Pip Day

Pip Day is a Canadian/Irish/British curator and writer. She was the Director/Curator of the SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art^[1] in Montreal from 2012 to 2019.^[2] She is also a contributing editor to Cabinet Magazine^[3] and has written independently for catalogues and journals including Art Review, Curare and Photography Quarterly. Day made a contribution to the catalogue From Conceptualism to Feminism: Lucy Lippard’s Numbers Shows 1969–74^[4] where she wrote on artists' initiatives in Argentina and their influence on Lippard's developing political consciousness.

She also established the research collective El Instituto^[5] which is currently headquarters in Mexico City. Since 2011 El Instituto has been operating as a non-for-profit organization exploring the invisible nature of politics concerning, "the overlap between art, culture, activism and human rights theory and practice, both locally and internationally."^[6] The project which features exhibitions, workshops, conferences and other various events is sponsored by the US Embassy, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts^[7] and the Patronato de Arte Contemporaneo a.c.

Education

Day obtained a master's degree in Curatorial Studies at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College and a BA in Art History from the University of Toronto

References

1. "SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art".
2. "SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art New Director".
3. "Cabinet Staff".
4. From Conceptualism to Feminism: Lucy Lippard's Numbers Shows 1969–74. Afterall. 2 November 2023. ISBN 978-1-84638-088-4.
5. "El Instituto".
6. "El Instituto".
7. "The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts".