LATIN AMERICAN FORUM, FALL 2023

Curating the Nation

Tuesday, September 26, 6 PM EDT
In-person and live-streamed via Zoom
In English
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Freddy Rodríguez (American, born Dominican Republic, 1945–2022)
Paradise for a Tourist Brochure, 1990
acrylic, sawdust, and newspaper collage on canvas, 60 x 66 in.
Gift of Funds from The Ahmanson Foundation, and Patrons’ Permanent Fund
National Gallery of Art, 2022.45.1

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In 2021, the National Gallery of Art in Washington embarked on a new course after it redefined its mission, vision, and values, which are all deeply grounded in deepening and expanding the museum’s collections and its service to audiences. In this talk, E. Carmen Ramos will discuss how she has navigated her new role and worked to embody the ideas of being an audience centered institution and being of the nation and for all the people.

The panel will be moderated by Edward J. Sullivan, the Helen Gould Shepard Professor in the History of Art at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

E. Carmen Ramos is Chief Curatorial and Conservation Officer at The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. She leads the curatorial and conservation teams as they serve the nation and beyond through collections development, ground-breaking scholarship, art conservation, and scientific research. Ramos previously served as the acting chief curator and curator of Latinx art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), where she built one of the largest collections of Latinx art at a museum of U.S. art. She organized award-winning exhibitions including ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now (2020), Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art (2013), and Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography (2017). In addition to her numerous catalogues, her scholarship appears in American Art, and in books including Picturing Cuba: Art, Culture and Identity on the Island.