AIR host Leeza Ahmady. Photo courtesy of Leeza Ahmady, 2010.
AIR host Leeza Ahmady. Photo courtesy of Leeza Ahmady, 2010.
Leeza Ahmady

Leeza Ahmady is a curator and educator on art and cultural diversity. She grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan until she moved to New York as a young teenager. Ahmady has produced over one hundred events at venues such as the Asia Society, Whitney Museum, Queens Museum of Art and the 2001 Venice Biennale. She is currently studying at the Pratt Institute in Manhattan, where she will receive her masters in Arts and Cultural Management.

Shows and Series by Leeza Ahmady
Hosted by Leeza Ahmady
Originally aired Monday, May 2nd, 2011

A discussion between historian Jane DeBevoise and two artists following a screening of the documentary From Jean-Paul Sartre to Teresa Teng: Contemporary Cantonese Art in the 1980s at the Museum of Chinese in America on March 31, 2011 for ACAW2011.


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Hosted by Leeza Ahmady
Originally aired Monday, April 25th, 2011

Jungjin Lee's documentation of her response to the American desert, combined with her unconventional prints on Korean paper, create work with a subjective and cultural perspective. Recorded on March 26, 2011 at Aperture in association with the ACC.


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Hosted by Leeza Ahmady
Originally aired Monday, April 25th, 2011

A film producer, educator, and conceptual artist discuss how they have merged arts and activism in their work. Recorded at the China Institute on March 30, 2011 in collaboration with Asian Women Giving Circle and Ethan Cohen Fine Arts.


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Hosted by Leeza Ahmady
Originally aired Monday, April 18th, 2011

In March 2011 the legendary, charming, and enduringly vital artist Monir Farmanfarmaian talks about her life and work with Melissa Chiu, Director and Curator at Asia Society. Farmanfarmaian got the Venice Biennale Gold Medal in '58.


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Hosted by Leeza Ahmady
Originally aired Monday, April 18th, 2011

Three renowned curators discuss artists and curatorial processes in recent international biennials, part of the Asian Contemporary Art Week 2011's Dialog with Curators series.


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Hosted by Leeza Ahmady
Originally aired Monday, April 11th, 2011

The artists explore the challenges and opportunities encountered in their roles in local art scenes, while becoming increasingly engaged in global art forums. Recorded March 30, 2011 at Location One in association with the Asian Cultural Council.


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Hosted by Leeza Ahmady
Originally aired Monday, April 11th, 2011

New York-based Japanese artists Ushio Shinohara and Tomokazu Matsuyama explore Japanese culture and history and discuss their work with Associate Curator Miwako Tezuka at the Asia Society and Museum during Asian Contemporary Art Week 2011.


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Hosted by Leeza Ahmady
Originally aired Monday, April 4th, 2011

Ghani's work investigates cultural and generational borders shaped during her childhood in a household where American, Arabic, and Afghan cultures met. Recorded at her ACAW artist's talk at the Museum of Modern Art on March 21, 2011.


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Hosted by Leeza Ahmady
Originally aired Monday, December 27th, 2010
Leeza Ahmady interviews artist Alexander Ugay and curator Yuliya Sorokina; both hailing from Almaty, Kazakhstan. Both were on inaugural visits to the U.S. through the CEC ArtsLink residency program. The three are among...
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Hosted by Leeza Ahmady
Originally aired Sunday, November 7th, 2010

A 2010 conversation with Patrick Flores, one of the most active curators working in SE Asia who discusses his views on the influence (and sometimes lack thereof) of Western Art History on the region and the challenges faced by SE Asian artists.


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Hosted by Leeza Ahmady
Originally aired Friday, May 29th, 2009
Cultural historian David Lelyveld moderated this conversation between Zarina Hashmi of India and Seher Shah of Pakistan, which took place on the wet evening of 16 May, 2009, at CUE Art Foundation, with support from the...
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