Isgro, Marina C.
Curator of Media and Performance Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Isgro, Marina C.
Curator of Media and Performance Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Marina Isgro's areas of scholarly expertise include time-based media art, video art history, the work of Nam June Paik, postwar art in Europe, performance and participatory art, and kinetic art.
Positions
- Curator of Media and Performance Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 2024 -
- Associate Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 2020 - 2024
- Curatorial Fellow, The Harvard Art Museums 2017 - 2019
Geographic Focus
- western Europe Transnational Region
Background And Education
Education And Training
- Ph.D. in History of Art, University of Pennsylvania 2017
- A.B., Princeton University 2008
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Isgro, Marina. 2020. "Modernism in Motion: Jean Tinguely's Meta-Mechanical Reliefs, 1954–59." Art Journal, 79, (2) 6–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043249.2020.1765550. 2020
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Chapter
- Isgro, Marina. 2024. "Endless Story: OSGEMEOS at the Hirshhorn." In OSGEMEOS: Endless Story. Isgro, Marina, editor. 1–7. New York; Washington, DC: Rizzoli Electa; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. 2024
Presentations
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Exhibit
- Isgro, Marina (Curator). 2020. "In the Beginning: Media Art and History." Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2020-10-01 to 2020-12-31..
- Isgro, Marina and Beasley, Mark (Curators). 2021. "Laurie Anderson: The Weather." Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2021-09-21 to 2022-08-07..
- Isgro, Marina (Curator). 2024. "OSGEMEOS: Endless Story." : Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2024-09-29 to 2025-10-26..
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Presentation
- Isgro, Marina. 2020. John Akomfrah's Purple: Contemporary Art and the Subject of Climate Change [presentation]. Conservation Commons Climate Change Symposium, November 19, 2020.
- Isgro, Marina. 2020. On Art and Animation: Artist Talk with Kota Ezawa [presentation].
- Isgro, Marina. 2020. On Art and Peanut Butter: Artist Talk with Shana Moulton [presentation]. October 14, 2020.
- Isgro, Marina. 2020. On Art and the Screen Age: Artist Talk with Paul Chan [presentation]. August 12, 2020.
Contact
Location
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Department
