Beatrice Leanza
{{Short description|Italian curator}}
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Beatrice Leanza (born 1978 in Milan) is an Italian curator and museum director.
Life
Leanza graduated from Ca’Foscari University of Venice in 2002 with a MA in East Asian studies.{{Cite web |last=Nayak |first=Ananya |date=2020-12-17 |title=Beatrice Leanze: Works and Contribution |url=https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/know-your-architects/a2506-beatrice-leanze-works-and-contribution/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=RTF {{!}} Rethinking The Future |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Beatrice Leanza |url=https://www.fondation-pernod-ricard.com/en/person/beatrice-leanza |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Fondation d’entreprise Pernod Ricard}}{{Cite web |date=2020-02-14 |title=Beatrice Leanza |url=https://madelabs.it/guests/beatrice-leanza |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=MADE LABS |language=english}}
From 2002 to 2019, she lived in Beijing. She was the director of China Art Archives and Warehouse (CAAW), a gallery founded by Ai Weiwei, from 2002 until 2005. In 2006 she founded BAO Atelier. From 2013 to 2016, she was creative director of Beijing Design Week.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Beatrice Leanza |url=https://www.resite.org/speakers/beatrice-leanza |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=reSITE Shared Cities: Creative Momentum |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Beatrice Leanza {{!}} Contributors {{!}} Frieze |url=https://www.frieze.com/contributor/beatrice-leanza |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=www.frieze.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-08-07 |title=‘It Is Impossible to Simplify My Feelings About China’: Ai Weiwei on His Controversial Art, in 2006 |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/retrospective/it-is-impossible-to-simplify-my-feelings-about-china-ai-weiwei-on-his-controversial-art-in-2006-4664/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Beatrice Leanza {{!}} Salone del Mobile |url=https://www.salonemilano.it/en/autori/beatrice-leanza |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=www.salonemilano.it |language=en}}
From 2019 to 2021, she was executive director of the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon, Portugal.{{Cite web |title=Beatrice Leanza is maat’s new executive ditector |url=https://www.maat.pt/en/beatrice-leanza-maats-new-executive-ditector |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=MAAT |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Beatrice Leanza |url=https://www.dezeen.com/tag/beatrice-leanza/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Artdaily |title=Beatrice Leanza is the new Executive Director of Lisbon's Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology |url=https://artdaily.cc/news/116485/Beatrice-Leanza-is-the-new-Executive-Director-of-Lisbon-s-Museum-of-Art--Architecture-and-Technology#.ZB9Etr3MK3A |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=artdaily.cc |language=English}}{{Cite web |last=Musillo |first=Di Alessia |date=2022-07-13 |title=Beatrice Leanza sarà la nuova direttrice del MUDAC di Losanna |url=https://www.elledecor.com/it/people/a40596537/beatrice-leanza-sara-la-nuova-direttrice-del-mudac-di-losanna/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=ELLE Decor |language=it-IT}}
In 2022, she was named director for the Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts in Lausanne, Switzerland.{{Cite web |last=Iype |first=Jincy |title=Italian curator Beatrice Leanza announced as new director of mudac |url=https://www.stirworld.com/see-news-italian-curator-beatrice-leanza-announced-as-new-director-of-mudac |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=STIR Design |language=English}}{{Cite web |date=2022-07-13 |title=Beatrice Leanza, new director of mudac - mudac – mudac |url=https://mudac.ch/en/2022/07/13/beatrice-leanza-new-director-of-mudac/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=mudac.ch |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Beatrice Leanza: "Design is a tool, not an end" {{!}} Salone del Mobile |url=https://www.salonemilano.it/en/articoli/people/beatrice-leanza-design-tool-not-end |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=www.salonemilano.it |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Büchler |first=Leonie |date=2022-07-26 |title=People in design. Beatrice Leanza succeeds Chantal Prod'Hom as director of mudac |url=https://ndion.de/en/people-in-design-beatrice-leanza-succeeds-chantal-prodhom-as-director-of-mudac/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=ndion |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Maida |first=Desirée |date=2022-07-12 |title=Beatrice Leanza è la nuova direttrice del Mudac di Losanna {{!}} Artribune |url=https://www.artribune.com/progettazione/design/2022/07/beatrice-leanza-nuova-direttrice-mudac-losanna/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |language=it-IT}}
After a six-months period of trial, she was not confirmed at the direction of the museum due to strategic issues.{{Cite news |date=2023-07-04 |title=Beatrice Leanza n’est pas confirmée à la tête du Mudac - Le Temps |language=fr |url=https://www.letemps.ch/culture/arts/beatrice-leanza-n-est-pas-confirmee-a-la-tete-du-mudac |access-date=2023-07-06 |issn=1423-3967}}{{Cite web |date=2023-07-04 |title=Fin de contrat pour Beatrice Leanza – Six mois après son arrivée, la directrice du Mudac est remerciée |url=https://www.24heures.ch/la-directrice-du-mudac-est-remerciee-339596926917 |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=24 heures |language=fr}}
Works
- Ideas in Action: Critical Design Practice in China, Across Chinese Cities, 2016.
- DRIFT: Choreographing the Future, Phaidon, 2022. {{isbn|9781838661717}}
References
External links
- [https://pavilionrus.com/en/voices/beatrice-leanza Beatrice Leanza - Voices (Towards Other Institutions) #8]
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Category:Ca' Foscari University of Venice alumni