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Anne Barlow is Executive Director of Art in General, New York, a non-profit organisation that supports artists primarily through the commissioning of new work and an international residency exchange programme.

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Anne Barlow is Executive Director of Art in General, New York, a non-profit organisation that supports artists primarily through the commissioning of new work and an international residency exchange programme. From 1999-2006, Barlow was Curator of Education and Media Programs at the New Museum, New York, where she oversaw its educational and public programmes, initiated and developed Museum as Hub and curated numerous exhibitions and performances. She was formerly Curator of Contemporary Art and Design at Glasgow Museums, where she managed its contemporary art collection, exhibitions, residencies and commissions. Barlow has published for organisations including: Liverpool University Press/Tate Gallery Liverpool; the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, United Kingdom and the New Museum and has lectured at organisations, including: the Royal College of Art, London, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, MUMOK, Vienna and New York University. Barlow is the curator of BB5, the Bucharest Biennale, which will open in May 2012.