May Makki

May Makki is a curator and writer interested in the infrastructural possibilities of exhibition-making. She is Associate Curator at Storefront for Art and Architecture and is currently curating Radical Copies at the National Gallery of Kosovo, opening March 2026.

Prior to joining Storefront, Makki was Co-Curator of the Third Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale (2026). From 2022–2025, she was part of the curatorial team in the Department of Media and Performance at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, where she curated exhibitions, screenings, and public programs including Martin Beck: Last Night, An Evening with Haig Aivazian, and the collection display of works by Tala Madani.

She was the 2024–2025 Curatorial AIRspace resident at Abrons Arts Center, in partnership with Artists Alliance Inc., and has held research positions at MoMA PS1 and the Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University. She holds an MA from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College and a BA in Art History from the University of Chicago.

may.makki@gmail.com

Nasa4nasa: Promises

August 1, 2024
99 Canal, NY

nasa4nasa is a dance collective co-founded in Cairo in 2016 by dancers Noura Seif Hassanein and Salma AbdelSalam.

In the early days of their practice, nasa4nasa would intervene into public and semi-public spaces and perform “vignettes” that they would post on Instagram. Since that moment, they have presented their work on digital platforms and at international performance venues alike. In both virtual and physical formats, their work explores themes of virtuality, desire, and twinning.

At 99 Canal, nasa4nasa performed Promises, a new improvisational score in which two bodies attempt to choreograph a field of tender composition. The performance was followed by a conversation available here.

Photo: Nour Annan.