| Philippe
Pirotte, born in 1972, is an art historian, critic and curator
based in Antwerp, Belgium. Pirotte was recently appointed the new
Director of the Kunstalle Bern, a post he begins in January 2005.
Currently he is the artistic director of
objectif_exhibitions,
an Advisor at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, and a guest lecturer
at the Universities of Ghent, Maastricht
and Amsterdam. As a critic he is the Belgian correspondent to
Tema Celeste, and writes regularly for NKA Journal
of Contemporary African Art, KunstNu (magazine
of SMAK) and is co-editor of the Flemish media-magazine Andere
Sinema. For the 2001 Venice Biennial
he collaborated with Jan Hoet on the catalogue of Luc Tuyman's
exhibition at the Belgian Pavilion. Currently he is preparing
exhibitions with artists Corey McCorkle, Pedro Cabrita Reis and
Adrian Piper, as well as conducting research for a project on
dialectics of desire between African and Western worlds, that
is to be held at the Fashion Museum in Antwerp.
Mr. Pirotte was recommended by Jan Hoet, Director, MARTa
Herford,
Germany. In 2001, Mr. Hoet curated Time is Free at apexart.
 
Philippe Pirotte's fellowship talk at apexart, Wednesday, September 27, 2004
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