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''''Hans Ulrich Obrist''' (Zurich, Switzerland, 1968) is a curator, critic and historian. He is currently Co-director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects at [http://www.serpentinegallery.org Serpentine Gallery]. In 1993, he founded the [[Museum Robert Walser]] and began to run the Migrateurs program at the [[Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris]] where he served as a [[curator]] for [[contemporary art]]. In 1996 he co-curated [[Manifesta]] 1, the first edition of the roving European biennial of contemporary art. Obrist first gained artworld attention in 1991, when as a student in Politics and Economics in St. Gallen, Switzerland, he mounted an exhibition in the kitchen of his apartment entitled <ref><ref name="This is London">[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23759636-hans-ulrich-obrist---the-god-of-planet-art.do World Soup]</ref></ref>. It featured work by the likes of Christian Boltanski and Fischil/Weiss.</ref> <ref>His <ref name="Artfacts">[http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/newsInfo/newsID/3851 first book]</ref></ref>, The Public View, began as a collaboration with the curator Kasper Konig. Obrist is an advocate and archivist for artists, and has <ref><ref name="This is London">[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23759636-hans-ulrich-obrist---the-god-of-planet-art.do said]</ref></ref><ref>Insert footnote text here</ref></ref>: "I really do think artists are the most important people on the planet, and if what I do is a utility and helps them, then that makes me happy. I want to be helpful." He recently contributed a chapter to ''Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture'' (The MIT Press, 2008) edited by Paul D. Miller a.k.a. [[DJ Spooky]]. He also contributed work to the newborn ''[[Above (magazine)|Above]]'' magazine for its premiere/Summer 2009 issue. In the November 2009 issue of [[ArtReview]] magazine, Obrist was ranked number one in the publication's annual list of the [[art world]]'s one-hundred most powerful people. Prolific interviewer, but writing few critical texts, his influence is mainly due to the fact that he operates close to the center of a network of artists, thinkers and agenda-setters, being one of the most well-networked figures in the contemporary art world. Article text.<ref name="test">[http://www.example.org Link text], additional text.</ref> ==Exhibition (Sample)== * Curator of the exhibition from [[Gregor Schneider]]: ''La maison morte u r 1985-1998'', [[Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Obrist, Hans Ulrich}} [[Category:Art curators]] [[Category:Swiss people]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1968 births]] [[de:Hans-Ulrich Obrist]] [[es:Hans Ulrich Obrist]]'