Curator and critic exchange with the Phileas Austria

Amira Ben Saoud

Functie: Culture editor of Der Standard Land: the Netherlands Bezoekperiode: 11 - 15 september Bezoekjaar: 2023 Onderdeel van Curator and critic exchange with the Phileas Austria

Amira Ben Saoud has been the culture editor of the Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard since 2019 and specialises in the areas of music, art and pop culture.

Ben Saoud studied classics, art history and comparative literature in Vienna. From 2016 to 2017, she was editor-in-chief of Austrian pop culture magazine The Gap. She then took over as program director of the feminist, collaborative RRRIOT Festival. Since 2019, she is a culture editor for the Austrian daily newspaper DER STANDARD focusing on pop culture, contemporary art and literature. She is also currently working on her debut novel.

Meer Curator and critic exchange with the Phileas Austria:

Laura Amann Curatorial assistant at Kunsthalle Wien

Attilia Fattori Franchini Independent curator and writer based in Vienna

Sophie Goltz Director of the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts

Anna Hugo The Visitor Programme at Phileas - the Austrian Office for Contemporary Art.

Cathrin Mayer Curator at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark (Graz, AT)

Nina Tabassomi Curator and theatre scholar, TAXISPALAIS Kunsthalle Tirol