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Laura Raicovich

Laura Raicovich is a writer and art worker dedicated to art and artistic production that relies on complexity, poetics, and care to create a more engaged and equitable civic realm. Until recently she served as director of the Queens Museum and has held leadership roles at Dia Art Foundation, Creative Time, and Public Art Fund. She is currently working on a research and book project on the myth of neutrality in museums and cultural institutions.

Imagining the Future Together: Five Years of Creative Time Reports

“We envisioned Creative Time Reports as a means to add resonance to the idea that the work of artists should not be confined to the arts pages of a newspaper and that the ways in which some artists work could provide very different and necessary narratives for the public to consider in the ongoing homogenization and consolidation of news sources.” Founding editorial director Laura Raicovich shares a chapter from the new book Artists on the News, featuring essays from the site by 16 artists including Ai Weiwei, Emily Jacir, and Trevor Paglen.

Museum Resolution: Dismantle the Myth of Neutrality

“Could we not use the museum as a place of embodied experience and interaction to seek greater justice and equity? And if we succeed in doing so, could the emerging methodologies provide an invaluable map to move the needle on our most challenging social and economic issues?” Former Queens Museum director Laura Raicovich offers her 2019 New Year’s resolution for art museums.