Professional Encounters: Curating emerging artists

Participants: Anne Barlow (Executive Director, Art in General, New York; Curator, 5th Bucharest Biennale 2012), Mark Beasley (Curator, Performa, New York), Rob Blackson (US) Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia), Inti Guerrero (CO/NL) Independent Curator, Amsterdam), Tessa Giblin (NZ/IE) Curator of Visual Arts, Project Arts Centre, Dublin), Krist Gruijthuijsen (NL) Independent Curator, Kunstverein, Amsterdam), Eva Grinstein (AR) Independent Curator, Buenos Aires; Co-curator Encuentro11, Medellín), Vincent Honoré (FR/UK) Artistic Director and Head of Collection, David Roberts Art Foundation, London), Xenia Kalpaktsoglou (GR) Curator and Co-Director Athens Biennale, Athens), Martí Manen (ES/SE) Independent Curator, Stockholm), Mihnea Mircan (RO) Artistic Director, ExtraCity, Kunsthal Antwerpen, Antwerp), Bruna Roccasalva (IT) and Vincenzo de Bellis (IT) Co-founders, Peep-Hole, Milan), Jennifer Teets (US/FR) Independent Curator, Paris), Nathalie Zonnenberg (NL) Independent Curator; Editor, Manifesta Journal, Amsterdam.

'Curating emerging artists' was one of six closed-door Professional Meetings taking place during the 30th edition of ARCOmadrid fair. At the invitation of Latitudes, 15 international curators gathered during the fair, and delivered 5 minute/10 slides presentations of projects they were currently developing, with the aim of sharing and triggering common points of interest. In the afternoon Latitudes guided the group through the fair and introduced the participants to Spanish artists and gallerists such as CarrerasMúgica, Maisterravalbuena, Estrany de la Mota and ProjecteSD, amongst others.