Ralph Rugoff OBE (born 12 January 1957) is an American-born curator, the director of London's Hayward Gallery since 2006, and the curator of the Venice Biennale in 2019.[2]
Ralph Rugoff | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 January 1957[1] New York City, US |
| Education | Brown University |
| Occupation | Curator |
| Known for | Curator of the 2019 Venice Biennale |
| Title | Director of London's Hayward Gallery |
| Term | 2006- |
Rugoff was born in New York City to a psychoanalyst, Evangeline Peterson, and Donald Rugoff, the film distributor and movie theater owner profiled in a 2019 film Searching for Mr. Rugoff.[3][4] He studied semiotics at Brown University.[4]
Rugoff was director of the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco for nearly six years, before becoming the director of London's Hayward Gallery.[3]
Rugoff was artistic director of the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019.[5]
He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to art.[6]
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Further reading
- Harris, Gareth (August 13, 2020). "Why Jeff Koons is so difficult to please, the strange Venice Biennale selection process and which collector is a game changer". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved August 22, 2020.