Matilde Guidelli Guidi: What Do Curators Do All Day?

We’re back in New York! Kim sits down with Dia Art Foundation curator Matilde Guidelli Guidi. The two unpack the central question of what a curator truly is and the work that they do to take an artist’s ideas into reality. Covering Dia’s programming (encompassing both changing and permanent sites and the work of a focused group of artists across the 1960s and 70s), Kim and Matilde chat about the process of realizing works sited in the natural landscape, the complexities of pulling off year-long exhibitions, and reimagining the gallery as a discursive and community space. Finally, Matilde gives us an overview of one day in a curator’s life (and it’s jam-packed, as you might expect)!

Mentions: 

Matilde Guidelli Guidi; 

Dia Art Foundation; 

Leslie Hewitt; 

Mario Merz; 

Senga Nengudi; 

Cameron Rowland; 

Meg Webster; 

Jack Whitten; 

Walter De Maria; 

Max Neuhaus; 

Joseph Beuys; 

Musée du Louvre; 

Paula Cooper Gallery; 

Whitney Museum of American Art; 

Artists on Artists Lecture Series; 

Lynne Cook; 

Dia:Beacon; 

Steve McQueen; 

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA);

Christian Marclay; 

The Clock (Christian Marclay); 

Venice Biennale; 

Lucy Raven; 

Martine Syms; 

The Lightning Field (Walter De Maria); 

Dan Graham; 

Robert Irwin; 

Louise Lawler; 

Bird Calls (Louise Lawler); 

Randy Gibson; 

Bridget Donahue Gallery; 

Jordan Carter; 

Ella den Elzen; 

Kim Golding.