Curator and critic exchange with the Phileas Austria

Anna Hugo

Function: The Visitor Programme at Phileas - the Austrian Office for Contemporary Art. Country: Austria Visiting period: 11 - 15 September Visiting year: 2023 Part of Curator and critic exchange with the Phileas Austria

Anna Hugo is an editor and contributing author to PW-Magazine, an online-based magazine dedicated to the visibility of young practices in contemporary art, performance, and music in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.

With the programme inviting international curators, art critics, and museum groups to visit artist studios, galleries, museums, and foundations in Austria. Hugo holds an MA in critical theory and the arts from the School of Visual Arts, New York (2017), an MA in fine art from the University of Applied Arts Vienna (2013), and a diploma in fine art and design from Edinburgh College of Art (2011). She has experience working for the Independent Art Fair, New York; New Museum, New York; Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York; Gladstone Gallery, New York; Kunstverein Gartenhaus, Vienna; and as a curator and consultant for international private art collections including the Royal Family of Qatar.