A member of the
Russian Academy of Fine Arts, she received her doctoral degree in art history, specializing in Russian art of the 20th century and Russian
contemporary art. She has worked as a senior curator at the State
Tretyakov Gallery, art columnist at the Russian daily newspaper
Kommersant, and senior editor from 2008 to 2012 at an independent online magazine dedicated to art news, art criticism, and cultural analysis—www.openspace.ru/art. She is a regular contributor to international art journals and magazines such as
Artforum,
frieze, and
e-flux magazine. She has taught at the
European University at Saint Petersburg and the
Alexander Rodchenko School of Photography and New Media in Moscow and held guest professorships at various American and European universities. In 2013, she was Artistic Director of the first Bergen Assembly in Norway. In 2014, she was appointed Artistic Director of Academy of the Arts of the World, Cologne. In 2017, she was appointed Director and Chief Curator of
Steirischer Herbst, Graz. == Curated exhibitions ==