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Watch Now! Curator's Perspective: Victoria Noorthoorn

What does it mean to engage in a curatorial practice of liberation through the platform of the museum? In this Curator’s Perspective, Victoria Noorthoorn (Director, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires) was joined by ICI’s Executive Director Renaud Proch for a conversation about her decade-long transformative leadership of Argentina’s largest public institution dedicated to modern and contemporary art.

In this talk, Noorthoorn discussed how the Museo Moderno fulfills its civic potential today while engaging in a global art discourse from a Global South perspective: “against a background of economic fragility and social vulnerability, we redefined our priorities and mission to construct a museum for all; we amplified and diversified our curatorial strategies in order to further the emancipation of artistic thought and seek curatorial and social justice with a focus on equity, diversity and inclusion; and we emphasized educational access and integration, making of accessibility and mental health priority objectives in all our work.”

Since she became director in 2013, the Museo Moderno—a public museum, funded by the City Government of Buenos Aires—has undergone a deep process of growth and transformation. With an expanded budget, a team of 130 museum professionals, and exhibition spaces that have doubled in size, the museum has presented over 100 exhibitions, publishing over 50 bilingual publications, and created multiple education programs to involve 7000 teachers a year, while becoming a leading institution in the areas of mental health and accessibility.

A version of the video with ASL intepretation is available here.

Presenter
Victoria Noorthoorn

Victoria Noorthoorn is the Director of Museo Moderno, Buenos Aires.


Credits
The Curator’s Perspective is a free, itinerant public talk series featuring established U.S. and international curators, who present on their work and research. It was developed to offer audiences ways to connect with timely information and a wide variety of international perspectives on contemporary art and curating today. The series sheds light on movements and models that are shaping the curatorial field today, addressing questions about art, culture, and the artists and exhibitions that curators look to.

The Curator’s Perspective series has been made possible, in part, by a grant from the James Howell Foundation and by generous contributions from the ICI Board of Trustees and ICI Access Fund. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.