Agustín Pérez Rubio

Agustín Pérez Rubio is a historian, art critic and curator. He has recently been appointed as art director of the MALBA – Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Argentina) and is a former director of the MUSAC – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (Spain).

Agustín has curated over seventy shows for leading institutions such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Spain), and the Venice Biennale. He is a member of the CIMAM – International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art, of the AICA – International Association of Art Critics, and of the IKT – International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art. He also creates public and educational programs, delivering lectures and seminars for organizations such as the Centre George Pompidou, in Paris, and the Independent Curators International (ICI), in New York.

Pérez Rubio was one of the guest of the 18th Festival of Contemporary Art Sesc_Videobrasil, responsable to write a report about the 30 years of the Festival, published as an article in the international art magazine, South as a State of Mind.