Ralph Rugoff

Ralph Rugoff OBE (born 12 January 1957) is an American-born curator, the director of London's Hayward Gallery since 2006, and the curator of the Venice Biennale in 2019.^[2]

Ralph Rugoff OBE
Born	12 January 1957[1] New York City, US
Education	Brown University
Occupation	Curator
Known for	Curator of the 2019 Venice Biennale
Title	Director of London's Hayward Gallery
Term	2006-

Rugoff was born in New York City to a psychoanalyst, Evangeline Peterson, and Donald Rugoff, the film distributor and movie theater owner profiled in a 2019 film Searching for Mr. Rugoff.^[3][4] He studied semiotics at Brown University.^[4]

Rugoff was director of the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco for nearly six years, before becoming the director of London's Hayward Gallery.^[3]

Rugoff was artistic director of the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019.^[5]

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to art.^[6]