Adriano Pedrosa wins $25k Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence
Adriano Pedrosa, the head of Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), has been honored with the Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence, which comes with a $25,000 prize from Bard College's Center for Curatorial Studies. This award, given annually since 1998, recognizes Pedrosa for his Historias exhibition series, an essential part of the museum's yearly events. Notable shows include Histórias da sexualidade (2017), Histórias das mulheres (2019), Histórias da dança (2020), and the acclaimed Historias Afro-Atlantic (2018), which toured the U.S. and will be at LACMA in December. Currently, MASP features Histórias Brasileiras. The museum has also appointed Edson Kayapó, Kássia Borges Karajá, and Renata Tupinambá as curators for an upcoming Indigenous art exhibition.
Key facts
- Adriano Pedrosa won the $25,000 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence.
- The award is given annually by the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College since 1998.
- Pedrosa has directed MASP since 2014.
- He was praised for his Historias series of exhibitions.
- Historias Afro-Atlantic (2018) toured to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and will stop at LACMA in December.
- MASP appointed Edson Kayapó, Kássia Borges Karajá, and Renata Tupinambá as curators-at-large of Indigenous art.
- The upcoming 'Indigenous Stories' exhibition is scheduled for the second half of 2023.
- Pedrosa ranked 59th on the ArtReview Power 100.
Entities
Artists
- Adriano Pedrosa
- Edson Kayapó
- Kássia Borges Karajá
- Renata Tupinambá
- Valerie Cassel Oliver
- Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
- Charles Esche
- Lucy Lippard
- Harald Szeemann
Institutions
- Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP)
- Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College
- National Gallery of Art
- LACMA
- ArtReview
Locations
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- upstate New York
- Washington, DC