Talk

BFA Fine Arts presents a Visiting Artist Lecture on Zoom with Susan Hapgood, Executive Director of the International Studio & Curatorial Program in New York City.

Susan Hapgood lived in India from 2010-14, where she was the founding director of the Mumbai Art Room, Mumbai; visiting professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; and consultant to the Asia Society India Centre, Mumbai. She has a Masters of Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University, received her initial professional training at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, and worked as director of exhibitions at Independent Curators International for seven years prior to traveling to India. She has curated over 50 exhibitions, written approximately 70 journal articles, and written or edited books on varying topics in art: FluxAttitudes (Ghent: Imschoot Publishers, 1991, co-author), Neo-Dada: Redefining Art, 1958-62 (New York: Universe Books, 1994, author), Slightly Unbalanced (New York: Independent Curators International, 2008, author), In Deed: Certificates of Authenticity in Art (Amsterdam: Roma Publications, 2011, co-editor and author), Union of the Imaginary—VOTI (Istanbul: Salt Beyoglu, 2013, co-editor and essayist, e-publication), Mapping Gender: Bodies & Sexualities in Contemporary Art Across the Global South (New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2014, co-editor and essayist), and Early Bombay Photography (Ahmedabad: Mapin, 2015, author).