Agustín Pérez Rubio Departs Malba After Transformative Directorship
Agustín Pérez Rubio concludes his tenure as artistic director of the Malba, the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires, after implementing significant institutional reforms. His departure, planned after three to five years, coincides with personal reasons and a sense of completed mission. During his leadership, Pérez Rubio restructured the museum's internal operations, establishing new departments for public programs and education, and formed a curatorial board with figures like Julieta González, Andrea Giunta, and Adriano Pedrosa. He shifted the museum's focus from importing exhibitions to producing its own, with only one of 42 major shows being imported during his four-year period. A key achievement was the 2016 permanent collection reinstallation "Verboamérica," co-curated with Andrea Giunta, which decolonized the museum's narrative. Pérez Rubio plans to return to Spain, work as an independent curator based in Madrid, and travel to Buenos Aires, Chile, Quito, Lima, and Torino.
Key facts
- Agustín Pérez Rubio is leaving his position as artistic director of Malba (Museu de arte Latino-americano de Buenos Aires).
- His tenure began in 2014 after being selected in 2013.
- He restructured the museum, creating new departments for public programs and education.
- A curatorial board was formed with Julieta González, Andrea Giunta, Victoria Giraudo, Inés Katzenstein, Adriano Pedrosa, Octavio Zaya, and Pérez Rubio.
- Under his direction, Malba produced 41 of 42 major exhibitions internally, reversing a previous model of importing shows.
- The landmark project "Verboamérica" (2016) re-presented the permanent collection with a decolonial perspective.
- His departure was pre-agreed for a three-to-five year period and is also due to personal reasons, including family in Spain.
- He will relocate to Madrid to work as an independent curator and maintain connections with Latin America.
Entities
Artists
- Agustín Pérez Rubio
- Agustín de Arteaga
- Marcelo Pacheco
- Laura Buchelato
- Eduardo Costantini
- Rennó Prot
- Magalí Arriola
- Michy Marxuach
- Naomi Beckwith
- Lucrécia Palácios
- Renata Cervetto
- Miguel López
- Federico Braum
- Julieta González
- Andrea Giunta
- Victoria Giraudo
- Inés Katzenstein
- Adriano Pedrosa
- Octavio Zaya
- Guadalupe Requena
- Diane Arbus
- Ximena Garrido-Lecca
- Alexander Apóstol
- General Idea
- Tadeu Kaingang
- Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
- Antônio Bispo dos Santos (Nêgo Bispo)
- Luciara Ribeiro
- Naine Terena
- Khadyg Fares
- Júlio Bittencourt
- Guilherme Wisnik
- Daniela Thomas
- Hannah Arendt
- Marlene Barros
- Betânia Pinheiro
- Fábio Nunes
- Júlia Martins
- Claudia Alarcón
- Laura Cosendey
- La Chola Poblete
- Sandra Gamarra Heshiki
- Santiago Yahuarcani
- Colectivo Acciones de Arte
- Damián Ortega
- Sol Calero
- Carolina Caycedo
- Pablo Delano
- Rosa Elena Curruchich
- Manuel Herreros
- Mateo Manaure
- Jesús Soto
- Deborah Paiva
- Tadeu Chiarelli
- Walter Benjamin
- Iberê Camargo
- Jasper Johns
- Henri Matisse
- Marie Laurencin
- Nuno Ramos
- Marcos Amaro
- Russet Lederman
- Olga Yatskevich
- Miguel Del Castillo
- Anna Atkins
- Elizabeth B. Brownell
- Eslanda Cardozo Goode Robeson
- Annette Messager
- Angèle Etoundi Essamba
- Hiromix
- Claudia Andujar
- Maureen Bisilliat
- Gretta Sarfaty
- Vilma Slomp
- Claudia Jaguaribe
- Anna Mariani
- Stefania Bril
- Thalita Hamaoui
- Ana Paula Cavalcanti Simioni
- Rogério Medeiros
- Catalina Bergues
- Rafael Hayashi
- Lázaro Roberto
- Hélio Menezes
- Ivald Granato
- Maria Alice Milliet
- Christian-Jack Heymès
- Felipe Rezende
- Claudio Cretti
- Guilherme Teixeira
- Maria Noujaim
- Andrea Brazil
- Ana Avelar
- Darks Miranda
- Flávia Metzler
- Ivan Cardoso
- Yuli Yamagata
- José Augusto Ribeiro
- Hélio Oiticica
- Zé do Caixão
- Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff
- Ludwig Riedel
- Néster Rubtsov
- Aimé-Adrien Taunay
- Hercule Florence
- Wilhelmine von Langsdorff
- Antonio Florence
- Francis Melvin Lee
- Lalo de Almeida
- Paula Sampaio
- Miguel Chikaoka
- João Pompeu
- Mônica Guimarães
- Moacir dos Anjos
- Francisco Brennand
- José Cláudio
- Aracy Amaral
- Cao Guimarães
- Marcelo Silveira
- Flavia Renault
- Paula Borghi
- Belony Ferreira
- Paula Ramos
- Mestre Didi
- Ayrson Heráclito
- Rodrigo Moura
- Abdias Nascimento
- Paulo Pedro Leal
- Jean Boghici
- Carlos Lacerda
- Mônica Cardim
- Alberto Henschel
- Juca Rosa
- Tomás Toledo
- Alana Silveira
- Montez Magno
- Mari Ra
- Zé di Cabeça
- Fabio Miguez
- Adenor Gondim
Institutions
- Malba (Museu de arte Latino-americano de Buenos Aires)
- ICI (Internacional Curator Independent)
- MET (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
- MAMBA
- SESC
- Teorética Malba
- Galeria Galatea Salvador
- Nara Roesler
- Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo (MAES)
- Movimento Grevista Negro
- Sesc Sorocaba
- Frestas – Trienal de Artes
- Capela João de Camargo
- Clube 28 de Setembro
- CAIXA Cultural São Paulo
- Phi Projetos
- Cinnamon
- Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Belo Horizonte (CCBB BH)
- Ateliê Marlene Barros
- Ponto de Cultura Coletivo ZBM
- Universidade de Aveiro
- MASP (Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand)
- El Espacio 23
- Coleção Jorge M. Pérez
- Janaina Torres Galeria
- FAMA Museu
- IMS (Instituto Moreira Salles)
- Biblioteca de Fotografia do IMS
- 10x10 Photobooks
- Getty Research Institute
- Museo Reina Sofía
- Rijksmuseum
- New York Public Library
- Livraria da Travessa
- Simões de Assis
- Galeria Estúdio Reverso
- NND|Azeco
- NONADA SP
- DAN Galeria
- Casa de Cultura do Parque
- Projeto 280X1020
- Instituto de Cultura Contemporânea (ICCo)
- Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin - USP
- Instituto Hercule Florence
- Documenta Pantanal
- BBM-USP
- Centro Maria Antônia da USP
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
- Galeria Nara Roesler - SP
- Roesler Hotel
- Fonte
- Carmo Johnson Projects
- Itaú Cultural
- Ilê Asipá
- Pina Luz
- Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc
- Secretaria da Cultura (Secultes)
- Fundo de Cultura do Estado do Espirito Santo (Funcultura)
- Política Nacional Aldir Blanc (PNAB)
- Ministério da Cultura (MINC)
- Midiateca Capixaba
- Governo do Estado
- ArteBrasileiros
Locations
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- New York
- United States
- Toronto
- Canada
- Spain
- Madrid
- Chile
- Quito
- Ecuador
- Lima
- Peru
- Torino
- Italy
- Istanbul
- Turkey
- Nicaragua
- Salvador
- Bahia
- Brazil
- Recife
- Pernambuco
- Olinda
- São Paulo
- Vitória
- Espírito Santo
- Sorocaba
- Belo Horizonte
- Minas Gerais
- La Puntana
- Gran Chaco
- Paraguay
- Campo Grande
- Mato Grosso do Sul
- Itu
- Fortaleza
- Ceará
- Rio de Janeiro
- Nova York
- Tóquio
- Japan
- Mumbai
- India
- Pequim
- China
- Jacarta
- Indonesia
- Miami
- Florida
- Los Angeles
- California
- Amsterdã
- Netherlands
- Paris
- France
- Lorena
- Jardim Paulista
- Vila Nova Conceição
- Centro
- Alto de Pinheiros
- Cidade Universitária
- Vila Madalena
- Boaçava
- Bela Vista
- Bom Retiro
- Porto Feliz
- Mato Grosso
- Grão-Pará
- Amazônia
- Pantanal
- Algarve
- Portugal
- Santo Antônio da Patrulha
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Ipojuca
- África