Curators Talk: Cezanne

Natalia Sidlina

Tate Modern’s Cezanne exhibition Curator Dr Natalia Sidlina has worked at Tate Modern as Curator, International Art, since 2015. A specialist in modernist émigré art, her research and curatorial practice address transcultural histories, connections, and global exchange of ideas of the early avant-garde in Eastern and Western Europe. Her recent exhibitions include Tate Modern’s Erik Bulatov: FORWARD (2018), Natalia Goncharova (2019) and Sophie Taeuber-Arp (2021) as well as Naum Gabo - Constructions for Real Life at Tate St. Ives (2020).

Michael Raymond

Since 2019 Michael Raymond has been Assistant Curator, International Art, at Tate Modern, where he works on collection displays, helped realize the touring exhibition Nam June Paik (2019) and curated the installation of Beuys’ Acorns by Ackroyd & Harvey. After studying history at the University of Sheffield, he worked at the British Museum on exhibitions including Hokusai (2017), Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece (2018), and Manga (2019), and coordinated the Asahi Shimbun Displays.

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