Alexie Glass-Kantor
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Alexie Glass-Kantor is an Australian curator. Since 2025, she has served as Executive Director, Curatorial at Art Dubai Group. From 2013 until 2024, she held the position of executive director of Artspace Visual Arts Centre in Sydney.[1][2][3]
Glass-Kantor worked as curator for ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) in Melbourne from 2002 to 2005. In 2005, she worked as Curator-in-Residence at Ssamzie Space, Seoul.[1] From 2005 until 2013, she held the position of Director and Senior Curator at Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne.[4][5] During this time, she formed part of the curatorial team of the 7th International Santa Fe Biennale in 2008, and in 2012, with Natasha Bullock, Glass-Kantor co-curated Parallel Collisions, the 12th Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide, South Australia.[6][7] She served on the board of the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) from 2010 to 2014, and since 2015, she has been the chair of Contemporary Art Organisations Australia (CAOA).[8][9]
In December 2013, she was appointed executive director of Artspace, in Sydney's Woolloomooloo. In a 2013 interview with Ocula Magazine, Glass-Kantor said that a goal during her tenure at Artspace was to engage in collaborative projects alongside fellow institutions in the Asia-Pacific region.[1] Since 2015, Glass-Kantor has been the curator for Art Basel Hong Kong’s Encounters section, the sector dedicated to large-scale installations.[10][11][12] International exhibitions Glass-Kantor has curated during her time as Artspace Executive Director include Nicholas Mangan: Ancient Lights, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK (2015),[13][14] Angelica Mesiti: Relay League at Art Sonje, Seoul, South Korea (2019),[15] Taloi Havini: Reclamation at Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh (2020),[16] 경로를 재탐색합니다 UN/LEARNING AUSTRALIA at Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea (2021),[17] and Jonathan Jones: untitled (transcriptions of country) at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2021).[18][19] Following the success of the multimillion-dollar redevelopment that secured the future of Artspace for the next 35 years,[20] she left the post in September 2024.[21]
In 2022, Glass-Kantor curated Marco Fusinato: Desastres at the Australian Pavilion at the 59th La Biennale di Venezia.[22][23][24][25] The Washington Post selected the Australian Pavilion as one of the best three at the 2022 Biennale,[26] although Glass-Kantor explained that she and Fusinato were "much more interested in proposition, in open-ended speculation, in confrontation and giving people the space and agency to decide for themselves, if they do or don't like something, what that means for them."[27] Similarly, Ocula Magazine wrote "People either love or hate this pavilion ... At least they felt something so strongly as to articulate a thought."[28] The exhibition welcomed around 2,000 visitors per day.[29]
In April 2025, Glass-Kantor was appointed as Executive Director, Curatorial at Art Dubai Group. In this newly created leadership role, she leads the Group’s artistic vision and curatorial strategy across all its platforms.[30] Her appointment marked a strategic expansion of Art Dubai Group’s curatorial programming and international collaborations.[3]
Personal life
Glass-Kantor was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and spent her childhood living in Regional NSW.[31] She holds a Bachelor of Art Theory (Hons) degree from the University of New South Wales (then the College of Fine Arts) with majors in photography and English literature.[29] Her dissertation was marked by Nick Waterlow, who later mentored her.[31]
References
- 1 2 3 Dickie, Anna (2013). "Alexie Glass-Kantor in conversation with Anna Dickie". Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ↑ Fairley, Gina (25 March 2022). "How to grow a small to medium arts organisation". ArtsHub Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- 1 2 "Art Dubai Group Announces Senior Leadership Appointments". Art Dubai. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ↑ Rainforth, Dylan (26 July 2011). "Don't fear projection, embrace it". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ "'You promised me…' Group exhibition at Anna Schwartz Gallery". Vogue Living Australia. NewsLifeMedia. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ↑ Rainforth, Dylan (3 April 2012). "Wandering between the lines". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ "Art Gallery of South Australia : Exhibitions : Adelaide Biennial".
- ↑ "Chair of CAOA Alexia Glass-Kantor speaks…". Regional Arts Australia. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ↑ "About". Contemporary Arts Organisations Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ↑ Cascone, Sarah (9 July 2014). "Art Basel in Hong Kong Hires Alexie Glass-Kantor as Encounters Curator". Artnet News. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ "ArtAsiaPacific: Changes at Art Basel Hong Kong Ahead of 2023 Edition". artasiapacific.com. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ "Curator Alexie Glass-Kantor on learning from artists". Art Basel. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ "Nicholas Mangan – Chisenhale Gallery". Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ "Nicholas Mangan "Ancient Lights" at Chisenhale Gallery, London — Mousse Magazine and Publishing". www.moussemagazine.it. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ "Angelica Mesiti at Art Sonje Center, Seoul". Contemporary Art Library. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ Mahendru, Radha (21 February 2020). "Dhaka Art Summit 2020: Seismic Movements".
- ↑ "경로를 재탐색합니다 UN/LEARNING AUSTRALIA". Artist Profile. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ "Untitled (Transcriptions of Country) – Jonathan Jones, Artspace". 2020.
- ↑ "Jonathan Jones - Palais de Tokyo". palaisdetokyo.com. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ Article, Vivienne Chow ShareShare This (27 September 2023). "Australia's Artspace Reopens After a Multi-Million Dollar Revamp, Aiming to Play a Bigger Role in Asia-Pacific's Contemporary Art Scene". Artnet News. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ↑ Article, Vivienne Chow ShareShare This (30 August 2024). "Australian Curator Alexie Glass-Kantor Departs Sydney's Artspace". Artnet News. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ↑ Fairley, Gina (25 February 2022). "Set to repel audiences, Australia goes bold for Venice". ArtsHub Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ "'Most people won't like my work': Marco Fusinato, artist representing Australia at the Venice Biennale, reveals pavilion plans". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ "Faraway, so close #1: Solitude with Yvette Coppersmith and Alexie Glass-Kantor". Art Guide Australia. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ Morris, Linda (24 February 2022). "Australian artist ready to challenge audiences at Venice Biennale". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ Smee, Sebastian (25 April 2022). "Perspective | A great Venice Biennale unfolds, against all the odds". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ "Why you should care about the Australian artist who's playing for 200 days straight in Venice". ABC News. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ "Venice Biennale Pavilion Highlights: Arsenale and Giardini".
- 1 2 Riches, Emily (7 July 2022). "Alexie Glass-Kantor on curating beautiful disasters | Truly Aus". Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ↑ "5 Questions With Curator Alexie Glass-Kantor on Her First Dubai Art Week—and the Power of Art to Transcend Borders". Artnet News. 18 April 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- 1 2 Rocca, Jane (4 June 2022). "After the shock loss of her mentor, this art curator holds three values close". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 September 2023.