{"id":15287,"date":"2026-05-15T16:53:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=15287"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:25:06","slug":"jessica-cerasi","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/en\/artistes\/jessica-cerasi\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Cerasi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intro__wrapper  \" >\n\t<div class=\"intro container container--full\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  is-white  is-overlay-black  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t       \" style=\"--overlay: 50; --bc-color: white;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"intro__wrapper container container--large container--vspace \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"breadcrumb intro__breadcrumb\">\n    <span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n  <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"intro__inside container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"intro__titre h1 notag  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Jessica Cerasi<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"shape shape--sep-1 intro__shape\"><span class=\"shape__inside\"><svg fill=\"currentColor\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\" height=\"67\" viewBox=\"0 0 1680 67\" width=\"1680\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m182.339 32.1833h1315.321c78.31 0 137.76-13.9399 182.34-32.18337344l-1680 .00008918.0000029 66.28138426c44.5788971-19.5874 104.0299971-34.0981 182.3389971-34.0981z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span>\n\t\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"full-wysiwyg\" >\n\t<div class=\"full-wysiwyg__inside container container--vspace container--md-boxed \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-wysiwyg__texte wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%; padding-right: 10px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15290 size-medium\" title=\"bahman panahi portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_-tash-nellist-courtesy-the-ministry-of-culture-saudi-arabia-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_-tash-nellist-courtesy-the-ministry-of-culture-saudi-arabia-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_-tash-nellist-courtesy-the-ministry-of-culture-saudi-arabia-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_-tash-nellist-courtesy-the-ministry-of-culture-saudi-arabia-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_-tash-nellist-courtesy-the-ministry-of-culture-saudi-arabia-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_-tash-nellist-courtesy-the-ministry-of-culture-saudi-arabia-1367x2048.jpg 1367w, https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_-tash-nellist-courtesy-the-ministry-of-culture-saudi-arabia-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_-tash-nellist-courtesy-the-ministry-of-culture-saudi-arabia-1121x1680.jpg 1121w, https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_-tash-nellist-courtesy-the-ministry-of-culture-saudi-arabia-scaled.jpg 1709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65%;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"><strong>Jessica Cerasi<\/strong> is an independent curator, and Head of Programme at the Bagri Foundation. Most recently, she curated Shezad Dawood\u2019s midcareer retrospective Skin of Dreams at the Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation (8 April\u201320 September 2026). She was co-curator of the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia at the Venice Biennale in 2024, and a curator for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi project at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation from 2020-2024. Previously held curatorial roles include at the UK Government Art Collection, Carroll \/ Fletcher gallery, and the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre. She was also Assistant Curator for the Venice Biennale in 2019, and Assistant Curator for the Biennale of Sydney in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With a strong interest in fostering contemporary art appreciation among new audiences, she led a popular course on \u201cDemystifying Contemporary Art\u201d at Tate Modern (2017-2019), and is author of Who\u2019s Afraid of Contemporary Art? (2017, with Kyung An) and Contemporary Art Decoded (2021). She has contributed to numerous exhibition publications, including the 2026 Venice Biennale and Halil Alt\u0131ndere\u2019s MOTHERLAND, and was a juror for the Artist of the Year Award (2025), and Mam\u00fct Art Project (2024).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Image: Portrait of Jessica Cerasi. \u00a9Tash Nellist, Courtesy the Ministry of Culture, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/expositions\/le-desir-du-coeur\/\"><em>Le d\u00e9sir du c\u0153ur<\/em><\/a> (<em>The Desire of the Heart<\/em>).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container container--vspace container--md-boxed push\"\n  >\n        <div class=\"title-text push__title-text\" >\n          <div class=\"title-text__title h2 notag\">\n        <h2>Pour aller plus loin<\/h2>\n      <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n  <ul class=\"reset-list push__grid\">\n    \n              \n          <li>\n                  <a class=\"card-push btn-wrapper  text-shadow  \" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/en\/visit\/\">\n  <span class=\"card-push__content\">\n        <strong class=\"card-push__title\">Prepare your visit<\/strong>\n    <span class=\"btn  btn--rounded  btn--primary-hover-white \">\n      <span class=\"icon \"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 30 30\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"icon-svg\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/span>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-full img-cover anim-transform\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2dba41e90e0e02d7037ec10e9b3b2321-600x400.jpg\"\n    loading=\"lazy\"\n    alt=\"\" \/>\n  <\/a>\n              <\/li>\n          <li>\n                  <a class=\"card-push btn-wrapper  text-shadow  \" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/en\/about\/\">\n  <span class=\"card-push__content\">\n        <strong class=\"card-push__title\">Explore the museum<\/strong>\n    <span class=\"btn  btn--rounded  btn--primary-hover-white \">\n      <span class=\"icon \"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 30 30\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"icon-svg\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/span>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-full img-cover anim-transform\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/www.macsmto.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/musee-macs-mto-chatou-vue-cour-facade-avant-600x400.jpg\"\n    loading=\"lazy\"\n    alt=\"\" \/>\n  <\/a>\n              <\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-15287","artist","type-artist","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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