Jasia Reichardt
Jasia Reichardt (born 1933) is a British art critic, curator, art gallery director, teacher and prolific writer, specialist in the emergence of computer art. In 1968 she was curator of the landmark Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts. She is generally known for her work on experimental art. After the deaths of Franciszka and Stefan Themerson she catalogued their archive and looks after their legacy.
Jasia Reichardt | |
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Reichardt in 2022 | |
| Born | Janina Chaykin 1933 (age 90–91) Warsaw, Poland |
| Occupation | art critic, curator, teacher and writer |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Citizenship | British |
| Notable works | Cybernetic serendipity: the computer and the arts, director of the Themerson Archive |
Her own self-description reads: Jasia Reichardt writes, lectures and organises events about subjects which deal with the relationship of art to other areas of human activity such as architecture, science, technology. She was assistant director of the ICA, director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery, and tutor at the AA. She has written books on art, computers, robots and the future.