Joseph Backstein

Joseph Backstein is an art historian, critic, curator, and the head of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Moscow. He has curated many contemporary art exhibitions in Russia and abroad, including the first show of the Club of Avant-Garde artists (Moscow, 1987), IsKunstvo (Berlin, 1988, co-curator), and an exhibition at Butyrskaya Prison (Moscow, 1992). He co-curated Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art in 2005 and 2007 and was its commissioner in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015.