES
Kristen Jensen, artist, Brooklyn
Kristen Wawruck, Arts administrator, New York, NY
Kristina Buch, Artist, Düsseldorf/London
Kristine Haruna Lee, Theater Maker, harunalee, Brooklyn
Kyla McDonald, Curator, Berlin
Kyla McMillan, Associate Director, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
Laetitia Badaut, Artist, Paris / London
Laura Barlow, Curator
Laura Barlow, Curator, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha
Laura Gonzalez, Art advisor
Laura Hoptman, Curator, New York
Laura Hunt, artist, New York, NY
Laura M. Pana, Founder & Director Non Profit Organization, International, Migrationlab, Vienna, Austria
Laura McLean-Ferris, Curator and Writer, New York
Laura Phipps, Curator
Laura Poitras, Filmmaker/artist, NYC
Laura Raicovich, Director, Queens Museum, New York
Laure Prouvost, Artist, London
Laurel Gitlen, former gallerist, freelance curator and consultant, Self employed, Brooklyn, NY
Laurel Ptak, Director, Art in General, New York
Lauren Wright , Curator and writer; Programme Director , Siobhan Davies Dance , London
Lauren Boyle, Artist, DIS, New York
Lauren Christiansen, independent curator, unaffiliated, New York
Lauren Cornell, Curator, New York
Lauren Hinkson, Curator, New York
Lauren Seiden, Artist, Studio, New York
Lauren Wittels, Senior Director, Luhring Augustine, New York
Laurie Anderson, Artist , Self employed , New york
Laurie Simmons, Artist, New York
Layla Bermeo, Assistant Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Lea Cetera, Artist, New York, NY
Lea Freid , Former Gallerist, current Arts Marketing Exec, Frmr Lombard Freid Gallery , New York
Leah Dixon, Artist, New York City and Berlin
Leah Winkler, Writer, New York
Legacy Russell, Writer and Curator , NYC | LONDON
Lena Henke, Artist, New York
Lenore Malen, Artist , Parsons The New School, New York City
Leslie Auguste, Publisher, Paris
Leslie Fritz, Advisor, Fritz Advisory, New York
Leslie Hewitt, Artist, New York City
Libby Rothfeld, artist
Lieselotte Seaton, Sales Director, Sadie Coles HQ, London
LIlly Wei, art critic and independent curator, freelance, New York
LISA BASILE, WRITER/EDITOR, NYC, NYC
Lisa Corinne Davis, Painter/Professor , Hunter College, Brooklyn
Lisa Damour, Playwright, PearlDamour, New Orleans
Lisa Dent, Curator, producer, writer, arts administrator, New York
Lisa Fischman, Museum Director, Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Lisa Holzer, Artist, Berlin
Lisa Ivorian-Jones, Curator and Publisher, Ivorian-Jones Fine Art, Llc , New York
Lisa Naftolin, Creative Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Lisa Oppenheim, Artist, New York
Lisa Panting, co-director/co-owner, Hollybush Gardens, London
Lisa Phillips, Museum Director
Lisa Sigal, Artist, New York City
Lisa Yuskavage, Artist, NYC
Lisette Smits, educator, curator, course director MFA Master of Voice, Amsterdam / Berlin
Liv Wynter, Artist, Education programme at Tate, Activist and Writer., Tate (17/18), London
Liz Munsell, Curator , Boston / New York
Liz Magic Laser, artist
Liz Mulholland, Director/Partner, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Lizzie Scott, Artist, Faculty, School of Visual Arts, New York
Lolita Fierro, Development, New York
Lorena Peña Briro, Cultural promoter, Paos gdl, Guadalajara, México
Lori Salmon , Librarian, New York
Lori Salmon, Librarian, The New York Public Library, New York
Loring Randolph, Artistic Director, Frieze, New York
Lotte Juul Petersen, curator, wysing arts centre, cambridge, uk
Louise Eliasof, Member of the Board of Trustees, Art21, New York
Lucia Sanroman, Curator / Director of Visual Arts, Yerba Buena Ceneter for the Arts, San Francisco
lucia zapparoli, Museum educator
Lucie Touya, Director of l’Agence à Paris, Artistic Director of la Colonie, Paris
Lucile Littot, Artist, Paris
Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti, Curator, CLOG, Torino
Lucy Chadwick , Director, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
Lucy Chadwick, Director, New York
Lucy McKenzie, artist, Brussels
Lucy Winton, artist, self, new york city
Luiza Proença, Curator, educator, Brazil
Luiza Teixeira de Freitas , Curator , Lisbon
Lulu Nunn, Curator, writer, arts engagement officer, London
Lumi Tan, Curator, The Kitchen, New York
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Artist
Lynn Maliszewski, Writer and Editor
Lynn Nottage, Theater Artist, Columbia University, New York City
Lynne Tillman, Writer, Freelance, New York
Léna Monnier, Curator, Paris
Magali Reus, Artist, London
Magalí Arriola, Curator, México City
Magdalena Magiera, Curator
Magnolia de la Garza, Curator, Mexico
Mai-Thu Perret, artist, Geneva
Maika Pollack, Gallerist and Art Historian, Sarah Lawrence College , New York
Maja Demska, gallery assistant
Malena Bach, Director, London
Maliea Croy , Artist , New York City
Manuela Moscoso, Curator, Museo Tamayo, Ciudad de Mexico
Maori Karmael Holmes, Director of Public Engagement, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia
Mara Hoberman, Critic, Paris / New York
Marcela C. Guerrero, Assistant Curator, New York
Marcela Flórido , Artist , New York
Mare Tralla, artist, Independent , London/ Tallinn
Margaret Lee, Artists and Gallery Owner, 47 Canal (gallery), New York
Margaret Clinton, Gallerist, Koenig & Clinton, Brooklyn
Margaret Honda, Artist, Los Angeles
Maria Elena Gonzalez, Visual Artist
Maria Ines Rodriguez, Curator, Bordeaux
Maria Kjær Themsen , Art critic, Curator , Freelance, Copenhagen
Maria Lind, Director of Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm
Mariana Castillo Deball, artist , Berlin and Mexico city
Mariana Munguia Matute, Director , PAC, Mexico City
Marianna Simnett, Artist, London, London
Marianne Ramírez, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan
Marie Canet, Art Critic , Paris/Lyon
Marie Catalano, Director, JTT, New York
Marie Darrieussecq , Writer
Marie De gaulejac , Curator in charge of artists residencies , Triangle france & Asterides , Marseille
marie karlberg, artist, home, new york
Marie Kølbæk Iversen, Visual artist
Marie Lorenz, Artist, New York
marie Lusa, designer , studio marie lusa, zurich
Mariechen Danz, artist, Berlin
Marilyn Minter, Artist, Studio, NYC
Marina Alessio, Galerista, Mite Galeria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Marina Reyes Franco, Independent curator and Co-founder of La Ene , San Juan
Maris Bustamante, artist, feminist artist, Mexico City
Marta Fontolan, Gallerist
Marta Papini, Curator
Marte Danielsen Joelbo, Curator and writer
Martha Kirszenbaum, Curator and Writer, Paris and Los Angeles
Martina Schmuecker, Artist, London
Martine Aballéa, Artist, Paris
Martine Syms, artist, Los Angeles, CA
Marwa Arsanios, Artist, Beirut
Mary Cecilia Mitsch, Gallery director, New York
Mary Ceruti, Executive Director and Chief Curator, SculptureCenter , New York
Mary Ping, Designer, New York
Mary Ramsden, Artist , London
Mary Reid Kelley, Artist
María Elena Ortiz, Curator, Miami
Mathilde Ter Heijne, Artist and art professor, Art School in the University of Kassel, Berlin
Matylda Krzykowski , Curator , Basel/Berlin
Maureen Gallace, Artist, New York
Maurin Dietrich, Curator , KW Institute for Contemporary Art , Berlin
maxime hourani, Artist
May Calil, Consultant, London
Medrie MacPhee, Artist/ professor, Bard College, New York
Megan Dudley, Projects Director, Cecilia Dan Fine Art, Los Angeles
Megan Plunkett, Artist, Los Angeles
Melike Kara, Artist, Cologne
Melissa Hopson, Artist, IUPUI , Indianapolis
Melissa Meyer, Artist, New York City, NYC
Meriem Bennani, Artist , New York , New York
Mia Locks, Curator
Mia Siracusa, Gallery Assistant, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York City
Michele Horrigan, Artist and Curator
Michelle White, Curator, Houston
Mika Yoshitake, Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Milano Chow, artist, Los Angeles
Mira Dancy, Artist
Mira Schor, Artist and writer, Parsons The New School , New York
Miranda July, artist, writer, filmmaker, Los Angeles
Miriam Basilio, university professor and former staff member at various museums, New York University, New York
Miriam Katzeff, Non-profit director, New York
MJ Kaufman, Playwright, freelance, New York
Moira Sims, Production Assistant, 47 Canal, New York City
Molly Kleiman, Editor, New York
Monica Rodriguez, artist / curator, Los Angeles, CA / San Juan, PR
Monika Bravo, Artist, Self employed , Brooklyn
Moyra Davey, Artist, New York
Mylène Ferrand, Art worker and writer, Paris
Nadine Nakanishi, Artist, Sonnenzimmer, Chicago
Nancy Baker Cahill, Visual Artist, Los Angeles
Nancy Bowen, Artist & Professor, Purchase College, SUNY, Brooklyn
Nancy Oliveri, Photographer, New York
Nancy Spector, Curator
Naomi Fry, writer
Natalie Bookchin, artist, New York
Natalie DiIenno, Artist, Self, Buffalo
Natalie Dray, Artist, London
Natasa Petresin-Bachelez, Curator, Paris
Neringa Černiauskaitė, Editor, artist
Niamh Conneely, Head of Development & Communications, Studio Voltaire, London
Nicelle Beauchene, Owner / Director, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York
Nicola Stephanie, Artist, New York
Nicole Cherubini , Artist
Nicole Delmes, Gallery owner, Delmes & Zander, Cologne Germany, Cologne
Nicole Russo, Gallery Owner, Chapter NY
Nicole Russo, Gallery Owner, Chapter NY
Nicole Smythe-Johnson, Independent curator and writer , Kingston
Nicole Wermers, Artist, professor of sculpture, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, London, Munich
Nicoletta Lambertucci, Curator, London
Nikola Dietrich, Curator, Berlin
Nina Katchadourian, artist and professor, NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York/Berlin
Noam Segal, Curator, NYC
Nora Abrams, Curator, MCA Denver, Denver
Nora Bates Zale, Artist/Art Educator, Conway, MA
Olga Kisseleva, artiste-researcher, Sorbonne, Paris
Pamela Echeverría, Gallery Owner, LABOR, Mexico City
Pamela Lee, Professor, Stanford University, San Francisco
Pat Lay, artist,
Patricia Cronin, Artist, Patricia Cronin Studio, Brooklyn
Patricia Reed, Artist, Writer
Patricia Treib, Artist, New York
Patrizia Sandretto re Rebaudengo, Foundation President and Collector, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Paul Frantz, Collector, Google Inc, New York
Paula Naughton, Director, Simon Preston Gallery, New York
Paulina Ascencio, Curator, Independent, Guadalajara
Pauline Beaudemont, Artist, Paris
Pauline Bertholon, art worker, Paris
Pauline Daly , Gallery Director , Sadie Coles HQ, London
Pauline Daly, Director, Sadie Coles HQ, London
Phillida Reid, Gallery owner, Southard Reid, London
Phoebe Berglund, Choreographer, NYC
Phoebe Roberts, Curator , Artangel, London
Phyllida Barlow, Artist, London
Pia Ehrhardt, writer, self-employed, New Orleans
Pilar Corrias, Gallerist, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London
Polly Staple, Director , Chisenhale Gallery, London
Polly Staple, Director, Chisenhale, London
Pooneh Maghazehe , Artist, educator, interior designer , MICA, LM//PM Productions LLC, Brookyln
Rachel Adams, Curator, UB Art Galleries, Buffalo
Rachel Berks, Business owner, Otherwild, New York NY
Rachel Cook, Curator, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
Rachel Ichniowski, Digital Projects Manager, e-flux, New York
Rachel Peddersen, Exhibitions Manager, Artists Space, New York
Rachel Pimm, Artist, London
Rachel Rose, artist, NY
Rachel Silveri, Art Historian, Columbia University, New York
Rachel Valinsky, Writer, New York
Rachel Williams, Gallerist/Dealer, Vilma Gold , London
Rallou Panagiotou, Artist
Rebecca Thor, Artist, Stockholm
Rebecca Smith, Artist, Rebecca Smith Studio, New York, N.Y.
Rebecca Uchill, art historian and curator
Regine Basha, Curator, New York
Renate Wagner, Head of Exhibitions , Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
Rhea Anastas, Associate Professor, Art historian, co-founder of Orchard (2005-08), curator, Department of Art, University of California, Irvine, CA
Rheim Alkadhi, artist
Rita Gonzalez , Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art , Los Angeles
Robin Cameron, Artist, New York
Rona Pondick, Artist, Artist shown with Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London/Paris/Salzburg, Sonnabend
Gallery, New York, Zevitas/Marcus Los Angeles, New York
Rosa Barba, artist, Berlin
Rosario Güiraldes, Curator , The Drawing Center , New York
Rosario Güiraldes, Curator, Buenos Aires
Rose Lord, Senior Director, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Rose Marcus, Artist
Rosemarie Trockel, Artist, Studio, Cologne + Berlin
Rosie Cooper, Curator / Head of Exhibitions, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea
Rosie Motley, Gallerist, New York
Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Artist, New York
Ruba Katrib, Curator, MoMA PS1, New York
Rujeko Hockley, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Rózsa Zita Farkas, Gallery Owner, Arcadia Missa, London
Sabrina Gschwandtner , Artist , Studio, Los Angeles
Sadie Coles, Gallery owner, Sadie Coles HQ, London
Sadie Laska, Artist, New york
Sahra Motalebi , Artist and producer , Studio , New York
Sally Wright, Executive Director , Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor
Sandra Mujinga, Artist, Oslo
Sandra Terjman, Curator and Founder, Council, Paris
Sanja Ivekovic, Artist, Zagreb
Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Artist, New York
Sara Magenheimer, Artist, New York
Sara Roffino, Writer, New York
Sara Stevenson, Program Curator & Residency Program Director, Goethe-Institut New York
Sarah Browne , Artist, Dublin
Sarah Demeuse, Curator, Writer, Editor, New York
Sarah McCrory, Director, Goldsmiths CCA, London
Sarah Resnick, Writer and editor, New York
Sarah Szczesny, Artist
Sarsh Munro, Director , BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art , Gateshead
Sepake Angiama, Head of Education, documenta 14, Kassel
Shannon Stratton, Curator, Arts Administrator, Artist, New York/Chicago/Canada
Sharon Louden, Artist, New York
Shelly Silver, Artist, New York
Shelly Silver, artist, New York
Shirin Neshat, artist, studio, BKLYN
Shirley Irons, Artist, School of Visual Arts, New York
Silas von Morisse, Galleriste Owner, SILAS VON MORISSE Gallery (formerly ART 3), Brooklyn nY
Silke Lindner-Sutti , Gallery Director , Jack Hanley Gallery , New York
Silke Otto-Knapp , Artist
Simone Leigh , Artist, NYC
Simone Subal, Gallery Owner, New York
Sofia Hernández Chong Cuy, Curator
Sonel Breslav, Curator and Publisher, New York
Sonia Almeida, Artist, Boston, MA
Sonja Gandert, PhD student in art history, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY
Sophie Jung, Artist, London
Sophie Mörner , Gallery Owner and Publisher , New York
Sophie Nys, Artist, Brussels
Sophie Orlando, Art Historian, Villa Arson Art college (Nice, France), Paris
Spela Volcic, Indipendent. , Visual artist, Slovenia / Italy (Gorica-Gorizia)
Stefania Bortolami, Gallerist, Bortolami, New York
Stefania Palumbo, Director/owner , Supportico Lopez, Berlin
Steffani Jemison, Artist, Brooklyn
Stella Bottai, Programme Curator, Stanley Picker Gallery, London
Stephanie Syjuco, Artist and Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Sunitha Kumar Emmart, Gallery Owner , GALLERYSKE , Bangalore
Susan Bee, Artist, A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
Susan Klein, Artist/professor , College of Charleston , Charleston
Susan Thompson, Curator, New York
Susanna Greeves, Director, White Cube, London
Susanna Heller, Painter, Professor of Art, SUNY Purchase College, Brooklyn, NY
susanne m. winterling, artist, rehau, berlin
Susanne Zander, Gallerist, Delmes + Zander, Cologne
Suzanne Cotter, Director, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto
Talia Chetrit, Artist, New York
Talia Kwartler, Curatorial Assistant, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Talia Shulze, Artist, Brooklyn, NY
Tamara Ibarra, Artist - Researcher, YEI. Platform and Archive, Mexico City, MEXICO
Tania Bruguera, Artist, La Habana
Tanja Ostojic, Interdisciplinary artist , Cultural activist, Berlin / Belgrade
Tara Ahmadinejad, Artist, Freelance, Brooklyn
Tauba Auerbach, Artist, New York
Tenaya Izu, Artist, Assistant, NYC
Terike Haapoja, artist, Parsons Fine Arts, New York
Thao Nguyen, Board Secretary, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles
The White Pube, Art critics, thewhitepube.com, Liverpool, London
Thea Ballard, Editor and writer, New Museum, New York
Theresa Sterner, Artist, Los Angeles
Tina Satter, Theater Artist, Half Straddle, New York City
Tiril Hasselknippe, Artist, Oslo
Tracey Rose, Artist, The Goodman Gallery and Dan Gunn (Berlin), Durban
Trina Gordon, Gallery director, Gladstone Gallery, New York
Trish Harnetiaux, writer , New York
Trisha Baga, artist, New York
Trudy Benson, artist, Brooklyn
Valentina Suma, gallery director, kaufmann repetto, Milan
Valerie Chartrain, curator, berlin
Valerie Werder, Writer, New York
Vanessa Carlos, Gallery Owner, Carlos/Ishikawa, London
Vanessa Desclaux, curator, école nationale supérieure d’art de Dijon, Paris
Vanessa Safavi, Artist, Berlin / Switzerland
Vanina Géré , art historian, critic, associate professsor, ENSA Nancy, France, Paris
Vere van Gool, Curator, New York & Amsterdam
Veronica Levitt, Director, Gallery, New York
Veronica Roberts, Curator, Austin, Texas
Victoria Brooks, Curator, EMPAC, Troy, NY
Victoria Camblin, Editor, curator of public programming
Vivian Ziherl, Curator, Frontier Imaginaries
Wendy Vogel, writer and curator
Whitney Claflin, Artist, New York
Xandra Eden, Executive Director & Chief Curator, DiverseWorks, Houston
Xylor Jane, Artist
Yael Reinharz, Executive Director, Artis, New York
YK Hong, Anti-oppression Trainer and Speaker and Artist
Young Jean Lee, Writer/Director, Brooklyn
Yun Choi, Artist, Seoul
Zadie Xa, Artist, London
Zane Oncklue, Curator, CCS Bard, Tivoli
Zarouhie Abdalian, Artist, New Orleans
Zhoe Granger, Gallerist, London
Zuzanna Hadrys, gallerist, Galeria Stereo, Warsaw
Àngels Miralda, curator, Berlin
Övül Ö. Durmusoglu, Curator, writer and lecturer, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg, Berlin
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