Jens Hoffmann

 
Jens Hoffmann (born 1974 in San Jose, Costa Rica) is a writer, exhibition maker, and educator. He currently is Deputy Director of The Jewish Museum, New York. He has published widely in journals and museum publications and has written over 200 texts on art and exhibition making over the last 15 years. His most recent books include “The Studio” (2012), as well as “Show Time: A History of Exhibitions” (2014). He is the founder and editor of “The Exhibitionist: Journal on Exhibition Making.” Most recently he co-curated the 9th Shanghai Biennial (2012/13) and the 12th Istanbul Biennial (2011).
 
Jens Hoffmann - In the Meantime - Speculations on Art, Curating, and Exhibitions
2020
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
An anthology of texts by the influential American critic and curator. The publication includes essays on artists, exhibitions, and curating, catalogue texts, and interviews.
Jens Hoffmann - (Curating) From Z to A
2019
English edition
JRP|Editions - Hapax
An idiosyncratic investigation of curatorial practice.
Jens Hoffmann - Theater of Exhibitions
2015
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
Theater of Exhibitions analyzes “art after the end of art,” questioning whether inherited frameworks of making, theorizing, and exhibiting art still apply to contemporary practice.
Jens Hoffmann - (Curating) From A to Z
2014
English edition
JRP|Editions - Hapax
sold out
Curating A-Z.


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