Van Abbemuseum, NL
Charles Esche is director of Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven and professor of contemporary art and curating at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London where he works with Exhibition Studies. He is a visiting professor at Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht and chair of CASCO, Utrecht.
For his secondment he will visit Dublin, Cork and Cobh. In 2023 he will investigate archives and artists that could be useful for the development of the Soils exhibition planned in 2024, dealing with topics around farming, extractivism and land use will also join the Sirius Summer School organised by Mia Lerm-Hayes from University of Amsterdam and Miguel Amado, director at Sirius Art Centre.
In June 2024 he will organise the Sirius Summer School and also spend time in Dublin with NCAD and intend to visit artists including Gerard Byrne whose work is in the Van Abbemuseum collection.
For his secondment he will visit Dublin, Cork and Cobh. In 2023 he will investigate archives and artists that could be useful for the development of the Soils exhibition planned in 2024, dealing with topics around farming, extractivism and land use will also join the Sirius Summer School organised by Mia Lerm-Hayes from University of Amsterdam and Miguel Amado, director at Sirius Art Centre.
In June 2024 he will organise the Sirius Summer School and also spend time in Dublin with NCAD and intend to visit artists including Gerard Byrne whose work is in the Van Abbemuseum collection.
Secondment destination:
NCAD national college of Art & Design Dublin (SIRIUS, Project Arts), Summer 2023 and Summer 2024
