Ralph Rugoff

Ralph Rugoff OBE (born 12 January 1957) is an American-born curator, the director of London's Hayward Gallery since 2006, and the curator of the Venice Biennale in 2019.^[2]

Ralph Rugoff OBE
Born	12 January 1957[1] New York City, US
Education	Brown University
Occupation	Curator
Known for	Curator of the 2019 Venice Biennale
Title	Director of London's Hayward Gallery
Term	2006-

Rugoff was born in New York City to a psychoanalyst, Evangeline Peterson, and Donald Rugoff, the film distributor and movie theater owner profiled in a 2019 film Searching for Mr. Rugoff.^[3][4] He studied semiotics at Brown University.^[4]

Rugoff was director of the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco for nearly six years, before becoming the director of London's Hayward Gallery.^[3]

Rugoff was artistic director of the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019.^[5]

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to art.^[6]

References

1. lccn.loc.gov: Rugoff, Ralph, 1957-
2. "ArtReview Power 100, 2019, #40: Ralph Rugoff". ArtReview. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
3. Veltman, Chloe (12 June 2006). "Interview: Ralph Rugoff, Hayward Gallery director". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
4. Sooke, Alastair (10 June 2013). "Ralph Rugoff: 'Tate Modern is like the Bluewater shopping centre'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
5. "Ralph Rugoff appointed curator of the 58th Venice Biennale". artreview.com. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
6. "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B14.

Further reading

• Harris, Gareth (August 13, 2020). "Why Jeff Koons is so difficult to please, the strange Venice Biennale selection process and which collector is a game changer". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved August 22, 2020.