Paulina Pobocha

ABOUT THE CURATOR

Paulina Pobocha is an art historian, writer, and curator; she currently serves as Chair and Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Art Institute of Chicago where she most recently collaborated with artist Simone Leigh on Critical Fabulations, an exhibition which borrows its title from cultural historian Saidiya Hartman where Leigh worked with museum curators and posed questions about the ways in which African objects are valued and understood today: Who determines the significance of historical and cultural objects? What deserves to be presented? Over the course of her career, Paulina has organized numerous exhibitions, among them the critically acclaimed retrospective of German sculptor Thomas Schütte for The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2024). Her curatorial endeavors include Guadalupe Maravilla: Luz y fuerza (2021); Constantin Brancusi Sculpture (2019); The Long Run (2017); Rachel Harrison: Perth Amboy (2016); Robert Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor (2014); and Claes Oldenburg: The Street and The Store (2013). She holds a BA in art history from the Johns Hopkins University and an M.Phil, also in art history, from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

DINNER

After the lecture, SCA members are invited to join Paulina for dinner at Salon 61.