It can be disconcerting to fight the oppression and power imbalance in the world, including the art world. Still, it’s essential to continue and focus on growing, says Xiaoyu Weng, one of the most provocative contemporary curators and writers. Her advice to aspiring curators is to challenge authority and try their best to understand different points of view.
Based in New York, her practices focus on the impact of globalization, identity, decolonization, and the intersection of art, science, and technology. Xiaoyu Weng is coming to Romania this fall as the leader of the 5th edition of the Autumn School of Curating, a project organized by the Cluj Cultural Center in partnership with the Art Encounters Foundation from Timișoara.
The program was initiated and conducted under the ECCA (The European Centre for Contemporary Art) platform and aims to provide young curators, artists, and art critics access to an international platform for dialogue, knowledge exchange, and learning.
Discover how Xiaoyu Weng approaches this year’s theme, “For A Multitude of Futures”.
There are a few memorable moments. Coming to the United States for my graduate study and met my wonderful peers and professors; starting working for the Kadist Art Foundation and got to work with a wide range of international artists and colleagues; getting my first museum position as a curator at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and really witnessing the different ecologies and communities of the art world; deciding to leave big institutions and reconsidering the meaning, approach and impact of my work as a curator and writer.
