Alla Efimova is an art historian, curator, and consultant based in Berkeley, CA. She grew up in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Efimova was the Director of the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California Berkeley (2009–14) [1][2][3] and a curator at the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive.[4][5] She is the founder of KunstWorks, an agency specializing in legacy advancement for contemporary artists and artists' estates.[6] She has taught modern and contemporary art history at the University of California Santa Cruz and San Francisco Art Institute.[7]
Efimova serves on the boards of the Carl Heidenreich Foundation,[8] Wild Projects,[9] and on the advisory board of the American Photography Archives Group (APAG).[10]
Education
editAlla Efimova received her B.A. from New York University, and a Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies from the University of Rochester.[11]
Exhibitions and publications
editSelected exhibitions
edit- Through the Eyes of Rachel Marker: A Literary Installation by Moira Roth. The Magnes Collection, University of California Berkeley, 2013.[12][13]
- They Called Me Meyer July. The Magnes, Berkeley, 2007. Presented at The Jewish Museum (NY)[14] and Jewish Historical Museum (Amsterdam).
- Acting Out: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. With guest curator Tirza True Latimer. The Magnes, Berkeley, 2005. Presented at The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA.
- Carl Heidenreich and Hans Hofmann in Post-War New York. Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, 2004.[15]
Exhibition catalogues
edit- Surviving Suprematism: Lazar Khidekel. The Magnes, Berkeley, 2005.[16]
- Layers: Contemporary Collage from St. Petersburg, Russia. Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture, UMBC, 1996.
Selected books
edit- Thought Experiments: The Art of Jonathon Keats. Alla Efimova and Julie Decker, eds. Hirmer Publishers, 2021.
- The Jewish Worlds: 100 Treasures of Art and Culture from The Magnes Collection. Alla Efimova and Francesco Spagnolo. Skira Rizzoli, 2014.[17]
- Textura: Russian Essays on Visual Culture. Alla Efimova and Lev Manovich, eds. The University of Chicago Press, 1993.
Articles
edit- "On the Art of Jonathon Keats," Zyzzyva (April 2021)[18]
- "The Gifts," Brill (January 2007) [1]
- "To Touch on the Raw: The Aesthetic Affections of Socialist Realism," Art Journal (May 2014) [2]
- "On Sleep and Oblivion in Post-Soviet Film." In The Imprints of Terror : The Rhetoric of Violence and the Violence of Rhetoric in Modern Russian Culture, ed. Anna Brodsky, et al. (Wien: Sagner, 2006).[19]
References
edit- ^ Rothstein, Edward (2012-01-22). "A Jewish Museum Shifts Identity (Published 2012)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ Pine, Dan (2011-12-08). "Magnes opus: Museum springs back to life with new Berkeley facility". JWeekly. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ Banjo, Shelly (2010-05-20). "Several Forge Partnerships With Universities, Even Hand Over Artwork, to Keep Doors Open Amid Deficits". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ "Alla Efimova". The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, University of California, Berkeley. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ Baker, Kenneth (2010-06-22). "Magnes museum's Judaica to get new homes at UC". SF Gate. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ Middleman, Rachel (2017). "Preserving Artists' Estates: A Professional Perspective". Art Journal. 76 (1): 116–120. doi:10.1080/00043249.2017.1332895. JSTOR 45142452. S2CID 192862482. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ Pacheco, Juan Pablo. "Take Me! Delusions of Control in Contemporary Art". San Francisco Art Institute. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Carl Heidenreich Foundation Trustees". Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Wild Projects Board of Directors". Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "American Photography Archives Group Board". Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Curators". People and Institutions, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ Silvers, Emma (2013-02-01). "Fact and fiction weave historical narrative in Magnes exhibit". J. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ Tanner, Marcia (2013-02-21). "At Magnes, fictional woman illuminates 20th-century life". Berkeleyside. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ Smith, Roberta (2009-05-07). "From Memory to Canvas, Lost Way of Life in Poland (Published 2009)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ Wagner, Anne M. (2005). "Heidenreich's Abstraction". The Threepenny Review (101): 22. ISSN 0275-1410. JSTOR 4385419.
- ^ Selz, Peter. "Surviving Suprematism: Lazar Khidekel". www.berkeleydailyplanet.com. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ Tanner, Marcia (2015-03-09). "Book Review: 'The Jewish World: 100 Treasures of Art & Culture – The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life'". Berkeleyside. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ Efimova, Alla (2021-04-15). "On the Art of Jonathon Keats". ZYZZYVA.
- ^ Brodsky, Anna (2006). The Imprints of Terror. Vienna: Sagner.
External links
edit- Official website
- Video of San Francisco Arts Commission reading and conversation on Ed Aulerich-Sugai