Feature | Curator Ruba Katrib reflects on being an Arab-American in the art world | GQ Middle East

22 December 2023. I spoke with Ruba Katrib, the curator and director of curatorial affairs at MoMA PS1 in New York, amidst the current turmoil in the Middle East. We discussed what it has been like working in the art world in America, and internationally, as a first generation Arab-American; whether museums can help in times of crisis; and her recent projects, including the exhibitions Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991-2011 and Rirkrit Tiravanija: A Lot of People.

Read the full online article here.

The interview also appeared in GQ Middle East’s Winter 2023 print issue.

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