ADRIANO PEDROSA WILL RECEIVE THE 2023 AUDREY IRMAS AWARD FOR CURATORIAL EXCELLENCE
The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard) announced that Adriano Pedrosa, Artistic Director of Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP), will receive the 2023 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence.
The curatorial achievements of this year's awardee cover multiple continents and span over two decades of practice. Since joining MASP, Pedrosa has redefined the institution's program with groundbreaking exhibitions that reexamine Brazilian art histories. His inventive curatorial approach has catalyzed thought-provoking, layered narratives that put the past in dialogue with contemporary issues.
The award will be presented to Pedrosa by Julia Bryan-Wilson at the gala celebration and dinner on April 3, 2023. The event, which is chaired by the CCS Bard Board of Governors, will be held in New York City at The Lighthouse at Pier 61.
"As embodied in his trailblazing Histórias exhibition series, Adriano Pedrosa's commitment to amplifying and recontextualizing works that address pressing themes of our time has engaged new audiences in São Paulo's critical arts dialogue. His work fosters the highest social and civic values of the visual arts, contributing new perspectives that propel the entire field forward," said Tom Eccles, Executive Director, CCS Bard.
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Vistas de la exposición Historias Brasileñas (2020). Cortesía MASP.
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Vistas de la exposición Historias Brasileñas (2020). Cortesía MASP.
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MARÍA AUXILIADORA. Sin título, 1968. Campo Belo, Minas Gerais, Brasil, 1935 – São Paulo, Brasil, 1974. Técnica mixta, 50 × 65 cm. [Colección] Irapoan Cavalcanti, Río de Janeiro, Brasil. Parte de la exhibición Historias de Danza (2020).
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LORENA O'GRADY. Los bailarines de Lorraine O'Grady's Art Is... (Troupe Front), 1983/2020. C-print en 5 partes [C-print en 5 partes], 41 × 51 cm. Cortesía Alexander Gray Associates, Nueva York, Estados Unidos. Parte de la exhibición Historias de Danza (2020).
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Vistas de la exposición Historias de la sexualidad (2017). Cortesía MASP.
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Vistas de la exposición Historias de la sexualidad (2017). Cortesía MASP.
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SENGA NENGUDI. Enmascarándolo, 1978-1979. Impresiones en plata sobre papel gelatina. Cortesía Lévy Gorvy Gallery y Thomas Erben Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos. Foto Adam Avila. Parte de la exhibición Historias de Danza (2020).
About Adriano Pedrosa
Adriano Pedrosa has served as the Artistic Director of Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) since 2014. His arrival marked a significant shift in the museum's curatorial program and the revival of architect Lina Bo Bardi's original 1968 exhibition design. Mining the museum's holdings of 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century artworks, Pedrosa reinstalled the permanent collection using updated versions of Bo Bardi's glass and concrete easels. Being able to approach these works at any angle has encouraged visitors to chart their own path through the galleries, opening up pluralistic meanings and connections that are often obscured by traditional, chronological displays. The reinstallation provided the foundation for Pedrosa's pioneering exhibition series Histórias, which launched in 2016, under the theme of childhood, and went on to explore sexuality (2017), Afro-Atlantic histories (2018), women (2019), dance (2020), and Brazilian histories (2022).
Prior to MASP, Pedrosa was the curator in charge of exhibitions and collections at Pampulha Art Museum, Belo Horizonte (2000–03). He has curated numerous exhibitions including InSite_05, an initiative by the San Diego Museum of Art and the Tijuana Cultural Center (2005), the 31st Panorama of Brazilian Art at the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo (2009), the 2011 Istanbul Biennial, and the São Paulo pavilion at the 9th Shanghai Biennale (2012). Pedrosa has served on the curatorial team for the 1998 and 2006 editions of the São Paulo Biennial. He was the artistic director of the 2nd Poly/Graphic Triennial of San Juan (2009). Recently, Pedrosa was named curator of the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (2024).
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