Philippe Van Cauteren Author & Editor

Since 2004 Philippe Van Cauteren has been the artistic director of the S.M.A.K. Ghent. Under his direction many international exhibitions have been organised, including Lois Weinberger (2006), Kendell Geers (2007), Paul McCarthy (2008), Dara Birnbaum (2009), Joachim Koester (2012), Maria Nordman (2013), Thomas Ruff (2014), Berlinde De Bruyckere (2015), and Nairy Baghramian (2016). Philippe Van Cauteren is an internationally renowned curator. During the 55th Venice Biennial he co-curated the much praised exhibition 'Kleupelhout-Cripplewood' of Berlinde De Bruyckere at the Belgian pavilion. In 2015 Van Cauteren was appointed by the RUYA Foundation to curate the Iraqi pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennial . In 2017 he was invited by the Siddharta Arts Foundation to curate an exhibition for the Kathmandu Triennial. Philippe Van Cauteren has been a freelance curator and art critic in Germany, Mexico, Chile and Brazil. He writes about contemporary art on a regular basis and gives lectures in Belgium and abroad.