Adam Kleinman is an American curator and writer who has served as the director and chief curator of Kunsthall Trondheim since 2023.[1]

Career

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In 2004, Kleinman curated the "Arrivals" program as part of the exhibition "Terminal 5, at John F. Kennedy International Airport.[2]

In 2009, he became the curator of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and led to the development and programming of LentSpace, a temporary public art park that occupied a disused block in Downtown Manhattan.[3][4] A review inThe New York Times described the inaugural installation of sculptures as a "...[play] on the conventions of city park design or on the idea of what deserves to be classified as public art."[5]

From 2007-2008 Kleinman participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program.[6]

In 2012, Kleinman acted as Agent for Public Programming at dOCUMENTA (13).[7]

From 2013, Kleinman was editor-in-chief and adjunct curator at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art.[8] He has also served as the regional curator for North America at Kadist.[9]

Teaching and residencies

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In 2012, Kleinman participated in the International Visitor Programme run by the Office of Contemporary Art Norway.[10]

In 2013, Kleinman was a Robert Lehman Visiting Artist at the Cooper Union.[11]

In 2016, Kleinman was a fellow at the Banff International Curatorial Institute.[12]

Exhibitions and writings

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Artists centered in Kleinman's work include Pierre Huyghe,[13] Britta Marakatt-Labba,[14] Emilie Louise Gossiaux,[15] American Artist,[16][17] Gala Porras-Kim,[18] Emilija Škarnulytė,[19] Hannah Ryggen,[20] Walid Raad,[21] Rossella Biscotti,[22] Trevor Paglen,[23] John Gerrard,[24] Andros Zins-Browne and Jérôme Bel.[25] Kleinman has also interviewed the physicists Karen Barad[26] and Anton Zeilinger[27]

Recurring themes addressed by his exhibitions and articles include the history of computing, surveillance, the affordances of technology,[28][29][30][31] relations of art and politics,[32][33][34][35] as well as natural disasters and other forms of nonhuman agency.[36][37][38]

In 2022, he went on assignment for Artforum to cover the cultural response to the Russo-Ukrainian War from Kyiv.[39]

References

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  1. ^ "Adam Kleinman named director of Kunsthall Trondheim". Artforum. 2022-10-12. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  2. ^ Ho, Cathy Lang (2004). "The Architect's Newspaper" (PDF). usmodernist.org.
  3. ^ "LentSpace". e-flux. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  4. ^ Dunlap, David W. (2008-03-07). "Sculpture Park Takes Shape at the Holland Tunnel". City Room | New York Times. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  5. ^ Konigsberg, Eric. "An Art Park Sprouts (for Now) Where New Buildings Were to Grow". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Independent Study Program: 40 Years. Whitney Museum of American Art. p. 110.
  7. ^ "Adam Kleinman - The Creative Time Summit". summit.creativetime.org. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  8. ^ "Adam Kleinman - Kunstinstituut Melly". Kunstinstituut Melly. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  9. ^ "KADIST Regional Curators – Kadist". Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  10. ^ "International Visitor Programme". Office for Contemporary Art Norway. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  11. ^ "INTERDISCIPLINARY SEMINAR: Adam Kleinman". The Cooper Union. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  12. ^ "Banff International Curatorial Institute | Banff Centre". www.banffcentre.ca. 2024-07-02. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  13. ^ Vecchiarelli, Chiara (2012-01-01). "On the Reversal of Time and Space, Ali Brivanlou and Pierre Huyghe with Chiara Vecchiarelli and Adam Kleinman, dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. ^ "Fall 2016 exhibitions - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  15. ^ "Emilie Louise Gossiaux: Kinship - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  16. ^ "American Artist: The Monophobic Response". LACMA. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  17. ^ Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2022-09-26). Shaper of God: American Artist in conversation with Ayana Jamieson. Retrieved 2024-09-28 – via YouTube.
  18. ^ "Gala Porras-Kim Precipitation for an Arid Landscape". Amant. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  19. ^ Olsson, Tommy (2024-08-20). "Og lengst nede på havets bunn våkner Cthulhu". Kunstkritikk. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  20. ^ Grann, Annemona (2024-02-22). "Da amerikaneren kom til Trondheim, ble han fascinert av hvordan byen er formet av branner". adressa.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  21. ^ "Daisy Hildyard on "Tongues of Fire" - Criticism - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  22. ^ "WIELS | For the Mnemonist, S." WIELS. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  23. ^ "KADIST and e-flux present Ways of Reading Symposium - Events - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  24. ^ "John Gerrard: Neural Exchange" (PDF). LACMA.
  25. ^ "Adam Kleinman". Frame Contemporary Art Finland. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  26. ^ Barad, Karen. ""Intra-actions" (Interview of Karen Barad by Adam Kleinmann)". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  27. ^ "Mousse 34. An issue about dOCUMENTA (13) - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  28. ^ Bak Herrie, Maja (2019). "Tracing the outlier: digital objects and algorithmic sorting in Rossella Biscotti's Other". Journal of Aesthetics & Culture.
  29. ^ Ayas, Kleinman, Saelemakers, D., A., S (2015). Art in the Age of Planetary Computation. Witte de With.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  30. ^ "New York: Ways of Reading, Symposium – Kadist". Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  31. ^ ""Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration" - Criticism - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  32. ^ "XII BALTIC TRIENNIAL: "Foolishly Sharp. The Future of War," a lecture by Adam Kleinman". CAC. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  33. ^ "Hito Steyerl's "Adorno's Grey" - Criticism - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  34. ^ "e-flux lectures: Adam Kleinman,". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  35. ^ Chan, Sewell. "Urban Theory at the Down Town Club". The New York Times: City Room.
  36. ^ "Emilie Louise Gossiaux: Kinship - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  37. ^ ""Tongues of Fire" at Kunsthall Trondheim — Mousse Magazine and Publishing". www.moussemagazine.it. 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  38. ^ "Gala Porras-Kim: Precipitation for an Arid Landscape - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  39. ^ Kleinman, Adam (2022-08-02). "POLITICS BY OTHER MEANS". Artforum. Retrieved 2024-09-28.