Magdalena Moskalewicz, PhD is an art historian, curator, and author. Her academic research mostly focuses on socialist modernism , the neo-avantgardes, and art making/reception under Communist state patronage, while in her curatorial practice, Moskalewicz collaborates with living artists to critically investigate particular histories, localities, and identities with the goal of reshaping dominant narratives. Moskalewicz worked at collecting, exhibiting, and higher education institutions internationally, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 56th Venice Biennale, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, among others, and most recently was the Chief Curator of FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial of Contemporary Art. She is a serving member of the CAA Museum Committee (2023-2026) and an editor of View: Theories and Practices of Visual Culture.
News & Recent Talks
The Aesthetics of Communist Modernity: System versus Style
July 15, 2024. Documenta Institute / Museum Fredericianum, Kassel (DE). Public lecture delivered within the series “Global Modernities?” Full series…
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Art and Female Subjectivities in Communist Europe
February 15, 112th College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference, Chicago. Panel chair. Countering the tendency to present women artists as…
Canal to Cuyahoga: Everlasting Plastics in Context
October 7, 2023. Cleveland Museum of Art. Panel discussion with the artists representing the U.S. at the 2023 Architecture Biennale in…
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