AppointmentApril 25, 2024
Natalia Ángeles Vieyra. Associate Curator of Latinx Art
As part of the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, Vieyra will join a team of seven curators—
starting June 30, 2024—devoted to the museum’s 20th- and 21st-century collections and exhibition program. As a specialist and advisor in Latinx art, she will contribute to the museum’s continued acquisitions, exhibitions, permanent collection displays, scholarship, and public service in the field. The National Gallery’s collection includes works by significant Latinx artists such as Ana Mendieta, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Rupert García, Carmen Herrera, Daniel Lind-Ramos, Freddy Rodríguez, Christina Fernandez, Miguel Luciano, and Martine Gutierrez, among others.
The Getty Foundation provided a $500,000 grant that supports the position as part of the Advancing Latinx Art in Museums (ALAM) initiative with the collaboration of the Mellon, Ford, Getty, and Terra Foundations.
“This is an exciting moment for the National Gallery of Art, as we inaugurate a new position that will increase visibility and scholarship of Latinx art and help us better serve our national community,” said E. Carmen Ramos, chief curatorial and conservation officer.
Vieyra, a curator and art historian, has worked and studied extensively in the areas of US Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean art, spanning from the 19th century to the present. Her dissertation focused on the Puerto Rican artist Francisco Oller within the larger context of the Americas.
As the Maher Curatorial Fellow of American Art at the Harvard Art Museums, she developed innovative curatorial and educational programs that placed the work of important artists such as Ana Mendieta, Juan Sánchez, and Enrique Chagoya in dialogue with Latinx audiences. During her tenure, she contributed to and curated numerous exhibitions, installations, and rotations, including De los Andes al Caribe: El arte americano desde el imperio español/From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire and Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives: Creative Communities.
starting June 30, 2024—devoted to the museum’s 20th- and 21st-century collections and exhibition program. As a specialist and advisor in Latinx art, she will contribute to the museum’s continued acquisitions, exhibitions, permanent collection displays, scholarship, and public service in the field. The National Gallery’s collection includes works by significant Latinx artists such as Ana Mendieta, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Rupert García, Carmen Herrera, Daniel Lind-Ramos, Freddy Rodríguez, Christina Fernandez, Miguel Luciano, and Martine Gutierrez, among others.
The Getty Foundation provided a $500,000 grant that supports the position as part of the Advancing Latinx Art in Museums (ALAM) initiative with the collaboration of the Mellon, Ford, Getty, and Terra Foundations.
“This is an exciting moment for the National Gallery of Art, as we inaugurate a new position that will increase visibility and scholarship of Latinx art and help us better serve our national community,” said E. Carmen Ramos, chief curatorial and conservation officer.
Vieyra, a curator and art historian, has worked and studied extensively in the areas of US Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean art, spanning from the 19th century to the present. Her dissertation focused on the Puerto Rican artist Francisco Oller within the larger context of the Americas.
As the Maher Curatorial Fellow of American Art at the Harvard Art Museums, she developed innovative curatorial and educational programs that placed the work of important artists such as Ana Mendieta, Juan Sánchez, and Enrique Chagoya in dialogue with Latinx audiences. During her tenure, she contributed to and curated numerous exhibitions, installations, and rotations, including De los Andes al Caribe: El arte americano desde el imperio español/From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire and Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives: Creative Communities.
