The most comprehensive look to date at the artistic practice of Ydessa Hendeles legendary art
collector and pioneer of curating abundantly illustrated with pictures of two of her
exhibitions. Once a legendary collector of contemporary art Ydessa Hendeles then became one of
the pioneers of curating as an artistic practice. Building upon her concept of an exhibition as
a curatorial composition she developed a radical approach to art-making. In this book Ernst
van Alphen and Mieke Bal explore Hendeles's art practice through in-depth analyses of her
exhibitions The Milliner's Daughter in Toronto (2017) and Death to Pigs in Vienna (2018). The
authors make a compelling argument that these retrospective shows were each multilayered
site-responsive artworks in and of themselves that presented parallel worlds composed of art
objects and artifacts. The most comprehensive look to date at Hendeles's innovative art
practice. Text: Emily Cadger Markus Müller Gaetane Verna.
