The Castello di Rivoli contemporary art museum in Turin said in a statement that its current director, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, will retire at the age of 66 at the end of this year after more than 20 years of service to the museum. museum, which she has been leading since 2016. The museum is looking for a replacement to start in January 2024.
Christov-Bakargiev has curated a wide range of exhibitions for the museum, including exhibitions dedicated to Anne Imhof and William Kentridge in 2020, an exhibition on Beeple in 2022, and exhibitions featuring the work of Hito Steyerl and Giorgio di Chirico in 2018. Together with Marianna Vecellio, she curated the museum’s current exhibition, Wartime Artists. In the second half of 2023, the museum presents a major exhibition dedicated to Michelangelo Pistoletto on the occasion of his 90th birthday.
She is best known for serving as artistic director of the highly acclaimed 13th edition of Documenta, the five-year contemporary art exhibition in Kassel, Germany in 2012.
