Pablo León de la Barra Appointed Director of Rio's Casa França Brasil Cultural Centre
Pablo León de la Barra, a Mexican-born curator, will assume leadership of Rio de Janeiro's Casa França Brasil cultural centre in January 2015. His appointment was reported by Folha de S.Paulo. León de la Barra succeeds Evangelina Seiler, who departed earlier in 2014. Currently, he is completing a two-year residency in New York as the UBS MAP Curator for Latin America at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The organization's presidency was assigned in May 2014 to Macio Botner, an artist and founder of the Rio gallery A Gentil Carioca.
Key facts
- Pablo León de la Barra is Mexican-born.
- He was appointed director of Casa França Brasil.
- Casa França Brasil is a cultural centre in Rio de Janeiro.
- His appointment was reported by Folha de S.Paulo.
- He will start the position in January 2015.
- He replaces Evangelina Seiler.
- León de la Barra is currently the UBS MAP Curator, Latin America, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
- Macio Botner was named president of Casa França Brasil in May 2014.
Entities
Artists
- Pablo León de la Barra
- Evangelina Seiler
- Macio Botner
Institutions
- Casa França Brasil
- Folha de S.Paulo
- UBS
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- A Gentil Carioca
Locations
- Rio de Janeiro
- Brazil
- New York
- United States
- Mexico