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Ariana Pradal invited for Experimenter Curator’s Hub

After Giovanni Carmine, Adam Szymczyk, Oliver Kielmayer, Patrick Gosatti and Nadia Schneider Willen, it’s Swiss curator Ariana Pradal next at the 6th edition of the Experimenter Curators’ Hub 2016 in Kolkata.

Pro Helvetia New Delhi is pleased to partner with Experimenter to present

Participating curators at ECH 2016

Ariana Pradal
Cosmin Costinas
Dayanita Singh
Giorgio Galleani
Marta Smolinska
Maud Page
Naman Ahuja
Natasha Ginwala
Rahaab Allana
Susie Lingham
Hans-Ulrich Obrist (via video conference)

the 6th edition of the Experimenter Curators’ Hub 2016, on Thursday, 28th, Friday, 29th & Saturday, 30th July 2016 which will take place at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindustan Road, Kolkata 700029, India.

Swiss design curator Ariana Pradal will be representing Switzerland.

About Ariana Pradal
Ariana Pradal Ariana Pradal, trained as an industrial designer, works as a journalist and curator. She writes and works regularly for various magazines and museums in the field of design and architecture. Her articles, books and exhibitions have been printed and presented in Switzerland and abroad.

The Experimenter Curators’ Hub is a crucial platform in developing and sustaining discourse on curatorial practice and exhibition making. Each year the hub invites curators to present and discuss their practice in depth with reference to recent exhibitions curated by them. The 6th edition of the Experimenter Curators’ Hub will bring together some of the foremost minds in curatorship from all over the world.

The 3-day event will see a coming together of Indian and international curators and the visual arts community, critics, writers, thinkers, artists, collectors, theorists and people interested in contemporary visual art practice. This year the curators’ hub broadens its scope by including curators of architecture and design as well as curators of visual art. The Experimenter Curators’ Hub, like every year attempts to further the discussion on curatorial practices and discourse.

Experimenter Curators’ Hub 2016 is presented in association with Pro Helvetia – The Swiss Arts Council and is supported by the Australia Council for the Arts, Italian Cultural Embassy, Polish Institute & The Park Hotels. Take on Art Magazine is a media partner for the Hub.

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