Justine Ludwig
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{{Infobox person
| name = Justine Ludwig
| title = Executive Director of Creative Time
| alma_mater = Goldsmiths, University of London (MA)
Colby College (BA)
| occupation = Director, curator and writer
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Justine Ludwig is a director, curator, and writer. She is the Executive Director of Creative Time, an arts non-profit based in New York.
Education
Ludwig has an MA in Global Arts from Goldsmiths University of London and a BA in Art with a concentration in Art History from Colby College.{{Cite web|url=https://glasstire.com/2018/03/29/creative-time-names-justine-ludwig-as-executive-director/|title=Creative Time Names Justine Ludwig as Executive Director|date=29 March 2018}}
Career
Ludwig was the Chief Curator and Deputy Director of Dallas Contemporary from 2015 to 2018.{{Cite web |date=2018-03-29 |title=After a Lengthy Search, Creative Time Taps a Texas Museum Leader for Its Top Post |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/justine-ludwig-executive-director-creative-time-1256567 |access-date=2020-04-07 |website=artnet News |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Moynihan |first=Colin |date=2018-03-29 |title=New Creative Time Leader From Dallas Contemporary |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/arts/design/creative-time-executive-director-justine-ludwig.html |access-date=2020-07-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} In Dallas, she exhibited artists such as Pia Camil, Paola Pivis, Bani Abidi and Nadia Kaabi-Linke,{{Cite web |last=Smart |first=Lauren |date=2015-09-18 |title=10 Brilliant Dallas Women: Justine Ludwig Brings an International Art Perspective to Curation |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/10-brilliant-dallas-women-justine-ludwig-brings-an-international-art-perspective-to-curation-7605801 |access-date=2020-04-08 |website=Dallas Observer}} which earned mention in W Magazine.Zhong, Fan. "Who's Next." W Magazine. October 2016. Print.
In Dallas, Ludwig helped establish the city as an emerging art capital, describing Dallas as "a city in a state of becoming."{{Cite web |date=2017-04-07 |title=Justine Ludwig Is a Champion for Change |url=https://www.culturedmag.com/justine-ludwig/ |access-date=2020-04-08 |website=Cultured Magazine |language=en-US}} She curated Future Worlds, the 2018 iteration of Aurora, a public art event that transformed downtown Dallas into an open-air hub for installation, light, and sound art.{{Cite web |title=Justine Ludwig — AURORA {{!}} LIGHT VIDEO SOUND BIENNIAL |url=https://dallasaurora.com/Justine-Ludwig |access-date=2020-04-08 |website=dallasaurora.com |language=en}}{{Primary source inline|date=July 2020}} The exhibition featured artists dealing with climate change, automation, and political unrest.{{Cite web |last=Smart |first=Lauren |date=2018-11-05 |title=It was rain and shine at Dallas Aurora, where artists tackled issues of political unrest, automation and climate change |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/visual-arts/2018/11/05/it-was-rain-and-shine-at-dallas-aurora-where-artists-tackled-issues-of-political-unrest-automation-and-climate-change/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2020-04-08 |website=Dallas News |language=en}}
Previously, Ludwig was assistant and adjunct curator at Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati. Ludwig also held posts at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, the Colby College Museum of Art, and the MIT List Visual Arts Center.
Currently, Ludwig is the Executive Director at Creative Time, and New York arts non-profit. She was responsible for organizing the Emerging Artist Open Call program, which invites emerging artists from New York City to work with Creative Time to realize their first exhibition. Its first iteration was The Privilege of Escape by Risa Puno.{{Cite news|last=Steinhauer|first=Jillian|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/arts/design/escape-room-creative-time.html|title=An Escape Room Where You Can't Escape Your Privilege|date=2019-07-23|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} At the organization, she has focused on socially engaged artwork, such as Jenny Holzer's 2019 VIGIL, which projected gun violence testimonies onto the buildings of Rockefeller Center.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/gallery/jenny-holzer-rockefeller-center-gun-violence/|title=Jenny Holzer's Powerful Gun Violence Projections Confront Rockefeller Center|website=W Magazine {{!}} Women's Fashion & Celebrity News|date=13 October 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-08}}{{Failed verification|date=July 2020|reason=source does not mention Ludwig}}
Ludwig has curated projects with Shilpa Gupta, Kiki Smith, Pedro Reyes, Laercio Rendondo, Paola Pivi, Ambreen Butt, and Anila Quayyum Agha.{{Cite web|url=http://creativetime.org/about/staff/justine-ludwig/|title=Justine Ludwig|website=Creative Time|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}}{{Primary source inline|date=July 2020}}
Her writing has been published in Whitehot Magazine,{{Cite web|url=https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/fire-contemporary-art-from-pakistan/1987|title=December 2009, Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art From Pakistan|website=Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}}{{Primary source inline|date=July 2020}} Patron Magazine,{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} and affidavit.{{Cite web|url=https://www.affidavit.art/articles/performative-violence|title=Performative Violence and Its Image {{!}} Affidavit {{!}} Justine Ludwig|website=Affidavit|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}}{{Primary source inline|date=July 2020}}
Her research interests include the intersections of aesthetics, architecture, violence, economics, and globalization.Apostol, Corina L.; Thompson, Nato (2019-10-11). Making Another World Possible: 10 Creative Time Summits, 10 Global Issues, 100 Art Projects. Routledge. {{ISBN|978-0-429-88939-4}}.
Awards and recognition
In 2016, Artsy named Ludwig one of 'The 20 Most Influential Young Curators in the United States'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-the-20-most-influential-young-curators-in-the-united-states|title=The 20 Most Influential Young Curators in the United States|last=Gotthardt|first=Alexxa|date=2016-10-25|website=Artsy|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}} In 2019, Town & Country included Ludwig in its list of '102 people who will be invited everywhere this season'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a28520926/ultimate-social-guest-list-september-cover/|title=These 102 People Will Be Invited to Every Party This Season|author=The Editors|date=2019-08-01|website=Town & Country|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}}