Welcome to josephbackstein.com


Official Website of Curator and Art Critic
Joseph Backstein / Иосиф Бакштейн
(1945-2024)

Joseph Backstein was founder and Director of
ICA, Moscow (1991 - 2019)

renamed in 2019, ИНСТИТУТ СОВРЕМЕННОГО ИСКУССТВА ИОСИФА БАКШТЕЙНА

(Joseph Backstein School of Contemporary Art)


Founder and Artistic Director of

Moscow Biennales 1-6 (2005-2015)

Co-curator in 2005, 2007

Joseph Backstein

Joseph Backstein Archives

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Records of his curatorial work, manuscripts,
correspondence and media archives
(Archive includes Moscow Biennales 1-6 and ICA)

Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow
Joseph Backstein Library collection on contemporary art,
4000 books, catalogues and journals


GES-2, Moscow. Library - a small collection of his books


Joseph Backstein's Video Archive
is part of Russian Art Archive Net (RAAN)
from the collections of Garage and partner institutions.
Books from the former ICA studio, also in Garage Library

 

Archives of the 6th Moscow Biennale, curated by Bart de Baere

and the exhibition, Angels of History,

Backstein co-curated with Bart De Baere,

are available at M HKA, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Writing

Exhibitions

Projects and Video

CV

Please address all enquiries about Joseph Backstein's estate/writing
to his widow: Katy Deepwell katy@ktpress.co.uk