Jasia Reichardt

Jasia Reichardt
Reichardt in 2022
Reichardt in 2022
BornJanina Chaykin
(1933-11-13) 13 November 1933 (age 90)
Warsaw, Poland
Occupationart critic, curator, teacher and writer
NationalityPolish
CitizenshipBritish
EducationDartington Hall School
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Notable worksCybernetic serendipity: the computer and the arts, director of the Themerson Archive

Jasia Reichardt (born Janina Chaykin; 13 November 1933)[1] is a British art critic, curator, art gallery director, teacher and prolific writer, specialist in the emergence of computer art. In 1968 she was curator of the landmark Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts. She is generally known for her work on experimental art. After the deaths of Franciszka and Stefan Themerson she catalogued their archive[2] and looks after their legacy.

Her own self-description reads: Jasia Reichardt writes, lectures and organises events about subjects which deal with the relationship of art to other areas of human activity such as architecture, science, technology. She was assistant director of the ICA, director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery, and tutor at the AA. She has written books on art, computers, robots and the future.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ The Themerson Archive Catalogue, 3-vol. Set: Three Volumes (Vol I, Letters and Documents; vol II, the Themersons, vol III, Gaberbocchus). MIT Press. 3 November 2020. ISBN 9781916247413.
  3. ^ "Papers of Jasia Reichardt : 1960-1980". national-gallery.primo.exlibrisgroup.com. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

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