Biography
Morad Montazami is an art historian, publisher and curator. After serving as a curator at Tate Modern (2014–2019), he developed the publishing and curatorial platform Zamân Books & Curating to explore Arab, African and Asian modernities. He has published numerous essays on artists such as Zineb Sedira, Walid Raad, Latif Al-Ani, Faouzi Laatiris, Michael Rakowitz, Mehdi Moutashar and Behjat Sadr, among others. Montazami’s curatorial projects include Bagdad Mon Amour, Institut des Cultures d’Islam, Paris (2018); Monaco-Alexandrie, Le Grand Détour, Villes-mondes et surréalisme cosmopolite, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (2021–2022); Casablanca Art School, organised by Tate St Ives and Sharjah Art Foundation in collaboration with Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (2023–2024). He has also curated the Beyond Emerging Artists platform for Abu Dhabi Art (2023).