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Suzanne Cotter

Suzanne Cotter Curator, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project. A leading scholar on international contemporary art, she has organized monographic and thematic exhibitions on artists such as Monica Bonvicini, Angela Bulloch, Daniel Buren, Cecily Brown, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Trisha Donnelly, Jannis Kounellis, Mike Nelson, Silke Otto-Knapp, Fiona Tan, and Kelley Walker. She also curated Out of Beirut (2006), and co-curated Transmission Interrupted (2009) and the Sharjah Biennial (2011). Cotter has also contributed to art publications including Frieze, Parkett and Artforum. In 2005, she received the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication.
involved in:
Curators’ Top Picks Under 35
With Suzanne Cotter, Raimundas Malašauskas, and João Ribas
6:30–8pm
The Critical Edge of Curating
From November 4-5, 2011, curators from around the world discussed critical issues in their practice today, examining the possible impact of exhibitions and related curatorial activities on cultural and social change.
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