Latitudes is an independent Barcelona-based [41º
23’N, 2º 11’E] curatorial office initiated in April
2005 by Max
Andrews and
Mariana Cánepa
Luna. Latitudes collaborates
with artists and institutions in the conception, organisation and
production of exhibitions, public commissions, conferences, editorial and research initiatives across local, pan-European and
international situations. Latitudes is on the editorial board
of Archive
Books, Turin/Berlin, is a
curatorial advisor for APT Intelligence, collaborates with Vena (por la), is part of Plataforma Curatorial as well as being on Hangar's
Programming Committee 2010–12. Latitudes was awarded
the GAC 2010 curatorial
award given by the Catalan
gallery association.
Who is Latitudes?
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, Mousse, Spike, 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 (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 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 project commission 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, Mousse 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).
¿Qué es Latitudes?
Latitudes es una oficina curatorial independiente
con base en Barcelona [41º 23’N, 2º 11’E] iniciada en
Abril 2005 por Max Andrews y Mariana Cánepa
Luna. Latitudes colabora con
artistas e instituciones en la concepción, organización y
producción de exposiciones, encargos públicos, conferencias y proyectos editoriales o de investigación
en contextos locales, pan-europeos e
internacionales. Latitudes es miembro del consejo
editorial de Archive
Books,
Torino/Berlin, forma parte del Consejo Curatorial de
APT Intelligence, y de Plataforma Curatorial. Asimismo colabora con
Vena (por la) y forma parte del Comité de
Programas de Hangar 2010–12. Latitudes fue
premiada con el GAC 2010 al comisariado, premio otorgado por la
asociación de galerías catalanas.
¿Quiénes son Latitudes?
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, Mousse, Spike, 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 (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 obtener 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, Nueva York, donde fue asistente curatorial durante la producción y montaje de la retrospectiva Frank Gehry, Architect (2001). A continuación 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 implementó el modelo francés de los Nouveaux Commanditaires en Londres y 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, Mousse, Frieze y UOVO y escrito en publicaciones que incluyen Brave New Worlds (2007–8); Estratos, PAC Murcia (2008) e Intervenciones Artísticas, Expo Zaragoza (2008).