Dia Art Foundation
Svetlana Kitto is an accomplished Editor and Art Writer with extensive experience in the art and cultural sectors. Currently, Svetlana serves as an Editor at the Dia Art Foundation since July 2023, while maintaining a freelance career in art writing since February 2011, with contributions to notable publications such as Vanity Fair, Frieze, and VICE. Previous roles include Editor at Gordon Robichaux Gallery, and Writer at SculptureCenter, where Svetlana authored a significant work on Black artist Sara Penn. Additional experience includes serving as Senior Editor for the National Endowment for the Arts and conducting oral histories at the Smithsonian Institution Archives and Brooklyn Historical Society. Svetlana holds an MFA in Fiction from The New School, a Master’s in Oral History from Columbia University, and a Bachelor’s degree in English from Mills College.
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Dia Art Foundation
Established in 1974, Dia Art Foundation is internationally recognized as one of the world's most influential contemporary art institutions. The name "Dia," taken from the Greek word meaning "through," was chosen to suggest the institution's role in enabling visionary artistic projects that might not otherwise be realized because of their scale or ambition. Dia's founders, Heiner Friedrich and Philippa de Menil, wished to extend the boundaries of the traditional museum to respond to the needs of the generation of artists whose work matured and became prominent during the 1960s and 1970s. Ever since, Dia's mission has been to commission, support, and present site-specific long-term installations and single-artists exhibitions to the public.