Ruba Katrib

Ruba Katrib

From Cerebral Women Art Talks Podcast by Phyllis Hollis

June 2, 2026 · 25 min

About this episode

Ruba Katrib discusses her role as Chief Curator at MoMA PS1 and her curatorial projects.

Ep.271 Ruba Katrib is Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at MoMA PS1 in New York, where she steers the museum’s program and is a member of the leadership team. At PS1 she has curated exhibitions such as The Gatherers (2025), Ayoung Kim: Delivery Dancers Codex (2025), Sohrab Hura: Mother (2024), Rirkrit Tiravanija: A LOT OF PEOPLE (with Yasmil Raymond, 2023), Jumana Manna: Break, Take, Erase, Tally (2022), Frieda Toranzo Jaeger: Autonomous Drive (2022), Greater New York (2021), Niki de Saint Phalle: Structures for Life (2021), Simone Fattal’s retrospective in 2019, and solo shows by Edgar Heap of Birds (2019), Karrabing Collective (2019), Fernando Palma Rodríguez, and Julia Phillips (2018). From 2012–2018 she was the Curator at SculptureCenter in New York, where she organized over twenty exhibitions including 74 million million million tons (2018, co-organized with artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan) and solo shows by Carissa Rodriguez, Kelly Akashi, Sam Anderson, Teresa Burga, Nicola L., Charlotte Prodger, Rochelle Goldberg, Aki Sasamoto, Cosima von Bonin, Anthea Hamilton, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Magali Reus, Gabriel Sierra, Erika Verzutti, and David Douard. In 2018…

People in this episode

Host: Phyllis Hollis

Guest: Ruba Katrib

Topics covered

  • curatorial practices
  • art exhibitions
  • museum leadership
  • contemporary art
  • artist collaborations

Keywords

  • Ruba Katrib
  • MoMA PS1
  • curator
  • art exhibitions
  • contemporary art
  • SculptureCenter
  • SITE Santa Fe

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MoMA PS1, SculptureCenter, CCA Berlin, Topical Cream

More episodes of Cerebral Women Art Talks Podcast

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Cerebral Women Art Talks Podcast podcast page.