Tirdad Zolghadr (1973)

Description

Tirdad Zolghadr is a curator and writer. He joined the curatorial team of Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art Doha in 2024. Published writing includes fiction, art criticism and curatorial research, e.g. REALTY: Beyond the Traditional Blueprints of Art & Gentrification (Hatje Cantz 2022). As a curator he has worked with a range of public museums, international biennials and independent project spaces. Zolghadr has taught at the International Art Academy Ramallah, the Center for Curatorial Studies Bard College NY, and most recently the postgraduate program of the University of the Arts Berlin, among other settings. He has been an advisor at the Rijksakademie Amsterdam since 2008.