Alexie Glass-Kantor

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.{{Cite news |last=Dickie |first=Anna |date=2013 |title=Alexie Glass-Kantor in conversation with Anna Dickie |url=https://ocula.com/magazine/conversations/alexie-glass-kantor/ |access-date=2023-09-10}} From 2005 until 2013, she held the position of Director and Senior Curator at Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne.{{Cite web |last=Rainforth |first=Dylan |date=2011-07-26 |title=Don't fear projection, embrace it |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/dont-fear-projection-embrace-it-20110726-1hybk.html |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}{{cite web |date=19 October 2013 |title='You promised me…' Group exhibition at Anna Schwartz Gallery |url=https://www.vogue.com.au/vogue-living/arts/you-promised-me-group-exhibition-at-anna-schwartz-gallery/news-story/34da514dd02395669ffcaee9c1acfafd |access-date=10 November 2018 |work=Vogue Living Australia |publisher=NewsLifeMedia}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Rainforth |first=Dylan |date=2012-04-03 |title=Wandering between the lines |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/wandering-between-the-lines-20120403-1wanb.html |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Art Gallery of South Australia : Exhibitions : Adelaide Biennial |url=https://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/agsa/home/Exhibitions/Past_Exhibitions/2012/2012_Adelaide_Biennial.html |publisher=}} 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).{{Cite web |date=19 September 2019 |title=Chair of CAOA Alexia Glass-Kantor speaks… |url=https://regionalarts.com.au/blog/chair-of-caoa-alexia-glass-kantor-speaks-with-regional-arts-australia |access-date=2021-03-11 |website=Regional Arts Australia}}{{cite web |title=About |url=https://caoa.com.au/about/ |access-date=12 March 2022 |website=Contemporary Arts Organisations Australia}}

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. Since 2015, Glass-Kantor has been the curator for Art Basel Hong Kong’s Encounters section, the sector dedicated to large-scale installations.{{Cite web |last=Cascone |first=Sarah |date=2014-07-09 |title=Art Basel in Hong Kong Hires Alexie Glass-Kantor as Encounters Curator |url=https://news.artnet.com/market/art-basel-in-hong-kong-hires-alexie-glass-kantor-as-encounters-curator-57705 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=ArtAsiaPacific: Changes at Art Basel Hong Kong Ahead of 2023 Edition |url=https://artasiapacific.com/news/changes-at-art-basel-hong-kong-ahead-of-2023-edition |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=artasiapacific.com}}{{Cite web |title=Curator Alexie Glass-Kantor on learning from artists |url=https://www.artbasel.com/stories/alexie-glass-kantor-encounters-art-basel-hong-kong-2023 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Art Basel |language=en}} International exhibitions Glass-Kantor has curated during her time as Artspace Executive Director include Nicholas Mangan: Ancient Lights, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK (2015),{{Cite web |title=Nicholas Mangan – Chisenhale Gallery |url=https://chisenhale.org.uk/artists/nicholas-mangan/ |access-date=2023-09-11}}{{Cite web |date=2015-08-08 |title=Nicholas Mangan "Ancient Lights" at Chisenhale Gallery, London — Mousse Magazine and Publishing |url=https://www.moussemagazine.it/magazine/mangan-chisenhale-london-2015 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=www.moussemagazine.it |language=en-US}} Angelica Mesiti: Relay League at Art Sonje, Seoul, South Korea (2019),{{Cite web |title=Angelica Mesiti at Art Sonje Center, Seoul |url=https://www.contemporaryartlibrary.org/project/angelica-mesiti-at-art-sonje-center-seoul-15842 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Contemporary Art Library |language=en}} Taloi Havini: Reclamation at Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh (2020),{{Cite news |last=Mahendru |first=Radha |date=21 February 2020 |title=Dhaka Art Summit 2020: Seismic Movements |url=https://ocula.com/magazine/features/dhaka-art-summit-2020/}} 경로를 재탐색합니다 UN/LEARNING AUSTRALIA at Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea (2021),{{Cite web |date=2022-01-26 |title=경로를 재탐색합니다 UN/LEARNING AUSTRALIA |url=https://artistprofile.com.au/%EA%B2%BD%EB%A1%9C%EB%A5%BC-%EC%9E%AC%ED%83%90%EC%83%89%ED%95%A9%EB%8B%88%EB%8B%A4-un-learning-australia/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Artist Profile |language=en-US}} and Jonathan Jones: untitled (transcriptions of country) at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2021).{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Untitled (Transcriptions of Country) – Jonathan Jones, Artspace |url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/people-to-people/public-diplomacy/acdgp/grantees/2020-acdgp-grantees-2/untitled-transcriptions-country-jonathan-jones-artspace}}{{Cite web |title=Jonathan Jones - Palais de Tokyo |url=https://palaisdetokyo.com/en/exposition/jonathan-jones/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=palaisdetokyo.com |language=en-US}} Following the success of the multimillion-dollar redevelopment that secured the future of Artspace for the next 35 years,{{Cite web |last=Article |first=Vivienne Chow ShareShare This |date=2023-09-27 |title=Australia's Artspace Reopens After a Multi-Million Dollar Revamp, Aiming to Play a Bigger Role in Asia-Pacific's Contemporary Art Scene |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/australia-artspace-reopens-bigger-role-in-asia-pacific-2368208 |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}} she left the post in September 2024.{{Cite web |last=Article |first=Vivienne Chow ShareShare This |date=2024-08-30 |title=Australian Curator Alexie Glass-Kantor Departs Sydney's Artspace |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/alexie-glass-kantor-steps-down-artspace-2529383 |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}

In 2022, Glass-Kantor curated Marco Fusinato: Desastres at the Australian Pavilion at the 59th La Biennale di Venezia.{{Cite web |last=Fairley |first=Gina |date=2022-02-25 |title=Set to repel audiences, Australia goes bold for Venice |url=https://www.artshub.com.au/news/features/set-to-repel-audiences-australia-goes-bold-for-venice-2533284/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=ArtsHub Australia |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |date=2022-02-25 |title='Most people won't like my work': Marco Fusinato, artist representing Australia at the Venice Biennale, reveals pavilion plans |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/02/25/most-people-wont-like-my-work-marco-fusinato-artist-representing-australia-at-the-venice-biennale-unveils-pavilion-plans |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events}}{{Cite web|date=2020-05-08 |title=Faraway, so close #1: Solitude with Yvette Coppersmith and Alexie Glass-Kantor |url=https://artguide.com.au/faraway-so-close-1-solitude-with-yvette-coppersmith-and-alexie-glass-kantor/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Art Guide Australia |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Linda |date=2022-02-24 |title=Australian artist ready to challenge audiences at Venice Biennale |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/australian-artist-ready-to-challenge-audiences-at-venice-biennale-20220223-p59z5r.html |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}} The Washington Post selected the Australian Pavilion as one of the best three at the 2022 Biennale,{{Cite news |last=Smee |first=Sebastian |date=2022-04-25 |title=Perspective {{!}} A great Venice Biennale unfolds, against all the odds |language=en-US |work=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/04/22/venice-biennale-2022/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |issn=0190-8286}} 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."{{Cite news |date=2022-05-15 |title=Why you should care about the Australian artist who's playing for 200 days straight in Venice |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-16/venice-biennale-australia-marco-fusinato-contemporary-art/101059936 |access-date=2023-09-11}} Similarly, Ocula Magazine wrote "People either love or hate this pavilion ... At least they felt something so strongly as to articulate a thought."{{Cite web |title=Venice Biennale Pavilion Highlights: Arsenale and Giardini |url=https://ocula.com/magazine/insights/59th-venice-biennale-pavilion-highlights/}} The exhibition welcomed around 2,000 visitors per day.{{Cite web |last=Riches |first=Emily |date=2022-07-07 |title=Alexie Glass-Kantor on curating beautiful disasters {{!}} Truly Aus |url=https://www.trulyaus.com/curator-alexie-glass-kantor/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |language=en-AU}}

Glass-Kantor was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and spent her childhood living in Regional NSW.{{Cite web |last=Rocca |first=Jane |date=2022-06-04 |title=After the shock loss of her mentor, this art curator holds three values close |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/after-the-shock-loss-of-her-mentor-this-art-curator-holds-three-values-close-20220531-p5aq0s.html |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}} 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. Her dissertation was marked by Nick Waterlow, who later mentored her.

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