Barbara London
Spotlight Artist in Residence
Fall 2026

Barbara London is a New York-based curator and writer, who founded the video-media Exhibition & Collection Programs at The Museum of Modern Art. Her book Video Art/The First Fifty Years (Phaidon) was released in January 2020. London was the first to integrate the Internet as part of curatorial practice, with Stir-fry (1994); Internyet (1998); and dot.jp. (1999). She organized one-person shows with such media mavericks as Laurie Anderson, Peter Campus, Teiji Furuhashi, Gary Hill, Joan Jonas, Shigeko Kubota, Nam June Paik, Song Dong, Steina Vasulka, Bill Viola, and Zhang Peili. She has received numerous honors including the Getty Research Institute Scholar Grant and Eyebeam’s Courage Award. London is the fall quarter spotlight curator in The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies.