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WHAT UNITES US? ENGLISH VERSION
SUR gallery, from Montevideo, which usually frequents sp-art in São Paulo, holds one MUSEUM INTERVIEW | PAGES32 TO 35
of the largest collections of the Argentine artist Antonio Berni (1905-1981). On this
from 1961. The painting with plates from the Juanito Laguna series (a character AGUSTIN PÉREZ RUBIO SAYS
occasion, exhibited one of his fundamental works, Incendio en el barrio de Juanito,
of the Biennial of Venice of 1962, where it obtained the Grand Prix for printmaking. GOODBYE TO MALBA, MUSEUM
created by the painter to portray the daily story of a child from the favela) participated
projects. In this case, the Municipal Museum of Fine Arts of Tandil bought the work OF LATIN AMERICAN ART OF
In Argentina, several public and private programs collaborate with museum acquisition
through the Matching Funds ArteBA, Banco Ciudad. The Museum of Contemporary BUENOS AIRES, AND TELLS
Rizoma (2017), by Carolina Antoniadis, in the Gallery Diego Obligado, from Rosario,
and I Fiori, from the Kabuki series, by Chiachio & Giannone. The latter is a hand ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE
Art of Salta has acquired two works: Agustín Sirai’s La Plata, Miranda Bosch Gallery,
embroidery on handkerchief, 2005, and was purchased at the gallery Ruth Benzacar. THE SPANIARD ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE MALBA RETURNS TO HIS NATIVE
Finally, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Sur de Lanús was held with Niña
Argentina (2017), by Nora Iniesta, Galería del In nito, and Soñar el Sueño, by artist LAND AND MAKES HERE A LONG BALANCE OF HIS TRAJECTORY IN ONE OF THE
Juan Andrés Videla, from Galería Jorge Mara. MOST IMPORTANT PRIVATE MUSEUMS OF LATIN AMERICA
The Federal Museum Program allowed the acquisition of works to the Franklin BY PATRICIA ROUSSEAUX
Rawson Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, San Juan. The museum chose an untitled
work by Elba Bairon from 2017, made of paper pulp and marble powder. The National A!B: What was your experience and what do you feel made relevant in these years?
University of Tres de Febrero (UNTREF) bought a series of 8 oils on canvas, each In the first place, what is relevant to me is what I was able to do and leave within
measuring 32 x 26 cm, with portraits of books by the artist Carlos Huffman in the the institution, a private museum, in the context of a city like Buenos Aires, in
gallery Ruth Benzacar. a country like Argentina and with a vision of the regional importance, the Latin
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Buenos Aires (Aldo Rubino Foundation) American continent.
chose, in the Maman Fine Arts gallery, the work Tony Donald (1965) by Luis Wells. The search for a public notion through the transposition of knowledge, construction
In Revolver gallery, Martina Quesada’s 2018 work, Letting the light back in, and the of projects and not only amplification of the museum, its program, its image, its
work of Pablo Accinelli, Relación Concreta, in the gallery Luisa Strina. protocols of action. Because? Because when I get to Malba it’s a museum I already
The Museo Lucy Mattos, from San Isidro, participated for the first time in the Federal know. By the way, since its birth in 2001, when it was still under construction. I
Museum Program and took an acrylic on paper to its Arbol Natural (2018) collection followed the work of Agustín de Arteaga, Marcelo Pacheco as director and chief
by Abel Rodríguez. Instituto de Visión y Dama de Cao (2017), Untitled by the artist curator and of Laura Buchelato. I did not know Eduardo Costantini, its president,
Silvana Pestana from the Ginsberg gallery in Lima, made of ceramics and metal but I knew his samples and part of the collection.
with variable measurements. It happens that in 2013, a year before being chosen as artistic director, together
The Museo Castagnino + macro, from Rosario, joins the Federal Museum Program with ICI, International Curator Independent of NY, with Rennó Prot we held the
and acquires two works: an installation of Nina Kovensky, Realidad disminuida, from first “curatorial workshop” in Latin America. Magali Arriola, Magali Arriola, Michy
the gallery El Gran Vidrio, from Córdoba, and the work E lucevan le stelle (1988) by Marxuach, Naomi Beckwith, etc. And, as part of this dive, we just came to Maui to
Juan Pablo Renzi, a gouache and acrylic on paper from the Henrique Faria Buenos visit the collection and the experience was disastrous. The educator’s guided tour
Aires & New York gallery. Malba acquired three photographs by Leandro Katz and had gaps, there was no curatorial script. Anyway, there are things that are missing
one by Teresa Margolles. from the dynamics of museum management, things you have to implement looking
The Hotel Meliá Recoleta Plaza has acquired two videos: Faces (2016), by the at a set of needs from when you enter until you leave and that, incidentally, were
Brazilian artist Lia Chaia, at Galeria Vermelho, and Cámara (2017), by Elena Dahn, issues that we studied and analyzed in the group. A year later, I lived in Toronto,
in Maria Casado, produced with a cell phone as part of the artist’s exhibition in 2017. would have difficulties coming, but after a negotiation I took over as artistic director.
With the support of the Argentine Agency for International Trade and Investment, The first one I did was to study the archive, the history of the institution and
arteBA led curators and museum directors to purchase works by Argentine artists investigate gaps, what was left aside and why. From then on, the first year was to
for their collection. look inside, implement a form of work, create new departments from what already
Pablo León de la Barra, curator of the Guggenheim Museum in New York, acquired existed, such as literature and cinema. Implemented art and thought, education and
a piece by the artist Mariela Scafatti, Ppink (2015), in the Isla Flotante gallery. The literature. We hired Lucrecia Palácios for the Public Programs, and Renata Servetto
artist was a revelation in Miami Art Basel 2017, earning, at age 44, the BMW Art for Education. We publish Agitese before Uso, purchased by SESC in Brazil. It is a
Journey for her installation Handcuff Secrets - Secrets of Wives. project with Miguel López, Theoretical Malba.
José Luis Blondet, curator for special projects at the Los Angeles County Museum Today this group is no longer in Malba, it’s another moment.
of Art (LACMA), chose the work Letters to Earth by the Argentine artist Eduardo The most important was working across the board. Understand the role of the
Navarro, at the Brazilian gallery Nara Roesler, in São Paulo. The work consists of 100 friends’ association, the procurement committee, put all the area heads together
bronze nuts which contain parts of real walnut inside. These “capsules” will allow at a table to discuss.
the fruit to remain intact for 3000 years. It is part of the acquisition contract “to When I enter the museum, I propose a form of work. The first year was aimed at this
commit to bury the nuts after 100 years” in different parts of the planet. work. The construction of a structure, an Artistic Director, an Executive Director,
The curator of the Dallas Art Museum, Texas (USA), Katherine Brodbeck, chose two who at that time was Federico Braum, working together. A curatorial board, which is
León Ferrari works for the museum’s collection. what we call an artistic scientific committee, where you can talk about programming
Lourdes Ramos, President of the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Long and even more power to give the lines of the collection. The museum did not have
Beach (USA), took the work of Matías Duville, In nito Red Sunset, sanguina sobre a clear division in the time of the choice of the acquisitions or the organization of
papel, from the Barro Arte Contemporâneo gallery. the exhibition of the collection.
MALI (Museo de Arte de Lima) selected an acrylic on canvas from the Erotic Series This board was fundamental to my management. Formed by Julieta Gonzales,
by Marta Minujín at Henrique Faria Buenos Aires & New York. Andrea Giunta, Victoria Guiraldo, Inés Cajgestein, Adriano Pedrosa, Octavio Faia
The director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA), Ferran and I, seven people.
Barenblit, added to the museum’s collection three works by Magdalena Jitrik, from Dialogue with them was to implement working protocols, organize public, educational
the gallery Luisa Strina: The end, the end, the beginning, Letter Building and Temple. programs. Work closely with Guadalupe Requena on the importance of establishing
Patrick Charpenel, current director of the Museo del Barrio and member of the a department of publications and communication.
Selection Committee of Cabinet IRSA, took several numbers and stamps from In a second moment our focus was the content. The Malba had developed important
the Ovum and Ovum 10 publication of the Uruguayan artist Clemente Padín at exhibitions, but in general Malba cared for shows. A museum has to be ahead, have
the Walden Gallery. The editions have original works, art of stamps and collages to have proposals, not just be the recipient and obviously make partnerships. For
with contributions of names like Michael Gibbs, Tim Ulrichs, Robin Crozier, Raul me, it was crucial to find a way to make our own exhibitions viable. That is how in
Marroquín and Horacio Zabala. Another ten Ovum 10 numbers contain articles of four years, out of almost 42 shows, only one was imported. Among the large and
concrete and visual poetry. medium. Several roamed. We always strive to create a balance, choosing an Argentine
Mariela Scafatti was also chosen by Jo Fernandes, deputy director of the National artist, a Latin American artist and an international project. This also starting from
Museum of Art Reina Sofía, Madrid, with the work Caballetes (2015). Reina Sofía the difficulty of having an international exhibition today. In the case of Diane Arbus,
also bought a work from the Institute of Vision of Bogotá, Joy in Paperwork, , Al we could only do it because we had a partnership with the MET - Metropolitan
papeleo, alegría, by the artist, also from Argentina, Amalia Pica (2016). Museum of NY - which holds the file. In terms of content, we extend our gaze to