Welcome to CIMAM to Rahul Gudipudi!
"CIMAM is a critical leader in establishing ethical and sustainable practices within arts institutions, and towards making access to the arts essential across publics and contexts.
These have been important principles that have guided my work in stewarding practices of care in the institutions I have played a role in.
I have been privileged in thriving and being afforded opportunities within a wider understanding of instituting, and this has enabled a unique transdisciplinary perspective that informs my work, and also necessitates a responsibility towards working collaboratively as method with peers and practitioners that engage in the field critically and with rigour".
Rahul Gudipudi, Director of Exhibitions and Fellowships, Centre for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA), New York, USA.
"For the last 10 years, since 2015, I have been working as a Curator working with contemporary arts and cultural practitioners to work towards foregrounding histories, knowledge and cosmogonies from the 'Global South' working across arts institutions and platforms in India, Germany, UAE, Saudi, and USA. I have worked closely with peers at these institutions, and with leaders in the field towards shared responsibilities and desires to champion values of equity and access for all. Throughout my work I've worked towards prioritizing committed practices, both with established and emergent artists that are progressing just futures and social transformation".
About Rahul
Rahul Gudipudi is a researcher, storyteller and curator. Senior Curator at CARA (Center for Art, Research and Alliances), New York since February 2023, he's been soon appointed Director of Exhibitions and Fellowships in September 2024, where he oversees CARA’s programmes across exhibitions, publications and fellowships. Before joining CARA, Gudipudi was Senior Curator at Art Jameel, leading exhibitions and discursive-performative programmes at the Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, and Hayy Jameel, Jeddah. Gudipudi was previously on the curatorial advisory board and editorial board for The New Alphabet School, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2019–2022). He is currently a member of the advisory board of ‘The Story Of’ Foundation, a transdisciplinary learning platform in Goa, India, and the Charter Committee of the Anthropocene Commons, a global research and response network for climate change adaptation and collective repair/action.
About CIMAM
CIMAM – International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art – is an Affiliated Organization of ICOM.* Founded in 1962, CIMAM’s vision is a world where the contribution of museums, collections, and archives of modern and contemporary art to the cultural, social, and economic well-being of society is recognized and respected.
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Thank you, Rahul Gudipudi, for becoming a member of CIMAM!