Since the late–1980s, Belgian art historian Catherine de Zegher has curated many art exhibitions, including solo and group exhibitions in museums worldwide as well as large-scale perennial exhibitions.[1] Her curatorial work is centred on modern and contemporary art and challenges mainstream models of art and art history that have excluded the role of women in art, currently, she is focussing on the relationship between women's art and ecology and art. From 1988 to 1998, he was the co-founder and director of Kanaal Art Foundation (Kortrijk, Belgium) where she curated exhibitions on emerging international artists with an emphasis on the development of multiculturalism in Europe. Her curatorial work has received international attention and in 2017 de Zegher received the Oscarla award for her role in the art world. Since 2014, de Zegher is a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts.[2]
| Title | Artists | Year | Curator(s) | Institution / Location | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lili Dujourie: Ibant oscuri sola sub nocte per umbra | Lili Dujourie | 1988–1989 | Production | Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn; Le Magasin, Grenoble, France; Museum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo; Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, produced by Kanaal Art Foundation, Courtray | |
| Tunga & Cildo Meireles: Lezarts/Through | Cildo Meireles, Tunga | May 5–October 22, 1989 | Catherine de Zegher | Kanaal Art Foundation, Courtray | [3] |
| Patrick Corillon: 150 Year Railways Gent-Kortrijk | Patrick Corillon | Sep 22–Dec 24, 1989 | Catherine de Zegher | Kanaal Art Foundation at Railway Station, Courtray; traveled to Gare de l’Est, Paris, Sep 1991 | |
| Tadashi Kawamata | Tadashi Kawamata | Oct 23, 1989–Feb 15, 1990 | Catherine de Zegher | Kanaal Art Foundation at Begijnhof St-Elisabeth, Courtray | [4] |
| Guy Rombouts & Monica Droste: Azart-alphabet | Guy Rombouts, Monica Droste | May 15–20, 1990 | Catherine de Zegher | Kanaal Art Foundation at The Halls (Fair Child on View), Courtray; traveled to Brakke Grond, Amsterdam | |
| Robin Winters: Val Saint-Lambert Series | Robin Winters | June 9–Aug 26, 1990 | Catherine de Zegher | Kanaal Art Foundation at Municipal Museum, Courtray | |
| Trudo Engels: Barney | 1990 | Kanaal Art Foundation, Courtray | |||
| James Casebere & Tony Oursler: Station Project | James Casebere, Tony Oursler | Feb 20, 1991–March 29, 1992 | Catherine de Zegher | Kanaal Art Foundation at Railway Station, Courtray | |
| Waltercio Caldas: Drawings and Sculptures | Waltercio Caldas | Nov 8–Dec 15, 1991 | Catherine de Zegher | Kanaal Art Foundation at Cultural Center, Courtray; traveled to Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam | [5] |
| David Lamelas: Quand le ciel est bas et lourd (When the Sky is Low and Heavy) | David Lamelas | 1992 | Catherine de Zegher | Kanaal Art Foundation, Courtray; till today: large-scale sculpture in the park of the Royal Museum for Fine Arts, Antwerp (Included in the exhibition: America, Bride of the Sun. 500 Years/Latin America and the Low Countries, 1992) | |
| Antoni Muntadas: C.E.E. Project, also known as Edge | Antoni Muntadas | 1992 | Catherine de Zegher | Kanaal Art Foundation, Courtray; traveled to all European Community member states, 1991–1992; Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Feb. 22–Dec. 31, 1992; Federacion Espagnola de Municipios y Provincios, Madrid, Apr 30–May 31, 1992; Fundaçao Serralves, Porto, Apr 30–Dec 31, 1992; Broadgate, London, May 13–June 15, 1992; Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt, Jan 12–Dec 21, 1992; Institut Français de Thessalonique, Thessalonique, Feb 10, 1997 | |
| Ilya Kabakov & Ulo Sooster | Ilya Kabakov, Ulo Sooster | Oct 10–Dec 20, 1992 | Catherine de ZegherElizabeth Ann Macgregor | Kanaal Art Foundation, Courtray; traveled to Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, Apr 14–May 15, 1993; Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, July–Aug. 1993; Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Sept 2–Oct 31, 1993; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Apr 13–May 30, 1994 | [6] |
| Everlyn Nicodemus: Vessels of Silence | Everlyn Nicodemus | Oct 30–Nov 22, 1992 | Catherine de Zegher | Kanaal Art Foundation at Cultureel Centrum Kortrijk, Courtray | [7] |
| Gabriel Orozco: In Broel-and Brewerytower | Gabriel Orozco | Apr 24–June 26, 1993 | Catherine de Zegher | Kanaal Art Foundation at Broel-towers and Brewery-tower, Courtray | [8] |
| Andrea Robbins and Max Becher: Cultural Remains: ‘Cultural Remains: Wall Street in Cuba’ – ‘ Holland, Michigan’ | Andrea Robbins and Max Becher | Dec 10, 1994–Jan 15, 1995 | Catherine de Zegher | Organized by Kanaal Art Foundation, Courtray. In co-production with: The Vleeshal, Middleburg, Holland, Oct 21 1994–Nov 27, 1995. Location: State Archives, Courtray, Dec 1994–Jan 1995 | [9] |
| Title | Artists | Year | Curator(s) | Institution / Location | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyrilla Mozenter: Very Well Saint | Cyrilla Mozenter | May 12–June 10, 2000 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | |
| Mark Manders: Room with Several Night Drawings and One Reduced Night Scene | Mark Manders | June 21– July 26, 2000 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | |
| Ania Soliman: Biohazards | Ania Soliman | Sep 9–Oct 7, 2000 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | |
| Untitled Passages by Henri Michaux | Henri Michaux | Oct 28–Dec 20, 2000 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | [14] |
| Draw & Tell: Lines of Transformation by Norval Morrisseau/Copper Thunderbird | Norval Morrisseau, Copper Thunderbird | Feb 24–April 7, 2001 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | |
| Between Street and Mirror: The Drawings of James Ensor | James Ensor | April 27–July 7, 2001 | Catherine de Zegher,Robert Hoozee | Drawing Center, New York | [15] |
| Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger: Eurydice | Nov 31–Dec 15, 2001 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | ||
| Suzan Frecon: Drawing Painting | Suzan Frecon | Jan 4–Feb 15, 2002 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | |
| Anna Maria Maiolino: A Life Line/Vida Afora | Anna Maria Maiolino | Jan 10–Feb 21, 2002 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | [16] |
| Suzan Frecon: Drawing painting | Suzan Frecon | Jan 10–Feb 21, 2002 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | |
| Ellen Gallagher: Preserve | Ellen Gallagher | March 2– April 20, 2002 | Jeff Fleming, Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York; Des Moines Art Center | |
| Clarina Bezzola: Fluid | Clarine Bezzola | June 19–July 27, 2002 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | |
| Ellsworth Kelly: Tablet 1949–1973 | Ellsworth Kelly | May 2–July 24, 2002 | Yve-Alain Bois, Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York; traveled to Musee Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Lausanne | |
| Sarah Oppenheimer: Hallway | Sarah Oppenheimer | May 3–June 8, 2002 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | |
| Kay Rosen: Collages 1999-2002 | Kay Rosen | Sep 22–Oct 26, 2002 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | |
| Cesar Paternosto and Cecilia Vicuña, DIS SOLVING: threads of water and light | Cesar Paternosto, Cecilia Vicuña | Nov 2–Dec 20, 2002 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | |
| Róza El-Hassan: Drawings | Róza El-Hassan | June 6–July 26 2003 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | |
| Giuseppe Penone: The Imprint of Drawing | Giuseppe Penone | January 22–March 4, 2004 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York; traveled to Milton Keynes Gallery, 27 Mar–9 May 2004 | [17] |
| Zoe Keramea: Geometry of Paradox | June 18-July 30, 2005 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | [18] | |
| Richard Tuttle: It's a Room for 3 People | Richard Tuttle | Nov 6, 2004–March 5, 2005 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York; traveled to The Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado | [19] |
| Looking at the Spirits: Peter Minshall's Carnival Drawings | Sep 17–29 Oct 29 2005 | Catherine de Zegher, Luis Camnitzer | Drawing Center, New York | ||
| Joelle Tuerlinckx's Drawing Inventory | Joelle Tuerlinckx | Febr 25–Apr 22, 2006 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | [20] |
| Crust and Dirt's Instant Drawing Machine | Oliver Halsman Rosenberg, Clint Taniguchi | June 17–July 22, 2006 | Drawing Center, New York | ||
Eva Hesse Drawings
| Eva Hesse | May 6–July 15, 2006 | Catherine de ZegherElizabeth Sussman | Drawing Center, New York; traveled to The Menil Collection, Houston, Feb 3-Apr 23, 2006; Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Aug 6-Oct 28, 2006; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Nov 12, 2006-Feb 18, 2007) | [21] |
| Title | Artists | Year | Curator(s) | Institution / Location | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Another City for Another Life: Constant's New Babylon | Nov 2– Dec 30, 1999 | Mark Wigley, Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York; traveled to Witte de With in Rotterdam, 1998 | ||
| The Body of the Line: Eisenstein's Drawings | Jan 22– March 18, 2000 | Jean Gagnon, Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | ||
| Korwa Drawings: Contemporary Tribal Works on Paper from Central India | Oct 11–Nov 9, 2000 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | ||
The Prinzhorn Collection: Traces Upon the Wunderblock
| April 15–June 10, 2000 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | ||
| Performance Drawings | Milan Grygar, Alison Knowles, Erwin Wurm, Christopher Taggart, Elena Del Rio | April 19–July 28, 2001 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | |
| The stage of Drawing: Gesture and Act. Selected from the Tate Collection | Including, among others, Joshua Reynolds, William Blake, Edgar Degas, Pierre Bonnard, William Turner, Aubrey Beardsley, Francis Bacon, Kurt Schwitters, Eileen Agar, Barbara Hepworth, Richard Hamilton, Eva Hesse, Andy Warhol, George Dance, Henry Fuseli, Juan Gris, John Hamilton Mortimer, Marcel Duchamp, Natalya Goncharova, William Henry Hunt, El Lissitzky, William Young Ottley, Francis Picabia | April 5–May 31, 2003 | Aves Newman (selection)Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York; travelled to Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, June 18–Aug 23, 2003; Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, Sept 26, 2003–March 28, 2004; Tate Britain, London | [22] |
| Ocean Flowers: Impressions from Nature | March 25–May 22, 2004 | Catherine de ZegherCarol Armstrong | Drawing Center, New York, traveled to Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Dec 6–Aug 8, 2004 | [23] | |
| Field of Color: Tantra Drawings from India | Nov 6, 2004-Jan 12, 2005 | Franck André Jamme (co-curator Catherine de Zegher) | Drawing Center, New York | [24] | |
3 x Abstraction: New Methods of Drawing by Hilma af Klint, Emma Kunz, and Agnes Martin
| Hilma af Klint, Emma Kunz, Agnes Martin | 19 March - 21 May, 2005 | Catherine de ZegherHendel Teicher | Drawing Center, New York; travelled to Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, June 10–-Aug 13, 2005; Kilmainham Museum, Dublin | [25] |
| Persistent Vestiges: Drawings from the American Vietnam War | Including, among others, Nancy Spero, Vu Giang Huong, Martha Rosler, Binh Danh | Nov 5, 2005–Feb 11, 2006 | Catherine de Zegher | Drawing Center, New York | [26] |