Stefan Kalmár

Stefan Kalmár is a German curator and has been the Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London since 2016.[1][2]

Kalmár was Executive Director and Chief Curator of Artists Space, New York from 2009 to 2016, Director of Kunstverein München from 2004 to 2009, Director of the Institute of Visual Culture, Cambridge from 2000 to 2004 and Artistic Director of Cubitt Gallery, London from 1997 to 1999.[3]

Kalmár was a judge for the Turner Prize in 2014.[2]

Kalmár is a member of the Artistic Team for the 13th edition of Manifesta in Marseille 2020, together with Alya Sebti and Katerina Chuchalina.[4]

Education

Kalmár studied Cultural Studies at University of Hildesheim, Germany before moving to London in 1995 to continue to study Cultural and Curatorial Studies at Goldsmiths College, London.[5]

Career

ICA

Under Kalmár’s directorship, the ICA signed the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge and became an accredited Living Wage employer.[6] The ICA cinema became fully independent and live performance, theatre and literature were reintroduced to the ICA programme.[7]

In an interview published in Frieze in 2017, Kalmár outlined his future ambitions for the ICA to be an organization that revitalizes the belief and the civic responsibility of cultural institutions by trying to create an organizational structure that not only disclaims its own contradictions but actively tries to overcome them.[8]

Named in ArtReview's 2019 Power 100, Kalmár commented, 'We are in a time of crisis' in reference to Brexit and the rise of populism, and stated that 'these are times for artists to lead' regarding the announcement of Wolfgang Tillmans' appointment as Chair of the ICA's Board.[9]

Artists Space

Notable exhibitions during Kalmár’s tenure include presentations on and collaborations with artists and curators such as Chris Kraus and Julie Ault, Danh Vo, Bernadette Corporation, Cameron Rowland, Laura Poitras, Zilia Sánchez, Lukas Duwenhögger, Marc Camille Chaimowicz and The Estate of Charlotte Posenenske.[10] In a review of the Charlotte Posenenske exhibition, The New York Times art critic, Roberta Smith, wrote, 'It occurred to me that if Alfred H. Barr Jr., founding director of the Museum of Modern Art, were dropped into Mr. Kalmár’s shoes, he would have come up with something similar'.[11]

In 2016 Kalmár said that Artists Space has been increasingly involved in addressing the interplay and blurred lines between contemporary art and political practice with a focus on gentrification and how contemporary arts organisations “institutionalise antagonisms.” Artists Space and Common Practice invited artists Nitasha Dhillon and Amin Husain of the collective MTL+ to facilitate programming that would unite activist groups across the city under five “strands”: Indigenous Struggle, Black Liberation, Free Palestine, Global Wage Workers, and De-Gentrification.[12]

In 2012, Kalmár introduced a second location, Artists Space Books & Talks, which has become a platform for critical discussion in contemporary art and culture.[13]

Artists Space’s 2012 exhibition Radical Localism: Art, Video and Culture From Pueblo Nuevo’s Mexicali Rose, was described by The New York Times as ‘a small but vigorous sampling of what is emerging’ from Mexicali Rose, an alternative art space and community centre established by the filmmaker Marco Vera in Pueblo Nuevo, a working-class neighbourhood in Mexicali, a city on the Mexican side of the border with the United States.[14]

Exhibitions

Selected exhibitions organised by Kalmár at Artists Space
  • Lukas Duwenhögger: Undoolay (2016) with Raven Row[15]
  • Cameron Rowland: 91020000 (2016)[16]
  • Tom of Finland: The Pleasure of Play (2015) toured to Taidehalli, Helsinki [17]
  • Hito Steyerl (2015)[18]
  • Laura Poitras: 9/11 Trilogy (2014)[19]
  • Living with Pop: A Reproduction of Capitalism Realism with Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (2014)[20]
  • Sam Pulitzer: A Colony for “Them” (2014)[21]
  • Macho Man Tell It To My Heart: Collected by Julie Ault (2013)[22]
  • Aaron Flint Jamison (2013)[23]
  • Zilia Sánchez (2013)[24]
  • Bernadette Corporation: 2000 Wasted Years (2012) toured to ICA London[25]
  • Radical Localism: Art, Video & Culture from Pueblo’s Mexicali Rose, Curated by Chris Kraus (2012)[26]
  • Dexter Sinister: Identity (2011 - 2012)[27]
  • Anarchism Without Adjectives On the Work of Christopher D’Arcangelo 1975-1979 (2012)[28]
  • Hilary Lloyd (2011)[29]
  • Mark Morrisroe: From Tis Moment On with Fotomuseum Winterthur (2011)[30]
  • Sean Snyder (2010)[31]
  • Danh Vo: Autoerotic Asphyxiation (2010)[32]
  • Charlotte Posenenske (2010)[33]
  • Duncan Campbell: Make It New John (2010)[34]
  • Marc Camille Chaimowicz: Enough Tiranny Recalled 1972 – 2009 (2009)[35]

Selected exhibitions organised by Kalmár at Kunstverein München
  • Liam Gillick: Three perspectives and a Short Scenario (2008) with Witte de With, Kunsthalle Zürich, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago[36]
  • Allora & Calzadilla: Wake Up, Clamor, Sediments, Sentiments (Figures of Speech) In collaboration with Haus der Kunst (2008)[37]
  • Oh Girl, It’s a Boy! (2007) together with Henrik Oleson[38]
  • Wolfgang Tillmans Beugung (2007)[39]
  • The Secret Public The Last Days of the British Underground 1979 - 1989 (2006), toured to ICA London[40]
  • An American Family, in collaboration with Alan Raymond (2006)[41]
  • General Idea 1967-1995, In collaboration with Barbara Fischer & Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver (2006)[42]
  • Jeremy Deller (2005)[43]
  • Icestorm (2005)[44]

Selected exhibitions organised by Kalmár at Institute of Visual Culture
  • Wittgenstein: Family likenesses (2004)[45]
  • Tom Burr: The Screens (2003)[46]
  • No Ghost Just a Shell, In Collaboration with Kunsthalle Zürich and SF MoMA (2002-2003)[47]
  • Cognition Control: from the Archive of Stephen Willats (2002)[48]
  • Angela Bulloch: Horizontal Technicolor (2002)[49]
  • Nils Norman: Geocruiser together with South London Gallery, Venice Biennial, Ikon Gallery, Peckham Library; Galerie für Landschaftkunst Hamburg (2001)[50]
  • Jochen Klein retrospective (1999)[51]
  • Infected Culture (1998)[52]
  • Artists Groups II: KLAT (1998)[53]
  • Artists Groups I: Akademie Isotrope (1997)[53]

Selected exhibitions organised by Kalmár on a freelance basis
  • Art in the Social Welfare Office: Carsten Höller, Franz West, Peter Land, Social Welfare Office, Hanover (1996)[54]

References
  1. "Stefan Kalmár / Power 100 / ArtReview". artreview.com. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. Brown, Mark (19 September 2016). "Stefan Kalmár appointed as new director of the ICA". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. "Stefan Kalmár". MIT. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  4. Greenberger, Alex. "Manifesta Names Artistic Team for 2020 Edition in Marseille, France". Artnews. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  5. Kalmár, Stefan. "We are in a time of crisis: now is the time to assert our moral and ethical principles". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  6. Camblin, Victoria. "Société de 032c Presents: STEFAN KALMÁR". 032c. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  7. Trueman, Matt. "How the ICA is bringing performance back and wants to 'set the agenda'". The Stage. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  8. Teasdale, Paul. "In Profile: Stefan Kalmár". Frieze. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  9. "Power 100". ArtReview. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  10. Pogrebin, Robin. "Arts Import From New York to Lead ICA London". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  11. Smith, Roberta. "Hands-On Reassembly in Stripped-Down Gallery". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  12. Brown, Angela; Brown, Angela (2016-11-15). "'Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor': Artists Space Steps Out of Analysis and Into Action". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  13. "Stefan Kalmar To Succeed Gregor Muir As New ICA London Director". Artlyst. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  14. Cotter, Holland (2012-05-24). "'Radical Localism': 'Art, Video and Culture From Pueblo Nuevo's Mexicali Rose'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  15. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/lukas-duwenhogger
  16. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/cameron-rowland
  17. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/tom-of-finland
  18. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/hito-steyerl
  19. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/911-trilogy
  20. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/living-with-pop
  21. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/a-colony-for-them
  22. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/machoman
  23. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/aaron-flint-jamison
  24. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/zilia-sanchez
  25. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/bernadette-corporation
  26. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/radical-localism-2. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  27. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/identity-2
  28. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/christopher-darcangelo
  29. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/hilary-lloyd
  30. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/mark-morrisroe-from-this-moment-on
  31. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/sean-snyder
  32. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/danh-vo
  33. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/charlotte-posenenske
  34. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/make-it-new-john
  35. https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/enough-tiranny-recalled
  36. http://www.kunstverein-muenchen.de/en/program/exhibitions/archive/2008
  37. http://www.kunstverein-muenchen.de/en/program/exhibitions/archive/2008/allora-calzadilla-wake-up-clamor-sediments-sediments-figures-of-speech
  38. http://www.kunstverein-muenchen.de/en/program/exhibitions/archive/2007/oh-girl-its-a-boy
  39. http://www.kunstverein-muenchen.de/en/program/exhibitions/archive/2007/wolfgang-tillmans
  40. http://www.kunstverein-muenchen.de/en/program/exhibitions/archive/2006/hilary-lloyd
  41. http://www.kunstverein-muenchen.de/en/program/exhibitions/archive/2006/an-american-family
  42. http://www.kunstverein-muenchen.de/en/program/exhibitions/archive/2006/general-idea
  43. http://www.kunstverein-muenchen.de/en/program/exhibitions/archive/2005/jeremy-deller
  44. http://www.kunstverein-muenchen.de/en/program/exhibitions/archive/2005/icestorm
  45. Wittgenstein family likenesses ; Art & language, Peter Fischli, David Weiss, Liam Gilick, Lawrence Weiner, Cerith Wyn Evans. Institute of Visual Culture. ISBN 0947532552.
  46. Burr, Tom. Tom Burr : the screens ... 8 April - 18 May 2003. Published by Stefan Kalmár for Institute of Visual Culture. ISBN 0947532501.
  47. No ghost just a shell. Buchhandlung Walther König. ISBN 3883756644.
  48. Cognition control : from the archive of Stephen Willats. Institute of Visual Culture. ISBN 0947532358.
  49. Angela Bulloch : opening 8 September ... 10 September-13 October 2002, Institute of Visual Culture, Cambridge. Institute for Visual Culture, Fitzwilliam Museum. ISBN 0947532307.
  50. http://www.dismalgarden.com/information/cv
  51. https://www.cubittartists.org.uk/jochen-klein
  52. https://www.ropac.net/artist/marc-brandenburg
  53. https://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/andre_butzer.htm
  54. https://gagosian.com/media/artists/carsten-holler/Höller_Carsten.pdf
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