María Dolores Jiménez-Blanco Proposed to Lead Reina Sofía Museum's Board of Trustees
Proposed to lead the Board of Trustees at the Museo Reina Sofía is María Dolores Jiménez-Blanco, an art historian hailing from Granada, born in 1959. She will take over from Ángeles González-Sinde, whose tenure concludes in October 2023. Jiménez-Blanco completed her doctorate in Art History at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1988 and holds a master's degree in Art History and Museology from the Universidad George Washington. Since 1998, she has been a tenured professor at Universidad Complutense, where she also headed the Art History Department from 2018 to 2020. Additionally, she was part of the Real Patronato del Museo del Prado from 2013 to 2021 and served as Director General of Fine Arts from 2020 to 2021, while also curating for various organizations and publishing extensively on Spanish art.
Key facts
- María Dolores Jiménez-Blanco has been proposed to preside over the Board of Trustees of the Museo Reina Sofía.
- She would replace Ángeles González-Sinde, who has been president since 2020 and ends her mandate in October.
- Jiménez-Blanco was born in Granada in 1959.
- She earned a doctorate in Art History from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1988, receiving the Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado.
- She holds a master's degree in Art History and Museology from the Universidad George Washington.
- She has been a tenured professor at the Universidad Complutense since 1998 and directed its Department of Art History from 2018 to 2020.
- She was Director General of Fine Arts at the Ministry of Culture and Sport from 2020 to 2021.
- She served on the Real Patronato del Museo del Prado and its permanent commission from 2013 to 2021.
Entities
Artists
- María Dolores Jiménez-Blanco
- Ángeles González-Sinde
- Cindy Mack
- Juan Gris
- Picasso
- Blanchard
- Gargallo
- González
- Ernest Urtasun
- Tània Balló
- Laura García-Lorca
- Eva Lootz
- Fuensanta Nieto
- Concha Lomba
- Maria Josep Balsach
- Cristina de Middel
- María López-Fanjul
- Julio González
- Félix González-Torres
- Aurèlia Muñoz
- Manuel Segade
- Pablo Picasso
- María Blanchard
- Pablo Gargallo
Institutions
- Museo Reina Sofía
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Universidad George Washington
- King Juan Carlos Center
- Universidad de Nueva York
- Real Patronato del Museo del Prado
- Museo del Prado
- Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte
- Fundación Mapfre
- Fundación Juan March
- Fundación María Cristina Masaveu Peterson
- Faro Santander
- Phillips Collection
- Museo Guggenheim
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
- Real Patronato del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
- Ministerio de Cultura
- Fundación Federico García Lorca
- Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias
- George Washington University
- Fundación Masaveu
- Museo Guggenheim de Nueva York
- Alianza
- Ediciones El Viso
- Ariel
- Acantilado
- Cátedra
- La Balsa de la Medusa
- Revista de Arte - Logopress
- Real Patronato del Museo Reina Sofía
- New York University
- Alianza Editorial
- Plataforma de Arte Contemporáneo
- Guggenheim Museum
Locations
- Granada
- Spain
- Madrid
- Washington, D.C.
- United States
- New York
- Santander
- España
- Washington DC
- Estados Unidos
- Nueva York
- Asturias
- Guáimaro
- Cuba
- Miami