Verbindung zu esel.at
Following a fifteen year institutional practice that culminated in the exhibition Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970 – 1990 curator Linsey Young left the Tate to pursue a PhD and independent curatorial work. This lecture will explore that journey discussing the politics of representation and contemplating potential routes to a sustainable feminist practice.
Linsey Young is a curator and writer. Between 2016 – 2024 she held the position of Curator British Contemporary Art at Tate. In this role she delivered major exhibitions and commissions with artists such as Pablo Bronstein, Rachel Whiteread and Anthea Hamilton. Young was lead curator of the Turner Prize in 2016, 2018 and 2024 and in 2019 during a sabbatical from Tate she commissioned and curated Charlie Prodger’s solo exhibition SaF05 at the 58th Venice Biennale. In 2023 she curated the major exhibition and publication project Women In Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970 – 1990 at Tate. Young began a LAHP funded PhD at the Royal College of Art focused on British feminist art practice in September 2024 and is a member of New Curators external faculty.
Lecture: Linsey Young, Curator and Writer, London
Moderation: Luisa Ziaja, Chief Curator Belvedere, /ecm Director’s team
Please register via ecm_anmeldung@uni-ak.ac.at .
