Beatrice Leanza

Italian curator
OccupationCurator, arts administrator, criticEmployer
Position heldmuseum director, creative director Edit this on Wikidata
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Beatrice Leanza (born 1978 in Milan) is an Italian curator and museum director.

Life

Leanza graduated from Ca’Foscari University of Venice in 2002 with a MA in East Asian studies.[1][2][3]

From 2002 to 2019, she lived in Beijing. She was the director of China Art Archives and Warehouse (CAAW), a gallery founded by Ai Weiwei, from 2002 until 2005. In 2006 she founded BAO Atelier. From 2013 to 2016, she was creative director of Beijing Design Week.[4][5][2][6][7]

From 2019 to 2021, she was executive director of the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon, Portugal.[8][9][10][11]

In 2022, she was named director for the Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts in Lausanne, Switzerland.[12][13][14][15][16]

After a six-months period of trial, she was not confirmed at the direction of the museum due to strategic issues.[17][18]

Works

  • Ideas in Action: Critical Design Practice in China, Across Chinese Cities, 2016.
  • DRIFT: Choreographing the Future, Phaidon, 2022. ISBN 9781838661717

References

  1. ^ Nayak, Ananya (2020-12-17). "Beatrice Leanze: Works and Contribution". RTF | Rethinking The Future. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  2. ^ a b "Beatrice Leanza". Fondation d’entreprise Pernod Ricard. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  3. ^ "Beatrice Leanza". MADE LABS. 2020-02-14. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  4. ^ "Beatrice Leanza". reSITE Shared Cities: Creative Momentum. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  5. ^ "Beatrice Leanza | Contributors | Frieze". www.frieze.com. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  6. ^ "'It Is Impossible to Simplify My Feelings About China': Ai Weiwei on His Controversial Art, in 2006". ARTnews.com. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  7. ^ "Beatrice Leanza | Salone del Mobile". www.salonemilano.it. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  8. ^ "Beatrice Leanza is maat's new executive ditector". MAAT. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  9. ^ "Beatrice Leanza". Dezeen. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  10. ^ Artdaily. "Beatrice Leanza is the new Executive Director of Lisbon's Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology". artdaily.cc. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  11. ^ Musillo, Di Alessia (2022-07-13). "Beatrice Leanza sarà la nuova direttrice del MUDAC di Losanna". ELLE Decor (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  12. ^ Iype, Jincy. "Italian curator Beatrice Leanza announced as new director of mudac". STIR Design. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  13. ^ "Beatrice Leanza, new director of mudac - mudac – mudac". mudac.ch. 2022-07-13. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  14. ^ "Beatrice Leanza: "Design is a tool, not an end" | Salone del Mobile". www.salonemilano.it. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  15. ^ Büchler, Leonie (2022-07-26). "People in design. Beatrice Leanza succeeds Chantal Prod'Hom as director of mudac". ndion. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  16. ^ Maida, Desirée (2022-07-12). "Beatrice Leanza è la nuova direttrice del Mudac di Losanna | Artribune" (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  17. ^ "Beatrice Leanza n'est pas confirmée à la tête du Mudac - Le Temps" (in French). 2023-07-04. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  18. ^ "Fin de contrat pour Beatrice Leanza – Six mois après son arrivée, la directrice du Mudac est remerciée". 24 heures (in French). 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2023-07-06.

External links

  • Beatrice Leanza - Voices (Towards Other Institutions) #8