Vera Trakhtenberg
Vera Trakhtenberg | |
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 Trakhtenberg in 2015 | |
| Born | Vera Aleksandrovna Trakhtenberg August 13, 1986 Moscow, RSFSR, USSR |
| Occupation | art historian |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Citizenship | Russia |
Vera Aleksandrovna Trakhtenberg (Russian: Вера Александровна Трахтенберг; born August 13, 1986, Moscow) is a Russian art historian and curator.[1] She is a former director of the pop/off/art contemporary art gallery[2] and a feminist.[3]
Biography
[edit]Vera studied at school No.1265 in Moscow. Graduated from the art history department of the history faculty of Moscow State University (2010).[2] Master of art history, dissertation topic: "Portrait painting of Carl-Ludwig Christinek".
In 2011-2015 — chief curator of funds in the Muzeon Park of Arts. Initiated the restoration of Vera Mukhina's sculpture "We Demand Peace!"; worked on the preservation of historical graffiti on the pedestal of the Dzerzhinsky monument; curated a number of exhibitions: "Sergey Merkurov's Archive" (2014), "Phantom Memory of a Beautiful Era" (2013), "Muzeon: Reserves", "New Monument on an Old Pedestal" (jointly with the State Museum of Urban Sculpture of St. Petersburg, 2012), "Muzeon — Moscow"; "Dedication to Vera Mukhina".[4]
In 2015-2016, she curated high-profile exhibition projects: "Sculptures We Don't See" (Moscow Manege, August 2015),[5] "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman. Personal File" (together with Andrey Parshikov, IEC "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman", December 2015 on February 2016). She worked on the creation of a new permanent exhibition at the IEC "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman", opened in 2016. She was the curator of the START project to support young art (Winzavod).[2][6]
Since 2016, she has been teaching the course "New Artistic Strategies" at the British Higher School of Design.[2] Lecturer at the HSE School of Design.[4][7] In 2021, she was a visiting professor at the School of Advanced Studies (Tyumen), from 2022 to 2023 at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University. Curator of the Cultural Creative Agency.[8]
Author and columnist for AroundArt, Colta.ru, The Art Newspaper.
References
[edit]- ^ Интервью с куратором выставки «Скульптуры, которых мы не видим» в Манеже Верой Трахтенберг. Говорит Москва
- ^ a b c d Новый директор галереи pop/off/art
- ^ Феминистки — о выставке Артемизии Джентилески
- ^ a b Вера Трахтенберг на сайте EastEast
- ^ Rightwing Russian activists attack Moscow art exhibition. The Guardian
- ^ Действующие лица «Гости»: куратор нового сезона проекта «Старт» Вера Трахтенберг и менеджер проекта Дарья Ярцева. smotrim
- ^ Новые концепции художественной системы. design.hse.ru
- ^ 10 главных молодых художников России — Афиша Daily
External links
[edit]- 1986 births
- Living people
- Curators from Moscow
- Russian art historians
- Women art historians
- Russian art directors
- Directors of museums in Russia
- Russian feminists
- Moscow State University alumni
- Academic staff of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
- Russian women art critics
- Russian women columnists
- Women museum directors
- Russian women curators