Max Andrews

Max (Bath, UK, 1975) studied Critical Fine Art Practice (BA Hons) at the University of Brighton (1995–98) and graduated in the MA Curating Contemporary Art, Royal College of Art, London (2001–03). He was Associate Editor of Contemporary Visual Arts magazine (1998–2000) and Curatorial Fellow at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2003–04) where he assisted in projects with artists including Kiki Smith, Christian Marclay and Thomas Hirschhorn. As Special Projects Curatorial Assistant to Director, Tate Collection, London (2004–05), he was responsible for several key acquisitions for the permanent collection including pieces by Luciano Fabro, Lawrence Weiner, Juan Muñoz and Rodney Graham. He is a regular contributor to Frieze and has contributed to magazines including Tate Etc., British Birds, Untitled, Art&Co, DADDY, SUM, Karriere and UOVO and has been a contributing essayist for publications including Bits & Pieces Put Together to Present a Semblance of a Whole: Walker Art Center Collections (2005); Henrik Håkansson (Dunkers Kulturhus, Sweden, 2005 and Museo Tamayo, México City, 2008–9); Frieze Art Fair Yearbooks (2005–10); Day for Night: Whitney Biennial 2006; Brave New Worlds (Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2007–8); Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International 2008 and Haegue Yang (sala rekalde, Bilbao, 2008–9).

Mariana Cánepa Luna

Mariana (Montevideo, Uruguay, 1977) graduated in Art History (Universitat de Barcelona, 1995–2000) and studied Cinema History (DAMS, Università degli Studi di Bologna, 1999) before completing an MA in Curating Contemporary Art (Royal College of Art, London, 2002–4). She has worked at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice (2000) and at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, where as a curatorial intern assisted in the production and installation of the retrospective Frank Gehry, Architect (2001). Following this, she worked in a commercial gallery and later assisted at the US (2000) and the UK Pavilions (2003) during the Venice Biennale. Between 2004–5 she worked at the Serpentine Gallery as a Fondation de France Curatorial Fellow, where she initiated a commission with British artist Nils Norman piloting the FdF’s Nouveaux Commanditaires model in London and, parallel to this, organised the conference ‘Art in the Public Realm’, presenting four international models of commissioning art for the public space. She has contributed to magazines such as Untitled, ArteContexto, Art&Co, SUM, Frieze and UOVO and as a contributing essayist in publications including Brave New Worlds (Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2007–8); Estratos, PAC Murcia (2008); and Artistic Interventions, Expo Zaragoza (2008).

Max Andrews

Max (Bath, Inglaterra, 1975) estudió Critical Fine Art Practice (BA Hons) en la University of Brighton (1995–98) y completó un Master of Arts en Curating Contemporary Art, Royal College of Art, Londres (2001–03). Entre 1998 y 2000 fue Editor Asociado de la revista Contemporary Visual Arts y Curatorial Fellow en el Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2003–04) donde trabajó entorno a exposiciones de Kiki Smith, Christian Marclay y Thomas Hirschhorn, entre otros artistas. Como Comisario Asistente del Director en Proyectos Especiales en la Tate Collection, Londres (2004–05) fue responsable de la adquisición de obras de Luciano Fabro, Rodney Graham, Lawrence Weiner o Juan Muñoz para la colección permanente del museo. Max escribe regularmente en Frieze y ha contribuido en revistas como Tate Etc., British Birds, Untitled, Art&Co, DADDY, SUM, Karriere y UOVO. Ha contribuido en las siguientes publicaciones: Bits & Pieces Put Together to Present a Semblance of a Whole: Walker Art Center Collections (2005); Henrik Håkansson (Dunkers Kulturhus, Suecia, 2005 y Museo Tamayo, México, 2008); Frieze Art Fair Yearbooks (2005–10); Day for Night: Whitney Biennial 2006; Brave New Worlds (Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2007–8); Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International 2008 y Haegue Yang (Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, 2008–9).

Mariana Cánepa Luna

Mariana (Montevideo, Uruguay, 1977) se licenció en Historia del Arte en la Universidad de Barcelona (1995–2000) y cursó estudios de historia del cine en la Università degli Studi di Bologna (1999) antes de completar el Master of Arts en Curating Contemporary Art, Royal College of Art, Londres (2002–4). Trabajó en la Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venecia (2000) y en el Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York donde fue asistente curatorial durante la producción y montaje de la retrospectiva Frank Gehry, Architect (2001). A continuación trabajó en una galería comercial y fue asistente en el Pabellón de los Estados Unidos (2000) y en el de Inglaterra (2003) durante la Biennale di Venezia. Entre 2004–5 trabajó en la Serpentine Gallery como Fondation de France Curatorial Fellow, donde inició un proyecto con el artista británico Nils Norman implementando el modelo francés de los Nouveaux Commanditaires en Londres y paralelamente organizó la conferencia ‘Art in the Public Realm’ en la que se presentaron cuatro modelos internacionales de producir arte para el espacio público. Mariana ha contribuido en revistas tales como Untitled, ArteContexto, Art&Co, SUM, Frieze y UOVO y escrito en publicaciones que incluyen Brave New Worlds (2007–8); Estratos, PAC Murcia (2008) e Intervenciones Artísticas, Expo Zaragoza (2008).