Inés Katzenstein Explained

Inés Katzenstein
Birth Place:	Argentina
Occupation:	Curator Art historian Art critic
Years Active:	2000-present

Inés Katzenstein is an Argentine curator, art historian, and art critic who specializes in Latin American art.^[1]

Early life and education

Katzenstein was born in Argentina.

Katzenstein has a B.A. in communications from the University of Buenos Aires. In 2001, Katzenstein received an M.A. in curatorial studies from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College.

Career

In 2000, Katzenstein got a position at the Museum of Modern Art, where she began as an assistant to the editor-in-chief of Listen, Here, Now! Argentine Art in the 1960s, part of MoMa's International Program Primary Documents publication series, and the first one to focus on Latin American art. She later became an editor of the publication.^{[2] [3]}

From 2004 to 2008, Katzenstein worked as a curator at the Malba-Fundación Costantini, where her focus was on contemporary Argentine art.^[4]

In 2007, Katzenstein was the curator of the Argentine Pavilion exhibition at the Venice Biennale, which featured paintings by the artist Guillermo Kuitca.^[5]

In 2008, Katzenstein founded the Department of Art at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT).

In 2018, Katzenstein became the director of the newly formed Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Research Institute for the Study of Art from Latin America as well as the Curator of Latin American Art at the Museum of Modern Art.

Selected exhibitions

• 2003: Liliana Porter: Photography and Fiction, Centro Cultural Recoleta (Buenos Aires)
• 2005: David Lamelas, Alien, Foreigner, Ètranger, Aüslander, Museo Rufino (Tamayo, Mexico)
• 2007: Guillermo Kuitca, si yo fuera el invierno mismo, 52nd Venice Biennale (Venice, Italy) – curator of the Argentina Pavilion
• 2007: Zona Franca, projects by Leopoldo Estol and M7red, Mercosur Biennial – co-curator
• 2010: Di Tella, an Episode in the History of TV, Espacio Fundación Telefónica (Buenos Aires) – co-curator
• 2013: Aquella mañana fue como si recuperara si no la felicidad, sí la energía, una energía que se parecía mucho al humor, un humor que se parecía mucho a la memoria, Parque de la Memoria (Buenos Aires)
• 2018: Sur Moderno: Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift, Museum of Modern Art (New York) – co-curator

Selected works and publications

• Book: Katzenstein. Inés. Leandro Erlich: Inner City. 1997. Consulate General of Argentina. New York, NY. 951405773.
• Katzenstein. Inés. Fabián Marcaccio. La actualidad de la pintura política. Arte en Colombia. October 2002. 92. 58–62. Colombia. es. 926282635.
• Book: Porter. Liliana. Katzenstein. Inés (edición y selección de textos). Liliana Porter: Fotografía y ficción. 2003. Centro Cultural Recoleta y Malba-Colección Costantini. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 978-9-872-10880-9. Exhibition catalog. es. 55006947. – 18 de noviembre de 2003 al 29 de febrero de 2004, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Junín 1930, Buenos Aires
• Book: Katzenstein. Inés. Katzenstein. Inés. Listen, Here, Now!: Argentine Art of the 1960s: Writings of the Avant-Garde. 2004. Museum of Modern Art. New York, NY. 978-0-870-70366-9. 9–13. Introduction. en. 56447030.
• Book: Katzenstein. Inés. Zelevansky. Lynn. Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s-70s. 2004. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, CA. 9780262240475. 189–. Exhibition catalog. Section 5: The Object Redefined. Reality Rush: Shifts of Form, 1965-1968. 222491139. – Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by and held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, June 13-Oct. 3 2004 ; Miami Art Museum, Florida, Nov. 18, 2004-May 1, 2005
• Book: Katzenstein. Inés (curaduria). Andy Warhol motion pictures, cuadros en movimiento. 2006. Malba Coleccion Costantini. Buenos Aires. 9789871271009. es. Exhibition catalog. 951404200. – Catalog of an exhibition held at Museo de Arte Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires, Sept. 23-Nov. 21, 2005
• Book: Katzenstein. Inés (textos de). Pacheco. Marcelo E.. Sato. Amalia. Pombo. 2006. Adriana Hidalgo Editora. Buenos Aires. 978-9-871-15654-2. es, en. 137316869.
• Book: Kuitca. Guillermo. Katzenstein. Inés (curated by). Guillermo Kuitca: si yo fuera el invierno mismo. 2007. Fundación ArteBA. Buenos Aires. 978-9-872-18224-3. es, it, en. Exhibition catalog. 294998307. – Representacion Argentina, 52. Esposizione internazionale d'arte, La biennale di Venezia. Catalogue of an exhibition held during the 52nd BIennale di Venezia from 6 Jun. to 23 Sept. 2007
• Book: Katzenstein. Inés (curaduría de). Vida en movimiento: Joaquim Pedro de Andrade. 2007. Malba: Fundación Eduardo F. Costantini. Buenos Aires. 978-9-871-27108-5. es. 231715816. – Accompanies a retrospective exhibition organized by the 9th Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente, April 13-June 11, 2007
• Book: Medina. Cuauhtémoc. Araujo. Marcelo Mattos. Katzenstein. Inés. Oles. James. Lerner. Adam. Muñoz. Oscar. Quijano. Rodrigo. Sibaja. Ruth. Auditorio arteBA08. Arte global, arte latinoamericano: Nuevas estrategias. 2008. ArteBA Fundación. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 978-9-872-18226-7. 114–156; 157–231. https://issuu.com/arteba/docs/auditorio-08. es, en. Conference publication. Reactivando el canon local: el nuevo coleccionismo de los museos públicos en América Latina; Hacia el salón del siglo XXI: más allá del centro de exhibición. 641508911. – Auditorio arteBA'08, 29 de mayo al 1o. de junio de 2008
• Book: Katzenstein. Inés. Le Feuvre. Lisa. Failure: Documents of Contemporary Art. 2010. Whitechapel Gallery. London. 978-0-262-51477-4. en. Leap Backwards into the Future: Paul Ramirez Jonas, 2004. 540644017.
• Katzenstein. Inés. Inés Katzenstein. Artforum. Summer 2010. 48. 10. en.
• Book: Katzenstein. Inés. Davila-Villa. Ursula. Recovering Beauty: The 1990s in Buenos Aires. 2011. Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas. 978-0-981-57385-4. 33–44. https://issuu.com/nirbhe/docs/recovering_beauty_the_1990s_in_buenos_aires_blanto. Avatars of art in the Argentina of the 1990s. 694827562.
• Book: Cippolini. Rafael (curated by). Katzenstein. Inés (curated by). Televisión: El Di Tella y un episodio en la historia de la TV. 2011. Espacio Fundación Telefónica. Buenos Aires. 978-9-872-32815-3. es. Exhibition catalog. 809028723. – Catalogue of an exhibition held at Espacio Fundación Telefónica (Buenos Aires), 22 Oct. - 18 Dec. 2010
• Book: Saraceno. Tomás. Katzenstein. Inés. Malone. Meredith. Marjanović. Igor. Weaire. Denis. Malone. Meredith. Marjanović. Igor. Tomas Saraceno: Cloud-Specific. 2012. Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. St. Louis, MO. 978-0-936-31635-2. Exhibition catalog. 760972995. – Catalog of an exhibition held at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, September 9, 2011 – January 9, 2012
• Katzenstein. Inés. Good Business is the Best Art: Twenty Years of the Artist in the Marketplace. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas. January 2001. 34. 63. 84. 10.1080/08905760108594681. 142815780. 0890-5762. 4901561191.
• Book: Porter. Liliana. Katzenstein. Inés. Volk. Gregory (Introduction by). Liliana Porter in conversation with / en conversación con Inés Katzenstein. 2013. Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. New York, NY/Caracas, Venezuela. 978-0-982-35447-6 . en, es. 934834918.
• Book: Katzenstein. Inés. Marcelo Pombo, un artista del pueblo. 2015. Fundación Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. 978-9-874-54646-3. es. 965755639.
• Book: Katzenstein. Inés. Iglesias. Claudio. ¿Es el arte un misterio o un ministerio? El arte contemporáneo frente a los desafíos del profesionalismo. 2017. Siglo Veintiuno editores: Universidad Torcuato di Tella. Buenos Aires. 9789876297301. es, en. 994153859.

External links

• Inés Katzenstein at Issuu

Notes and References

1. News: Michel. Guadalupe Piñeiro. Inés Katzenstein apuesta por las "caras nuevas". ABC. 23 February 2017. es-ES.
2. News: Montgoris . Meg . MoMA Announces the Appointment of Inés Katzenstein as the Inaugural Director of the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Research Institute for the Study of Art from Latin America; Katzenstein Also Named a Curator of Latin American Art . . 8 February 2018 . Press release . 21 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180213080454/http://press.moma.org/wp-content/files_mf/moma_directorcisnerosinstitute_pressrelease_final75.pdf . 13 February 2018.
3. News: Montgoris . Meg . El Museo de Arte Moderno nombra a Inés Katzenstein como la primera directora del Intituto de Investigación Patricia Phelps de Cisneros para el Estudio del Arte de América Latina; Katzenstein también ha sido nombrada Curadora de Arte Latinoamericano . . 8 February 2018 . es . Press release . 21 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180213080452/http://press.moma.org/wp-content/files_mf/moma_directorcisnerosinstitute_comunicadodeprenza_espanol47.pdf . 13 February 2018 . 2.
4. Web site: Contributors: Inés Katzenstein, Curator . . 21 August 2019.
5. News: Sheets . Hilarie M. . Surprise Breaks Out of the Box (or Cube) . . 3 June 2007 . 21 August 2019 . AR10 .