Bice Curiger

Beatrice "Bice" Curiger (born 1948 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a Swiss art historian, curator, critic and publisher who has been the Artistic Director of the Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles since 2013.

[3] Co-Founder and Chief Editor of the art magazine Parkett from Zurich (since 1984); Independent Curator for various international art galleries, museums and exhibitions, including for the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (France), the Hayward Gallery in London (UK), and the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

[6] She was the third-ever woman to curate the prestigious event since its inception (Maria de Corral and Rosa Martinez co-curated the Biennale in 2005).

[7] Curiger explained that the name of the exhibition was meant to "shed light on the institution itself, drawing attention to dormant and unrecognized opportunities, as well as to conventions that need to be challenged.

[12] She also served on the juries that selected Beatriz Milhazes (2021-22)[13] and Cao Fei (2022-23)[14] as participants in the “Safety Curtain” series at the Vienna State Opera.

In 2019, Curiger was part of the selection committee that chose Andrea Lissoni as director of Haus der Kunst.