Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
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Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (born December 2, 1957, in Ridgewood, New Jersey, US) is an Italian-American writer, art historian and curator. She is the recipient of the 2019 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence.
Art criticism
After graduation, she moved to Rome and began to write as an art critic for daily newspapers, including Reporter and Il Sole 24 Ore. Her reporting centered on early 20th century avant-garde and contemporary art. She has written extensively on the Arte Povera movement, such as in her book Arte Povera (Themes and Movements), Phaidon Press, London. She wrote the first monographs on the work of South African artist William Kentridge in 1996/97 (Brussels, Palais des Beaux Arts) and on Canadian artist Janet Cardiff in 2001 (New York, PS1 Contemporary Art Center). She has written books on Adrián Villar Rojas (2019), Hito Steyerl (2019)¸ Nalini Malani (2018), Anna Boghiguian (2017), Giovanni Anselmo (2016), Ed Atkins (2016), Wael Shawky (2016), Franz Kline (2004), Alberto Burri (1996), Fabio Mauri (1994). Her books also include dOCUMENTA(13) the 100 Notes–100 Thoughts series as well as The Book of Books (2011–12).
