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ABOUT

Jurriaan Benschop is a Dutch writer and curator who is based in Athens and Berlin. His book Why Painting Works (2023) navigates the diverse landscape of contemporary painting. For his previous book Salt in the Wound he traveled across the European continent, to speak with contemporary artists about their work and artistic roots.

He contributes on a regular basis to The Brooklyn Rail, to Arterritory and Artforum.

His essays are published in exhibition catalogs (from Museum Voorlinden, Kröller-Müller Museum, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Sprengel Museum Hannover ) and artists’ books (among them Natascha Schmitten, Nikos Aslanidis, Veronika Hilger, Lara de Moor and Angelika Trojnarski).

Among the exhibitions he curated are Wo Man Sich Trifft (Emsdettener Kunstverein, 2023), Taking Root at KIT Düsseldorf (2019-20), Content is a Glimpse (2018-19) at Efremidis Berlin, Re: Imagining Europe (2017) at Box Freiraum Berlin, A Matter of Touch (2020) at Kunsthaus Torstrasse 111 in Berlin and A Grammar of Gestures (2021-22) at Kourd Gallery in Athens.

As a visiting lecturer he traveled to art schools in Europe and the USA , offering talks, critiques and writing workshops. He has visited Indiana University in Bloomington, University of Arkansas in Fayettville, University of Chicago, University of South Carolina in Aiken, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, the University of the Arts in Helsinki, the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn and the Art Academy of Latvia in Riga.

Upcoming art school visit: EKA Tallinn, February 2025

Upcoming public talk: Zuzeum, Riga, March 2025