Museum talks: Fatima HellbergConversation
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Museum Talks is a series of talks where MUNCH invites key practitioners in the field, who are rethinking the role of the museum, to bring their unique perspectives to Oslo. In this edition, you will meet Fatima Hellberg, curator and director of mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig in Vienna, in conversation with Dr. Tominga O’Donnell, senior curator and head of contemporary art at MUNCH.
Prior to her current role, Fatima Hellberg served as Director of Bonner Kunstverein (2019–25) and Artistic Director of Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (2015–19). She has curated exhibitions and projects in institutionsincluding the ICA, London; Tate Modern; CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco; Malmö Konsthall and Museion, Bolzano. Hellberg’s curatorial practice is formulated in close dialogue withartists, often with long-running collaborations and with a marked attention to the medium of exhibition as a form.
Dr. Tominga O’Donnell is Senior Curator and Head of Contemporary Art at MUNCH. They curated the programme Munchmuseet on the Move (2016–2019), adopting a queer curatorial approach and commissioning a range of off-site art projects. At MUNCH, O’Donnell is the curator of several solo exhibitions including Camille Henrot, Sandra Mujinga and Lawrence Abu Hamdan, two editions of the MUNCH Triennale, and a number of commissioned works in MUNCH's performance program.
