CURATORS CONFERENCE
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Curators Conference brings together international groups of cultural gatekeepers for area-specific conferences. These areas of expertise include book and magazine publishing, cultural criticism, art and museum curation and more. Participants discuss the state of their field in their respective countries and share information about artists they wish to highlight. These moderated discussions canvas the successes and challenges of curation in the current cultural landscape.
PAST PARTICIPANTS
June 2025
Youmna Chamieh, editor, Guernica Magazine, USA
Barbara Epler, editor and publisher, New Directions Press, USA
CJ Evans, editor, Two Lines Press, USA
Daniela Guglielmino, editor, Bollati Boringhieri, Italy
Dan Gunn, editor and publisher, Cahiers Series, France
Sofiane Hadjadj, editor and publisher, Barzakh, Algeria
Lefteris Kalospyros, editor, Dardanos, Greece
Elizabeth Kostova, founder, EKFoundation, director Sozopol Literary Festival, Bulgaria/USA
Jean Mattern, editor, Christian Bourgois, France
Thomas Meaney, editor, Granta Magazine, UK
Ramona Naddaff, editor, Zone Books, USA
Olivia Sears, publisher, Two Lines Press, USA
Kostas Spatharakis, editor, Antipodes, Greece
Joan Tarrida, editor and publisher, Galaxia Gutenberg, Spain
Monika Zgustova, editor, Galaxia Gutenberg, Spain
October 2025
Rasha Al-Ameer, author, editor and publisher, Dar Al-Jadeed, Lebanon
Laila Chaouni, editor and publisher, El Fennec, Morocco
Adam Freudenheim, editor and publisher, Pushkin Press, UK
Marie-Pierre Gracedieu, editor and publisher, Le Bruit du Monde, France
Dan Gunn, editor and publisher, Cahiers Series, France
Judith Gurewich, editor and publisher, Other Press, USA
Scott Laughlin, founder/director, Disquiet Literary Festival, Portugal/USA
Safaa Ouali, editor, El Fennec, Morocco
Vanessa Pécastaings, editor, Elyzad, Tunisia and France
Carmen Serrano, editor, ASA Editions, Portugal