txt: Bice Curiger and Àlex Rigola appointed Directors
The Board of the Venice Biennale, chaired by Paolo Baratta, met on 12th May 2010 and appointed Bice Curiger as Director of the Visual Arts sector for the 54th International Art Exhibition (2011) and Àlex Rigola ad Director of the Theatre sector in the two-year period 2010-2011. A graduate of the University of Zurich, Bice Curiger is an art historian, critic and curator of exhibitions at an international level. Since 1993, she has been curator at the Zurich Kunsthaus, one of the most important museums in the world for modern and contemporary art, and which has for years implemented a major exhibitions programme of international significance. Bice Curiger is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Parkett, one of the most authoritative and innovative contemporary art magazines in the world, published in Zurich and New York since 1984. Since 2004, she has been publishing director of the Tate etc magazine produced by London’s Tate Gallery. She is also the author of various publications and catalogues of contemporary art.
