Pip Day
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Pip Day is a Canadian/Irish/British curator and writer. She was the Director/Curator of the SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art[1] in Montreal from 2012 to 2019.[2] She is also a contributing editor to Cabinet Magazine[3] and has written independently for catalogues and journals including Art Review, Curare and Photography Quarterly. Day made a contribution to the catalogue From Conceptualism to Feminism: Lucy Lippard’s Numbers Shows 1969–74[4] where she wrote on artists' initiatives in Argentina and their influence on Lippard's developing political consciousness.
She also established the research collective El Instituto[5] which is currently headquarters in Mexico City. Since 2011 El Instituto has been operating as a non-for-profit organization exploring the invisible nature of politics concerning, "the overlap between art, culture, activism and human rights theory and practice, both locally and internationally."[6] The project which features exhibitions, workshops, conferences and other various events is sponsored by the US Embassy, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts[7] and the Patronato de Arte Contemporaneo a.c.
Education
[edit]Day obtained a master's degree in Curatorial Studies at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College and a BA in Art History from the University of Toronto
References
[edit]- ^ "SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art".
- ^ "SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art New Director".
- ^ "Cabinet Staff".
- ^ From Conceptualism to Feminism: Lucy Lippard's Numbers Shows 1969–74. Afterall. 2 November 2023. ISBN 978-1-84638-088-4.
- ^ "El Instituto".
- ^ "El Instituto".
- ^ "The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts".