Leah Abir

Leah Abir is a curator and writer in the field of contemporary art. She is the Artistic Director of Arad Contemporary Art Center (ACAC), curator of Bread and Roses Gallery and a co-founding editor of Tohu Magazine.

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Since 2007 she has been curating exhibitions and organizing art-related events throughout the world, in public and alternative spaces. She has served as

Curator of the Haifa Museum of Art, Deputy Curator and Head of Programming at MoBY- Museums of Bat Yam, and as Artistic Consultant for the Artists Studios in Jerusalem, and curator of RawArt Gallery in Tel Aviv. She was the first recipient, in 2011, of the Artist Grant for curators in Israel, and worked as a Curatorial Fellow at the public art organization Creative Time in New York.

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Abir is a graduate of Art History and Advanced Museology studies at Tel Aviv University, and has studied for a Masters degree at Haifa University. She published extensively in various publications and catalogues in Israel and around the world, and in recent years taught history and theory of art and curating at various academic institutions, including Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Sapir College, and Haifa University. Abir is a founding board member of the Israeli Curators Union.