RODRIGO MOURA WILL BE MALBA'S NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Malba announced that Rodrigo Moura (Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1975) will be the museum's new artistic director. With a solid background in important cultural institutions and an internationally renowned Latin American curator, Moura will be responsible for giving the museum visibility and presence on a global level, broadening the understanding and scope of the Collection and developing the program of temporary exhibitions at Malba and Malba Puertos.
As Malba's new artistic director, Rodrigo Moura will work in dialogue with the museum's Programming Committee, composed by Eduardo F. Costantini (founder and honorary president of Malba), Teresa Bulgheroni (president of Fundación Malba), María Amalia García (chief curator) and Leandro Chiappa (editorial director).
Moura will also be in charge of supervising the Publications, Education and Public Programs programs, and the articulation with the Film and Literature departments, headed by Fernando Martín Peña and María Soledad Costantini. He will also work on the strategy and development of the programming of Malba's new headquarters in Puertos, Escobar, in dialogue with the general coordinator, Eleonora Jaureguiberry, and Alejandra Aguado, artistic coordinator.
As part of his role, Moura will also be in charge of developing collaborations with other local and international institutions and implementing strategies and instruments to strengthen Malba's profile as a reference for Latin American art at a global level in close collaboration with the Board of Directors, the International Circle and the Artistic Committee, currently made up of Gonzalo Aguilar, Andrea Giunta, Adriano Pedrosa, Julieta González, Octavio Zaya and María Amalia García.
Twenty-three years after Malba's founding, Rodrigo Moura's entry marks the beginning of a new stage after the administrations of Agustín Arteaga, Marcelo Pacheco, Agustín Pérez Rubio and Gabriela Rangel. The Artistic Director will settle full time in Buenos Aires, beginning in March 2025 to work with Malba's team on the museum's general programming.
Rodrigo Moura expressed: "I have followed Malba since its beginnings and have always admired it as one of the leading institutions in the promotion of Latin American art in the world. The Museum has built a great trajectory, based on an extraordinary vision and collection. I am honored and excited to join the museum as it approaches its 25th anniversary, to help shape its future and consolidate its presence on the international art scene.”
Rodrigo Moura has worked for the past six years as Chief Curator of El Museo del Barrio in New York, a central institution for Latinx, Latin American and Caribbean art in the northern hemisphere. He was in charge of important exhibition projects such as FLOW STATES - LA TRIENAL 2024; ESTAMOS BIEN - LA TRIENAL 20/21, Raphael Montañez Ortiz - A Contextual Retrospective (2022), Popular Painters and Other Visionaries (2021), among many others, broadening the understanding and scope of its permanent collection. He fostered the development of emerging and established artists, and deepened the relationship with the different communities both locally and internationally.
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