Adam Carr (curator)
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Adam Carr is a curator
Curator
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 and writer
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 He was recently a guest curator for Castello di Rivoli, Museum of Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy.

Previously he has worked for Institute of Contemporary Arts
Institute of Contemporary Arts
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, London, (2005 as a guest curator and 2006 as an advisor and writer for Beck's Futures
Beck's Futures
Beck's Futures was a British art prize founded by London's Institute of Contemporary Arts and sponsored by Beck's beer given to contemporary artists....

). From 2006 to 2007, he was an adjunct curator for Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, and later in 2007 he became a visiting professor at Oslo National Academy of the Arts
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
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, Norway. He was one of the curators of Artissima art fair, Turin, serving as a curator for the fair's Present Future section and curating the exhibition THE STORE. He is editor in chief
Editor in chief
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 of Archive Journal, published by Archive Books. He is currently authoring Secrets, a book exhibition published by Mousse (Milan).

Exhibitions

He recently curated the exhibition Exhibition, Exhibition, for Castello di Rivoli, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rivoli, Turin, and, among others, he is currently organising the exhibition An Incomplete History of Incomplete Works of Art for Francesca Minini, Milan and Checklist which will be featured in the upcoming issue of Mousse Magazine. Previously, he has curated a number of exhibitions including,SATURDAY (Berlin, 2010); Gallery, Galerie, Galleria (Turin, 2010); In Print (e-flux, New York, 2010); Out Of Sight (Mexico City, and Naples, 2008); Library (Berlin, 2008); THE STORE (Vilnius, 2008 & Turin, 2009); WithOut (Paris 2007/08); The Moment You Realise You Are Lost (Berlin, 2007); Some Time Waiting (Paris, 2007); The Show Will Be Open When The Show Will Be Closed (London, and Paris, 2006); Just For One Day (Paris, 2006); En Route: Via Another Route (Trans-Siberian train: Moscow to Beijing, 2005); Post Notes (London, and Minneapolis, 2005); and Between Projects: A Solo Exhibition by Mungo Thomson (Paris, 2007).

Publications

In addition to his role as editor in chief
Editor in chief
An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...

 of Archive Journal, he is a regular, contributing writer for Flash Art and Mousse Magazine.
He has written texts for numerous other art publications including Afterall
Afterall
Afterall is a nonprofit contemporary art research and publishing organisation. It is based in London, at Central St Martins College of Art & Design....

, Aprior, CIEL VARIABLE, File Magazine, Flash Art (Italia), Janus Magazine, Kaleidoscope, Neue Review, W [Art], Spike Art Quarterly, UOVO and Newspaper Jan Mot.

Monographic texts he has written include those on the work of Jonathan Monk, Robert Barry, Andreas Slominski, Nina Beier and Marie Lund, Nina Beier, Louise Lawler, Tris Vonna-Michell, Angela Bulloch, Jason Dodge, Dexter Sinister, Rodney Graham, Mandla Reuter, Gintaras Didziapetris, Hannah Rickards, Flávia Müller Medeiros, Tobias Rehberger, Danh Vo, Dan Rees, Simon Fujiwara, and Mungo Thomson.

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