Melanie Kress is a curator and writer based in New York City. She is Senior Curator for Public Art Fund and Critic at Yale University School of Art. Previously, Kress held roles as Curator of High Line Art (2014–2023), where she oversaw performance, video, and sculpture exhibitions, as well as educational and engagement initiatives for the program; and Co-Founder of project space Concrete Utopia (2010–2012). She has commissioned and produced projects with artists including Maria Thereza Alves, Torkwase Dyson, Lubaina Himid, Zoe Leonard, Ligia Lewis, Duane Linklater, Will Rawls, and Carmen Winant, among many others. She holds a BA in Art History and Visual Arts from Barnard College, Columbia University and an MA in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths, University of London.
The visit is organised in collaboration with Phileas – The Austrian Office for Contemporary Art.
Visit to the Netherlands is from 1-5 July 2025