Matilde Guidelli Guidi: What Do Curators Do All Day?

About this episode

Kim Golding interviews curator Matilde Guidelli Guidi about the role of curators and their daily work at the Dia Art Foundation.

We’re back in New York! Kim sits down with Dia Art Foundation curator Matilde Guidelli Guidi. The two unpack the central question of what a curator truly is and the work that they do to take an artist’s ideas into reality. Covering Dia’s programming (encompassing both changing and permanent sites and the work of a focused group of artists across the 1960s and 70s), Kim and Matilde chat about the process of realizing works sited in the natural landscape, the complexities of pulling off year-long exhibitions, and reimagining the gallery as a discursive and community space. Finally, Matilde gives us an overview of one day in a curator’s life (and it’s jam-packed, as you might expect)! Mentions: Matilde Guidelli Guidi; Dia Art Foundation; Leslie Hewitt; Mario Merz; Senga Nengudi; Cameron Rowland; Meg Webster; Jack Whitten; Walter De Maria; Max Neuhaus; Joseph Beuys; Musée du Louvre; Paula Cooper Gallery; Whitney Museum of American Art; Artists on Artists Lecture Series; Lynne Cook; Dia:Beacon; Steve McQueen; Museum of Modern Art (MoMA); Christian Marclay; The Clock (Christian Marclay); Venice Biennale; Lucy Raven; Martine Syms; The Lightning Field (Walter De Maria); Dan Graham…

People in this episode

Host: Kim Golding

Guest: Matilde Guidelli Guidi

Topics covered

• curatorial practice
• art exhibitions
• community spaces
• artist ideas
• Dia Art Foundation
• New York art scene

Keywords

• curator
• Dia Art Foundation
• art exhibitions
• New York
• community space
• artist ideas
• 1960s art
• 1970s art

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dia Art Foundation, Musée du Louvre, Paula Cooper Gallery, Whitney Museum of American Art, Artists on Artists Lecture Series, Dia:Beacon, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Bridget Donahue Gallery

Books & works: The Clock (Christian Marclay), The Lightning Field (Walter De Maria), Bird Calls (Louise Lawler)

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