Atlantic World Art Fair: Curator's Choice with Direlia Lazo and Marina Reyes Franco
Miami-based curator Direlia Lazo and Marina Reyes Franco, Curator at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC) select standout works from the Atlantic World Art Fair.
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Direlia Lazo (Havana, 1984) is a curator based in Miami. Recently, she was appointed as the Artistic Director of ZⓈONAMACO. She previously served as Director of Exhibitions for Faena Art in Miami and Buenos Aires (2016-2021). She has curated projects for institutions such as The Havana Biennial, La Tallera, and Times Museum Guangzhou; and has collaborated in projects by different artists, like Cátedra Arte de Conducta, founded and directed by artist Tania Bruguera. She is also the founder of independent art initiatives such as Havana Art Weekend and Together. Most recently, she curated the inaugural edition of the Faena Prize for the Arts (2022) in Miami.
Marina Reyes Franco is a Curator at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC). Some recent projects include Tropical Is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime, at Americas Society and MAC; El momento del yagrumo, at MAC; De Loiza a la Loiza, a MAC en el Barrio public art commission by Daniel Lind Ramos; Resisting Paradise, at Publica, San Juan and Fonderie Darling, Montreal; Watch your step / Mind your head, ifa-Galerie Berlin; The 2nd Grand Tropical Biennial in Loiza, Puerto Rico; C32: Sucursal, MALBA in Buenos Aires. As curator and researcher, she has focused on the work of Esteban Valdes, artistic and literary manifestations on the frontier of political action, and the impact of tourism in cultural production in the Caribbean. A forthcoming exhibition, Puerto Rico Negrx, co-curated with María Elena Ortiz, focuses on artistic production by Afro Puerto Rican artists in the archipelago and the diaspora from the 1990s to the present.
