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Berta Sichel

b. 1946

Brazilian art curator and writer

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About Berta Sichel

Born 1946. Berta Sichel is a Brazilian exhibition curator.

Berta M. Sichel (born 26 October 1946) is a Brazilian curator based in the United States. A 1998 Guggenheim Fellow, she has worked as curator throughout the world, and she was director of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Department of Audio/Visuals, before becoming founder of Bureau Phi Art Agency. Biography Sichel was born on 26 October 1946 in Belo Horizonte. she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship "for a study of twenty-five years of video production by Latinos and Latin Americans." In 2000, she started working at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, where she eventually became director of their Department of Audio/Visuals. She spent twelve years at that museum before starting her own company, Bureau Phi Art Agency. In 2017, she published her book 14 artistas, with some of the work included inspired by exhibitions she curated herself.

After a brief stint as an Organization of American States Research Fellow (1990-1991), Sichel worked as an adjunct professor of media studies at The New School for Social Research (1991-1994). In 1998, she was a resident fellow at the Centre international de création vidéo in France.

Sichel worked as an art correspondent for Estado de São Paulo (1995-1998) and El Periodico del Arte (1998-1999), as well as a contributing editor for Atlántica and Flash Art. She was an editor at The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts in 1993.

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The New School for Social Research, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Berta Sichel?

Brazilian art curator and writer

When was Berta Sichel born?

Berta Sichel was born on 26 October 1946 in Belo Horizonte.

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Berta Sichel is an exhibition curator.

What nationality is Berta Sichel?

Berta Sichel is Brazilian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Berta Sichel

· Wikidata: Q85865592

· DBpedia: Berta Sichel

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