Helena Kontova
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Helena Kontova is an art critic and curator born on November 16, 1955 in Prague
, Czech Republic
. She has lived in Milan, Italy since 1977 and has been the editor of Flash Art International since 1979. She is also a co-founder and director, together with Giancarlo Politi
, of the Prague Biennale (first edition 2003).
With a BA in Art History and History from the Charles University in Prague she proceeded in her studies on Czech and Italian futurism
at the Statale in Milan, Italy.
In 2004 she founded a private art foundation in Prague, Nadace Prague Biennale. Every two years she directs Prague Biennale, a Biennal of emerging artists that concentrates each time on different social and geographical aspects.
She participated in numerous symposia and has conducted interviews with artists such as Jeff Koons
, Maurizio Cattelan
, Marina Abramovic
, Vanessa Beecroft
, Shirin Neshat
, Francesco Vezzoli, Gian Marco Montesano, and Michelangelo Pistoletto
.
Aperto'93 at Venice Biennale LINK
Audience 0,01 (Trevi Flash Art Museum, 1994) / LINK
2000 Fuori Uso, Pescara (Italy), 2001 Tirana Biennale 1
2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 Prague Biennale section of Expanded Painting
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. She has lived in Milan, Italy since 1977 and has been the editor of Flash Art International since 1979. She is also a co-founder and director, together with Giancarlo Politi
Giancarlo Politi
Giancarlo Politi is the founder of Flash Art Magazine.-Magazine:In 1967 he moved to Rome, where he started his own art magazine, called Flash, and then changed it to Flash Art...
, of the Prague Biennale (first edition 2003).
With a BA in Art History and History from the Charles University in Prague she proceeded in her studies on Czech and Italian futurism
Futurism (art)
Futurism was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It emphasized and glorified themes associated with contemporary concepts of the future, including speed, technology, youth and violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane and the industrial city...
at the Statale in Milan, Italy.
In 2004 she founded a private art foundation in Prague, Nadace Prague Biennale. Every two years she directs Prague Biennale, a Biennal of emerging artists that concentrates each time on different social and geographical aspects.
She participated in numerous symposia and has conducted interviews with artists such as Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons
Jeffrey "Jeff" Koons is an American artist known for his reproductions of banal objects—such as balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror finish surfaces....
, Maurizio Cattelan
Maurizio Cattelan
Maurizio Cattelan is an Italian artist based in New York. He is known for his satirical sculptures, particularly La Nona Ora , depicting the Pope John Paul II struck down by a meteorite....
, Marina Abramovic
Marina Abramovic
Marina Abramović is a Belgrade-born New York-based Serbian performance artist who began her career in the early 1970s. Active for over three decades, she has recently begun to describe herself as the “grandmother of performance art.” Abramović's work explores the relationship between performer and...
, Vanessa Beecroft
Vanessa Beecroft
Vanessa Beecroft is an Italian contemporary artist living in Los Angeles.-Artistic practice:Beecroft's work is a fusion of conceptual issues and aesthetic concerns, focusing on large-scale performance art, usually involving live female models...
, Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat شیرین نشاط is an Iranian visual artist who lives in New York. She is known primarily for her work in film, video and photography.-Background:Neshat's parents were upper middle-class...
, Francesco Vezzoli, Gian Marco Montesano, and Michelangelo Pistoletto
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Michelangelo Pistoletto is an Italian painter, action and object artist, and art theorist. Pistoletto is acknowledged as one of the main representatives of the Italian Arte Povera...
.
Activities
Most significant curatorial activities:Aperto'93 at Venice Biennale LINK
Audience 0,01 (Trevi Flash Art Museum, 1994) / LINK
2000 Fuori Uso, Pescara (Italy), 2001 Tirana Biennale 1
2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 Prague Biennale section of Expanded Painting