Writer and curator Christov-Bakargiev is interested in contemporary art and its relations with the historical avant-garde, specifically Arte Povera and its dialogue with art worldwide today. Christov- Bakargiev has entangled political commitment with an approach that offers scope to subjective utterances and expressions, and provides space for the poetic. She has privileged skepticism over predictive ideas and epistemological closures. From 1999 to 2001, she was Senior Curator at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center a MoMA affiliate. From 2002 to 2008 she was Chief Curator at the Castello di Rivoli in Turin, which she directed in 2009 prior to joining documenta full time. Moreover, in 2008 she was the Artistic Director of the 16th Biennale of Sydney, “Revolutions – Forms That Turn.” For dOCUMENTA (13), Christov-Bakargiev is assisted by a team of agents and advisors from various parts of the world, including Head of Department Chus Martínez, as well as Donna Haraway, Pierre Huyghe, Michael Taussig, Anton Zeilinger, Raimundas Malašauskas, Marta Kuzma, Andrea Viliani, Kitty Scott, Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri, amongst others.
