Mohammad Salemy – the curator of the "Off white" Charity Auction. Independent Berlin-based artist, critic, and curator from Canada. Salemy is the Organizer at The New Centre for Research & Practice. He holds a BFA from Emily Carr University and an MA in Critical Curatorial Studies from the University of British Columbia. Together with a changing cast, he forms the artist collective Alphabet Collection.

Cosmoscow Art Director Simon Rees is a former director of New Zealand's contemporary art museum, and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Prior he was head of programming and development at the MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art (2011-2013). Mr. Rees is best known for his work at the CAC, Vilnius (2004–2011) and writing and curating in post-communist Europe; including for the prize winning national pavilion he led as commissioner for Lithuania at the Venice Biennale (2007). Mr. Rees has sat on boards and juries of a host of organizations and awards internationally, including those of the contemporary art fairs in Vienna (AT), Auckland (NZ), and Innovation Prize (Moscow). Simon Rees was a regular visitor to Moscow from 2005–2014 for the purpose of writing and research and inter-institutional collaborations, engaging with the city's most important exhibitions and events (including those associated with the Moscow Biennial).

"The Off white contemporary art charity auction is our annual initiative which has been hosted by the Cosmoscow Foundation since 2017 with all the proceeds benefiting its programs. Each year, the preparation of the auction and the development of its concept is handled by a new invited curator. This year, it is Mohammad Salemy, co-founder and director of the New Center of Research & Practice in Berlin. I am sincerely grateful to Mohammad, as well as to all the artists and institutions that provided the works for the auction."