AppointmentSeptember 13, 2024
Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, Director Museo Universidad de Navarra (MUN)
Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro Barro (A Coruña, 1970) has been appointed artistic director of the Museo Universidad de Navarra (MUN), a center with which he has been collaborating for the past six years as associate professor of the Master's Degree in Curatorial Studies. “From the first day of class, I knew I wanted to be part of this project. The MUN has a unique characteristic, that of being a university museum in Spain, and we have to take advantage of its enormous potential to connect the academic and artistic spheres in a laboratory of research and creation,” explains Pérez-Barreiro.
Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, a graduate and PhD in Art History from the universities of Aberdeen and Essex, respectively—both in the UK—is an expert in Latin American art.
He has more than 30 years of professional experience in the art sector as a curator, cultural manager, teacher, researcher, writer, and lecturer in museums and institutions in Europe, the United States, and Latin America, where he has combined his profession with government positions.
His contributions as director and chief curator of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, director of visual arts at the Americas Society in New York, curator-founder of the Essex Collection of Art From Latin American Art at the University of Essex, curator of Latin American art at the Blanton Museum of Art, the museum of the University of Texas at Austin, and as coordinator of exhibitions, publications and public programs at Casa de América, in Madrid. He has been chief curator of the 33rd Sao Paulo Biennial, the 6th Mercosul Biennial, and the Brazilian pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennial.
Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, a graduate and PhD in Art History from the universities of Aberdeen and Essex, respectively—both in the UK—is an expert in Latin American art.
He has more than 30 years of professional experience in the art sector as a curator, cultural manager, teacher, researcher, writer, and lecturer in museums and institutions in Europe, the United States, and Latin America, where he has combined his profession with government positions.
His contributions as director and chief curator of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, director of visual arts at the Americas Society in New York, curator-founder of the Essex Collection of Art From Latin American Art at the University of Essex, curator of Latin American art at the Blanton Museum of Art, the museum of the University of Texas at Austin, and as coordinator of exhibitions, publications and public programs at Casa de América, in Madrid. He has been chief curator of the 33rd Sao Paulo Biennial, the 6th Mercosul Biennial, and the Brazilian pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennial.
