Niall Atkinson to co-curate U.S. Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale
September 5, 2017
Niall Atkinson will co-curate the U.S. Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. The US Department of State has chosen The University of Chicago and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago to serve as co-commissioners for the Pavilion. Entitled Dimensions of Citizenship, the exhibition will present a view of contemporary architectural practices through the lens of legal, political, economic and societal affiliations in the practice of citizenship today.
The curators of the exhibition are Niall Atkinson, associate professor of architectural history at the University of Chicago; Ann Lui, assistant professor at SAIC and co-founder of the architecture office Future Firm; and Mimi Zeiger, an independent critic, editor, curator and educator based in Los Angeles.
To learn more see the recent article on UChicago News