Kara Vander Weg
40 West 67th Street, #8D
New York, New York 10023
347.385.0799
kara.vanderweg@gmail.com
Experience
GAGOSIAN GALLERY, New York, New York
Director and Artist Manager (February 2010-)
Artist Liaison and Exhibitions Coordinator (November 2003-December 2007)
Senior staff member of New York branch of international contemporary art gallery.
 Manage all gallery business for the Richard Avedon Foundation, John Chamberlain,
Walter De Maria Estate, Michael Heizer, Neil Jenney, and Mark Tansey. Collaborate
with artists and their Foundations or Estates to set long-term strategies for sales,
exhibitions, and general operations. Liaise with museums and curators on exhibitions of
artists’ works. Set prices and coordinate with gallery staff to sell works to public and
private collections.
 Organize contemporary and historical exhibitions at the gallery. Exhibitions have
included: Michael Heizer: Altars, 2015; Avedon: Beyond Beauty, 2015; Walter De
Maria, 2014; Richard Avedon: Women, 2013; Works From the Jenney Archive, 2013;
Richard Avedon: Murals & Portraits, 2012; Walter De Maria: The 5-7-9 Series, 2012;
John Chamberlain: New Sculpture, 2011; Willem de Kooning: The Last Beginning,
2007; Walter De Maria: A Computer Which Will Solve Every Problem in the World/3-12
Polygon and 13, 14, 15 Meter Rows, 2007; John Currin, 2006; Douglas Gordon: SelfPortraits of You + Me (Bond Girls), 2006; Andy Warhol: Hand-Painted Works, 2005;
and Willem de Kooning: A Centennial Exhibition, 2004. Secure private and public loans,
manage shipments and conservation of works, supervise installations and place works,
write press releases and solicit exhibition press.
 Organize exhibition catalogues: Secure authors, collaborate with catalogue designers and
artists on layout, manage all content.
 Attend art fairs as a gallery representative, including Art Basel, Art Basel Miami, Frieze,
and Paris Photo.
 Managed Gagosian Gallery’s first iPad application. Selected developer and worked in
tandem with designer and gallery staff to design a unique application.
JAMES COHAN GALLERY, New York, New York
Director (January 2008-March 2009)
Senior staff member of contemporary art gallery with New York and Shanghai branches.
 Managed sales of gallery inventory. Sold works to existing gallery contacts and
cultivated new clients throughout the United States and abroad.
 Managed affairs for gallery artists, including Yun-Fei Ji, Yinka Shonibare, Fred
Tomaselli, and Bill Viola. Proposed artists’ projects to institutions. Coordinated artists’
participation in museum exhibitions and assisted with all details including loan requests
and published materials.
 Coordinated gallery’s art fair participation. Wrote proposal narratives and developed
supporting materials. Staffed booths during art fairs.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York, New York
Assistant Curator (June 2002-October 2003)
Curatorial Assistant (January 2000-June 2002)
Project Curatorial Assistant (June 1998-January 2000)
Curatorial Intern (June-August 1997)
Organized modern and contemporary art exhibitions for the Guggenheim venues in Berlin,
Bilbao, Las Vegas, and New York.
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Projects included: From Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad
Collections, 2003; Kandinsky in Context, 2002-2003; Frank Gehry, Architect, 2001-2002;
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The Hugo Boss Prize 2000, 2000-2001; Dan Flavin: The Architecture of Light, 1999-2000;
Clemente, 1999-2000; Jim Dine; Walking Memory, 1959-1969, 1999-2000.
Helped to conceptualize and execute exhibitions. Developed curatorial budgets, solicited
and secured loans, organized exhibition checklists and photo books, maintained TMS
database of exhibition objects. Wrote exhibition wall texts and label copy, worked with
graphics department to determine exhibition presentations, placed and installed exhibitions
with installation crew.
Assisted with development of exhibition publications. Worked with catalogue designer to
determine design, secured essay authors, wrote bibliographies and exhibition histories.
FRANCESCO CLEMENTE STUDIO, New York, New York
Assistant (June 1998-November 2003)
Liaison between the artist and public, including museums, galleries, scholars, and the press.
Responded to public inquiries and coordinated interview requests. Organized studio archive of
articles, books, and photographs.
Education
WILLIAMS COLLEGE, Williamstown, Massachusetts
GRADUATE PROGRAM IN THE HISTORY OF ART
Master of Arts, June 1998.
Master’s Thesis: “Josef Albers’s Perceptual Games: Cognitive Aspects of His Bauhaus
Photography” completed under advisory of Charles W. Haxthausen.
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Received graduate scholarship, 1996-98.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, Illinois
Bachelor of Arts in Art History, June 1994. Graduated with honors.
Senior Honors Thesis: “Problems With Public Art” completed under advisory of Michael Leja.
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Awarded Carson Webster Prize for best art history thesis, 1994.
Curatorial
Projects
INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ARTE MODERNO, Valencia, Spain
September 13, 2011-January 22, 2012
Curated José Manuel Ciria: States of Opposition, a ten-year overview of Spanish painter’s
career. Compiled checklist and installed exhibition, wrote catalogue essay, wrote press release.
AYN FOUNDATION, Sagaponack, New York
July 10-October 15, 2009
Curated Joa Baldinger: Burning Is Being In the Truest Sense, an exhibition of recent paintings.
Compiled checklist and installed exhibition, wrote catalogue essay, wrote press release, worked
with designer to design exhibition catalogue.
Publications
Michael Heizer: Altars, Gagosian Gallery, 2015, editor and author of interview with Michael
Heizer.
Richard Avedon: Women, Gagosian Gallery, 2013, editor.
Richard Avedon: Murals & Portraits, Gagosian Gallery, 2012, editor.
John Chamberlain: New Sculpture, Gagosian Gallery, 2011, editor.
John Currin, Gagosian Gallery, 2011, editor.
Constantin Brancusi: Masterpieces From Romanian Collections, Gagosian Gallery, 2011, editor.
Ashley Bickerton, Other Criteria, 2011, editor.
Joa Baldinger: Burning Is Being In the Truest Sense, Ayn Foundation, 2010, editor and author.
“Yoshitomo Nara: Picturing Pop,” pinkmemo.com, October 2010.
Willem de Kooning: The Last Beginning, Gagosian Gallery, 2007, editor.
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“One Place, Many Faces,” in EAF05, Socrates Sculpture Park, 2007.
“Darling: A Dialogue,” in Darling: Elena del Rivero, Galería Elvira González, 2006.
John Currin, Gagosian Gallery/Rizzoli, 2006, editor.
Andy Warhol: Hand-Painted Works, Gagosian Gallery, 2005, editor.
“Tara Donovan’s Organic Chemistry,” Art on Paper, January/February 2005.
Willem de Kooning: A Centennial Exhibition, Gagosian Gallery, 2004, editor.
“Yard,” Contemporary Magazine, number 57, 2003.
“Jim Dine,” in American Pop Icons, Guggenheim Hermitage Museum, May 2003.
“The Illustrated Men,” Gentlemen’s Quarterly Magazine, April 2003.
“Alexander Calder,” @Guggenheim, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Winter 2003.
“Josef Albers: Circumventing the Eye,” Glass Quarterly, Fall 2002.
“What Is Pop Art?” Gentlemen’s Quarterly Magazine, September 2001.
Selected project entries, Frank Gehry, Architect, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 2001.
“Robert Mangold,” Percepciones en transformación: La Colección Panza del Museo
Guggenheim, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2000.
“Biography” and “Selected Bibliography,” Dan Flavin: The Architecture of Light, Deutsche
Guggenheim Berlin, 1999.
“Jim Dine: Walking Memory, 1959-1969,” @ Guggenheim, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
Winter 1999.
“Chronology” and “Select Bibliography,” Jim Dine: Walking Memory, 1959-1969, Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, 1999.