Magalí Arriola, independet curator
Introduced by Laura Bardier, Director, ESTE ARTE
Welcomed by Virginia Cervieri, Founder, Fundación Cervieri Monsuárez
and Guadalupe Requena, Director, Fundación Cervieri Monsuárez
In English, without translation.
By invitation only.
Magalí Arriola is a writer and curator based in Mexico City. For more than thirty years, her projects have focused on the intersection of art and politics, exploring how artistic practices illuminate broader social, economic, and historical contexts. With a critical eye on power structures, institutional histories, and the afterlives of colonial capitalism, Arriola has developed multi-nodal initiatives such as Un Lugar Fuera de la Historia (2010–2018) and El círculo que faltaba (2017–2020), long-term episodic projects that challenge normative narratives and foster transnational dialogue. Through her leadership in institutions such as the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City (Director, 2019–2025), Art Basel Miami Beach (Meridians, 2019–2023), and the KADIST collection in San Francisco and Paris (Lead Curator for Latin America, 2017–2020), she has consistently supported experimental practices that question how knowledge is produced and circulated within both local and international art scenes. Arriola curated the Mexico Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale (2019) and the 8th Panama Biennial (2008), and her exhibitions have been presented at institutions such as the Museo Tamayo, Museo Jumex, MAM Medellín, MoMA PS1, SMAK, and Kunst Institute Melly (formerly Witte de With). She has written extensively for books and catalogues and has contributed to publications including ArtForum, Frieze, Mousse, Manifesta Journal, and The Exhibitionist, among others.
Laura Bardier (1976, Montevideo) is the Founding Director of ESTE ARTE and the Executive Director of the James Howell Foundation in New York. Previously, Bardier held key positions at the Cultural Department of the Municipality of Napoli (Italy) and major private collections in the United States. Bardier was a member of the National Committee of Visual Arts of Uruguay and is a Board member of ArtTable, ICI-Independent Curators International, and Creative Capital.