Biography

Mihnea Mircan is the artistic director of Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerpen. From 2005 to 2006 he was curator of Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris. At the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest, Mircan curated exhibitions such as: "Sean Snyder" (with Florin Tudor), 2007; "SUBLIME OBJECTS", 2007; "Video Works. Jaan Toomik", 2006; and the "Under Destruction" site-specific interventions, 2004–2007. Other curatorial projects include: "Since we last spoke about monuments", Stroom, The Hague, 2008; "Low-Budget Monuments", 52nd Venice Biennial, Romanian Pavilion, Venice, 2007; "No Significant Incidents To Report", Galeria Noua, Bucharest, 2005; and "Revolutions Reloaded" (with Marco Scotini), play_gallery, Berlin and Galleria ARTRA, Milan, 2004. Mihnea Mircan contributes regularly to international publications, having written for monographs of Mircea Cantor, Deimantas Narkevicius, Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor. He has curated 'An Image instead of a Title' at Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany and 'History of Art, the' at the David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK. And has collaborated with artist Hans van Houwelingen in 'Until it stops resembling itself'.