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Alex Klein
Head Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Contemporary Austin
Alex Klein is the Head Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Contemporary Austin. Her survey exhibition of Carl Cheng’s genre-defying practice, Nature Never Loses, opened in Austin in fall 2024 and is currently traveling to venues in the US and Europe through 2027. Most recently, she has curated exhibitions with artists including Jiab Prachakul, Lubaina Himid, Guadalupe Maravilla, and Sable Elyse Smith. Prior to her current role, she was the Senior Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia and has also held positions at the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.