Martha Kirszenbaum is a curator, writer and editor based in Paris. Her work explores multidisciplinary approaches to curatorial practice, bringing together visual arts, performance, dance, film and music. She has developed major projects with renowned artists such as Laure Prouvost, Meriem Bennani, Ida Ekblad, Pierre Huygue, Cecile B Evans or Kenneth Anger. She graduated from Sciences-Po, Paris and Columbia University, New York. She was the curator of the French Pavilion of the 58th Venice Biennale (2019), and founded and directed Fahrenheit, an exhibition space and residency program in Los Angeles (2014-17). She previously held positions at MoMA, New Museum and Centre Pompidou, and has organized exhibitions, screenings, performances and talks at renowned international institutions with a focus on Middle-Eastern and North African popular culture and related practices. She is a regular contributor to numerous art publications and sits on the Editorial Board of CURA. Magazine. She teaches internationally.