HAUS debuts with a talk on curatorship and Latin American art

After the inauguration of this new art space in the Granada building of BAU, HAUS launches a calendar of activities with a talk proposal on Wednesday, December 20 that aims to reflect from the curatorial point of view and the artistic projection of the new Latin American artistic movements, and that It will feature the Sevillian curator, editor and writer Juan Canela (1980), who was co-founder and co-director of the BAR project residency program in Barcelona until 2020.

In this colloquium titled “Contextual curation in troubled times,” Canela will talk about some of the projects he has developed in Central America in recent years - where he currently resides -, such as the 23rd Paiz Art Biennial in Guatemala or his work as chief curator of MAC Panama, and how these are linked to the complex social reality of the context they inhabit.

Beyond his work as a curator on the other side of the Atlantic, Juan Canela has become associate curator of the Matadero Madrid Artistic Residency Center and member of the program commission of HANGAR Barcelona. In the national context, he has been involved in projects for institutions such as the CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo and the TBA-21 in Madrid, Tabakalera in San Sebastián or the Miró Foundation in Barcelona. On the other hand, internationally, his influence has reached Oslo, Paris, Amsterdam and much of South America. He has written for magazines and specialized media such as A * Desk, Babelia (El País), Terremoto, Art-Agenda, Concreta or Mousse Magazine and is co-author of the book Desde lo curatorial. Conversations, experiences and affections (2020) from the Consonni publishing house.

Date: 12/20/23
Location: HAUS, Space for art and contemporary practices (Carrer de la Ciutat de Granada, 34-36)
Free entrance