Beatrice Leanza
Born1978
Milan
Alma mater
OccupationCurator, arts administrator, critic
Employer
Position heldmuseum director, creative director Edit this on Wikidata

Beatrice Leanza (born 1978 in Milan) is an Italian curator and museum director.

Life

Leanza graduated from Ca’Foscari University of Venice.[1][2][3]

From 2002 to 2019, she lived in Beijing. She was the director of China Art Archives and Warehouse (CAAW), a gallery founded by Ai Weiwei, from 2002 until 2005. In 2006 she founded BAO Atelier. From 2013 to 2016, she was creative director of Beijing Design Week.[4][5][2][6][7]

From 2019 to 2021, she was executive director of the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon, Portugal.[8][9][10][11]

In 2022, she was named director for the Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts in Lausanne, Switzerland.[12][13][14][15][16]

After a six-months period of trial, she was not confirmed at the direction of the museum due to strategic issues.[17][18]

Works

  • Ideas in Action: Critical Design Practice in China, Across Chinese Cities, 2016.
  • DRIFT: Choreographing the Future, Phaidon, 2022. ISBN 9781838661717

References

  1. ↑ Nayak, Ananya (2020-12-17). "Beatrice Leanze: Works and Contribution". RTF | Rethinking The Future. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  2. 1 2 "Beatrice Leanza". Fondation d’entreprise Pernod Ricard. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  3. ↑ "Beatrice Leanza". MADE LABS. 2020-02-14. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  4. ↑ "Beatrice Leanza". reSITE Shared Cities: Creative Momentum. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  5. ↑ "Beatrice Leanza | Contributors | Frieze". www.frieze.com. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  6. ↑ "'It Is Impossible to Simplify My Feelings About China': Ai Weiwei on His Controversial Art, in 2006". ARTnews.com. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  7. ↑ "Beatrice Leanza | Salone del Mobile". www.salonemilano.it. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  8. ↑ "Beatrice Leanza is maat's new executive ditector". MAAT. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  9. ↑ "Beatrice Leanza". Dezeen. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  10. ↑ Artdaily. "Beatrice Leanza is the new Executive Director of Lisbon's Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology". artdaily.cc. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  11. ↑ Musillo, Di Alessia (2022-07-13). "Beatrice Leanza sarà la nuova direttrice del MUDAC di Losanna". ELLE Decor (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  12. ↑ Iype, Jincy. "Italian curator Beatrice Leanza announced as new director of mudac". STIR Design. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  13. ↑ "Beatrice Leanza, new director of mudac - mudac – mudac". mudac.ch. 2022-07-13. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  14. ↑ "Beatrice Leanza: "Design is a tool, not an end" | Salone del Mobile". www.salonemilano.it. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  15. ↑ Büchler, Leonie (2022-07-26). "People in design. Beatrice Leanza succeeds Chantal Prod'Hom as director of mudac". ndion. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  16. ↑ Maida, Desirée (2022-07-12). "Beatrice Leanza è la nuova direttrice del Mudac di Losanna | Artribune" (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  17. ↑ "Beatrice Leanza n'est pas confirmée à la tête du Mudac - Le Temps" (in French). 2023-07-04. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  18. ↑ "Fin de contrat pour Beatrice Leanza – Six mois après son arrivée, la directrice du Mudac est remerciée". 24 heures (in French). 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
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