Curatorial Programme
Curatorial Programme

Many of the tutors for the 30th edition of the Curatorial Programme will be members of the lumbung/documenta 15, such as members of ruangrupa, Off Biennial, Question of Funding, The Black Archives, and others

Past and recent tutors and advisors:

Reinnaart Vanhoe
(artist, writer)

Gertrude Flengte
(curator, researcher)

Mariana Lanari
(artist)

We Sell Reality
(collective label)

Philippe Pirotte 
(artistic director, Busan Biennale 2024)

Rolando Vasquez
(professor) 

Rasha Dakkak 
(researcher, educator)

Siwar Kraytem
(artist)

Yazan Khalili
(artist, member of Question of Funding collective)

Laila Hida
(artist, founder, LE 18)

Ezster Szakacs
(curator, Off Biennial curatorial team)

Reem Shadid 
(director, Beirut Art Center)

Lawrance Abuhamdan
(artist)

Rahel Aima
(writer)

Rita Ouedrago
(curator, Buro Stedelijk)

Nuraini Juliastuti
(researcher, writer)

Haytham el Wardany
(writer)

Mason Leaver Yap
(writer, curator)

Amal Alhaag
(cultural programmer, radio host, curatorial team Sonsbeek 20-24)

Antoin Deul
(co-founder, Black Renaissance)

Aude Christel Mgba
(CP alumnus 2018-2019, curatorial team Sonsbeek 20-24) 

Beatrix Ruf
(director, Hartwig Art Foundation)

Bonaventure Bejeng Soh Ndikung
(director, HKW)

Britte Sloothaak
(doctoral researcher, TU/e's Curatorial Research Collective)

Charl Landvreugd
(artist, Head of Research and Curatorial Practice, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam)

Daria Bukvić
(artist)

Fadwa Naamna
(independent curator, CP alumnus 2016-2017)

Georgia Sagri
(artist, professor, Athens School of Fine Arts)

Hicham Khalidi
(director, Jan van Eyck Academy)

Jennifer Tee
(artist)

Jo-Lene Ong
(curator, CP alumnus 2017-2018 and
fellow 2018-2019)

Lex ter Braak
(artist)

Moosje Goosen
(writer, critic, researcher)

Manthia Diawara
(writer, filmmaker, cultural theorist)

Nikolay Alutin
(curator, CP alumnus 2018-2019 and fellow 2019-2020)

Patricia Kaersenhout
(artist,co-founder, Black Renaissance)

Quinsy Gario*
(poet,artist)

Rosa te Velde
(researcher)

Vincent van Velsen*
(curator, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam)

Wayne Modest
( professor, Material Cultural and Critical Heritage Studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Willem de Rooij
(artist, professor, Städelschule Frankfurt)

Zippora Elders
(chief curator, Gropious Bau)

Tony Cokes
(artist) 

Vivian Ziherl
(research and programmes manager, Kunst Instituut Melly) 

Imara Limon
(curator, Amsterdam Museum) 

Geir Haraldseth
(curator, Nasjonalmuseet) 

Saskia Bos
(former director, De Appel, founder
of the Curatorial Programme) 

Miriam Wistreich
(director UKS, CP Alumnus 2017-2018) 

Emily Pethick
(director, Rijksakademie) 

Steve Mcqueen
(filmmaker, artist)

Kate Strain
(founder and director, Kunstverein Aughrim) 

Prem Krishnamurthy
(curator, designer) 

Anselm Franke
(Head of Visual Arts and Film, HKW) 

Biljana Ciric
(independent curator, founder, What Could/Should Curating Do?) 

Julia Morandeira Arrizabalaga
(director, Kadist Paris) 

Jan Verwoert
(writer, critic) 

Grégory Castéra
(curator at large, KANAL-Centre Pompidou) 

Christine Sun Kim
(artist) 

Yasmil Raymond
(curator, rector, Städelschule Frankfurt)

Nomaduma Rosa Masilela
(artist, curator)

Pierre Bal-Blanc
(independent curator)

Darby English
(art historian)

Patricia Kaersenhout
(artist, co-founder, Black Renaissance)

Jason Dodge
(artist)

Sepake Angiama
(artistic director, Iniva) 

Henk Slager
(head of MaHKU)

Nat Muller
(independent curator, critic) 

Renzo Martens
(artist) 

Clare Butcher
(curator, art educator) 

Marcus Verhagen
(senior lecturer, Sotheby's Institute of Art) 

Aaron Schuster
(philosopher, professor) 

Sarah Demeuse
(head of communications, Ammant foundation) 

Anthony Huberman
(Director and Chief Curator,CCA Wattis Institute) 

Inke Arns
(curator) 

Zoe Beloff
(artist) 

Keren Cytter
(artist, writer) 

Natasha Ginwala
(artistic director, Colomboscope) 

Leah Gordon
(author) 

Xenia Kalpaktsoglou
(curator) 

Raimundas Malasauskas
(curator) 

Paul O’Neill
(curator, writer, artist) 

Marina Abramovic
(artist) 

Floris Alkemade
(architect) 

Carolyn Christov Bakargiev
(curator, writer, art historian) 

Mieke Bal
(scholar) 

Carlos Basualdo
(curator, Philadelphia Museum of Art) 

Frederique Bergholz
(co-founder,If I can’t dance
I don’t want to be part of your revolution) 

Liesbeth Bik
(visual artist) 

Claire Bishop
(art historian, critic, author) 

Jeroen Boomgaard
(art historian, critic)

Thomas Boutoux
(curator, writer, publisher) 

Marie de Brugerolle
(art historian, curator, dramatist) 

Dan Cameron
(curator) 

Paul Chan
(visual artist) 

Deborah Cherry
(scholar) 

Binna Choi
(independent curator) 

Ade Darmawan
(artist, curator) 

Ann Demeester
(director, Kunsthaus Zürich) 

Charles Esche
(director, Van Abbemuseum) 

James Elkins
(art historian) 

Hendrik Folkerts
(curator, Moderna Museet) 

Alex Farquharson
(director, Tate Britain) 

Annie Fletcher
(director, IMMA) 

Elena Filipovic
(director, Kunsmuseum Basel) 

Nina Folkersma
(curator, Het Noord Brabants Museum) 

Tom van Gestel
(curator) 

Teresa Gleadowe
(curator, writer) 

Ann Goldstein
(deputy director, Art Institute of Chicago) 

Nicoline van Harskamp
(artist) 

Pablo Helguera
(artist, performer) 

Paulo Herkenhoff
(curator, critic) 

Eva Meyer-Hermann
(curator, writer) 

Maria Hlavajova
(founder and artistic director, BAK) 

Jens Hoffmann
(writer, curator) 

Christian Jankowski
(artist) 

Xander Karskens
(director, Buitenplaats Kasteel Wijlre) 

Adam Kleinman
(writer) 

Kasper König
(curator) 

Maxine Kopsa
(director, De Ateliers) 

Mark Kremer
(curator) 

Lars Bang Larsen
(art historian, curator, writer) 

Sven Lütticken
(art historian, critic) 

Chus Martínez
(head of the Institute of Art,
FHNW Academy) 

Marga van Mechelen
(scholar, writer) 

Edi Muka
(art critic, curator) 

Ieva Misevičiūtė
(visual artist) 

Gerardo Mosquera
(independent curator) 

Peggy Phelan
(scholar) 

Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen
(director, De Pont) 

Hans Ulrich Obrist
(curator, critic, art historian) 

Donald Preziosi
(art historian) 

Edi Rama
(politician, artist, writer,
Prime Minister of Albania) 

Dieter Roelstraete
(curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago) 

Martha Rosler
(visual artist) 

Nicolaus Schafhausen
(curator) 

Margriet Schavemaker
(artistic director, Amsterdam Museum) 

Basak Senova
(art curator, writer and designer) 

Simon Sheikh
(curator, writer) 

Seth Siegelaub
(curator, collector, writer) 

Valerie Smith
(scholar) 

Lisette Smits
(independent researcher, curator) 

Hito Steyerl
(artist) 

Anna Tilroe
(scholar, critic) 

Jalal Touffic
(artist, filmmaker, author) 

Ulay
(visual artist) 

Alexis Vaillant
(curator) 

Barbara Visser
(visual artist) 

Florian Waldvogel
(curator) 

Huib Haye van der Werf
(curator) 

Rein Wolfs
(director Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam) 

Tirdad Zolgadr
(curator, writer) 

Nathalie Zonnenberg
(art historian, curator)

 

and more.

* CP mentorship by these members of the Board of de Appel has been unanimously approved by said Board.