Hans Ulrich Obrist
Hans Ulrich Obrist was born in Zurich in May 1968. He joined the Serpentine Gallery as Co-director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects in April 2006. Prior to this he was Curator of the Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris since 2000, as well as curator of museum in progress, Vienna, from 1993-2000. He has curated and co-curated over 200 solo and group exhibitions internationally since 1991, including: Take Me, I’m Yours; do it; Manifesta 1; Cities on the Move; Live/Life; Nuit Blanche; 1st Berlin Biennale; Utopia Station; 2nd Guangzhou Triennale; Dakar Biennale; 1st & 2nd Moscow Biennale; Uncertain States of America, Lyon Biennale; and Yokohama Triennale
In 2007, Hans Ulrich co-curated Il Tempo del Postino with Philippe Parreno for the Manchester International Festival. In the same year, the Van Alen Institute awarded him the New York Prize Senior Fellowship for 2007–2008. In 2008 he curated Everstill at the Lorca House in Granada, Indian Highway at the Serpentine Gallery, and was the curator for Artpace residencies in Texas.
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Sarah Morris
Hans Ulrich Obrist
Introduction
The celebrated British &mdash American visual artist Sarah Morris is photographed in her New York studio, which happens to have the best views of NYC. Sarah also speaks with Hans Ulrich Obrist, co-director of The Serpentine Gallery, London and Daniel Birnbaum, Director of Visual Arts for the Venice Biennale, about her painting process, the Beijing Olympics and the art of always saying “yes”.
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Anri Sala
Introduction
Albanian born contemporary artist, Anri Sala and Serpentine Gallery Co-Director, Hans Ulrich Obrist meet in Berlin for an early morning photo shoot in and around Hans Ulrich’s Berlin apartment.
