The Helga de Alvear Museum of Contemporary Art, one of the main contemporary art institutions in Spain, located in Cáceres, Extremadura, announced the appointment of Sandra Guimarães as its first Director.
In her first public appearance, Sandra Guimarães shared part of her vision for the museum: “We must continue to rethink the role of the museum as a critical institution, capable of undergoing mutations while developing a community of relationships. A museum must be open to the world and without compartments, a true critical instrument that allows direct contact between the artist, the public and society”, stated Guimarães. Furthermore, he guaranteed that the museum will only fulfill its mission if it manages to be “deeply inclusive, capable of promoting exchanges and generating encounters, as well as providing a platform for the transformative power of art”.
SandraGuimarães (Porto)'s career in the visual arts spans around 25 years, and includes positions as Curator at the Serralves Museum (Porto, Portugal), as well as Founding Director of Programs and Chief Curator at Remai Modern (Saskatoon, Canada) and Director Artistic in Bombas Gens (Valencia, Spain). In 2018, he was a member of the ScotiaBank nominators for the 2018 Photography Prize in Toronto, Canada, and is part of La Caixa's International Acquisitions Committee.
He has recently worked and developed projects with artists such as Thomas Hirschhorn, Carlos Bunga, Ryan Gander, Rosa Barba, Haegue Yang, Rikrit Tiravanija, Joan Jonas, Daniel Steegman Mangrané, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Ahlam Shibli, Matt Mullican, Cristina Iglesias, Stan Douglas and Jimmie Durham, among others.
The Helga de Alvear Museum of Contemporary Art in Cáceres, Spain, was created to house the most significant private collection of international contemporary art in Spain, developed over 40 years by leading gallerist and collector, Helga de Alvear. With more than 3,000 works of art by more than 500 artists spread across five continents, the Helga de Alvear Collection constitutes an extensive and plural family of works of art in constant expansion, including large-format installations and sculptures, paintings, video art and photography. renowned artists. like Francisco de Goya, Olafur Eliasson, Kandinsky, Louise Bourgeois or Doris Salcedo among many others.
Source: E-Flux