Brains behind exhibitions to come together

As part of its efforts to promote critical curatorial practice, Experimenter in Kolkata is going to host The Curators' Hub in the last week of July. The aim is to bring to the fore the most contemporary streak behind curating in backdrop of today's art scene. The event will include some of the top names not only from India but also from across the world. Check out…

Patrick Gosatti

A freelance curator based in Geneva, he has extensive experience in curating and writing in contemporary art. He curated the Festival Les Urbaines, Lausanne and was a coordinator for IILA Pavilion at the 53rd Biennale di Venezia involving large scale installation works. He has contributed to several periodical publications including, Kunst-Bulletin magazine, Zurich & Art Collector magazine, Basel amongst others.

Sumesh Sharma

A graduate from the Universite Paul Cezanne, Aix-en-Provence, he was part of the second edition of the Gwangju Biennale International Curators Programme 2010 in South Korea. Actively involved in art projects which address the concern of urban gentrification, he was the Founder-Director of the Crawford Market Public Art Project, a UN-Habitat funded initiative. Besides Zasha Colah, he is the founding director and curator at The Clark House Initiative. Recent projects include ‘Arranging Chairs’ for Ai Weiwei.

Zasha Colah

After doing her M.A. in Curating Contempoary Art, Royal College of Art, London, she preceded by a Master of Studies in History of Art and Visual Culture, Oxford University, UK, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Indian Aesthetics, Prince of Wales Museum & Bombay University, India. In addition to being a curator at The Clark House Initiative, Zasha is a Lecturer in Art Theory at Rachna Sansad Academy of Fine Arts, Mumbai. She was previously curator of Modern Art at Prince of Wales Museum (Bombay) and an exhibitions assistant at Serpentine Gallery, London.

Aveek Sen

A senior assistant editor at The Telegraph, Kolkata, he has written extensively on art, photography, literature & culture. He was a Rhodes scholar at University College, Oxford. He is the recipient of the 2009 Infinity Award for Writing on Photography, awarded by the International Center of Photography, New York.