Stephanie Seidel

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Stephanie Seidel is a curator and researcher. Starting January 2026, Seidel will serve as the Head of Contemporary Art at Kunstmuseum Basel. From 2016 to 2025, she was the Monica and Blake Grossman Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, where she curated numerous exhibitions, including on surveys on Olga de Amaral (in collaboration with the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain), Thomas Bayrle, Judy Chicago, Michel Majerus, Allan McCollum, Diamond Stingily, Betye Saar (in collaboration with 49 Nord 6 Est—Frac Lorraine, Metz, France, and the Kunstmuseum Luzern), and Zilia Sánchez (traveled to Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan). This summer, Seidel curated the public sculpture park Borrowed Scenery for the Kunstkommission Düsseldorf at the Lantz’scher Skulpturenpark, Düsseldorf. Seidel is also a member of the Betye Saar Legacy Group, an international committee of curators and scholars founded in 2025 that is dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and advancing Saar’s oeuvre.