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María Aguilera Aranaz
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MA in Art History from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and the Università Ca’Foscari di Venezia. Areas of specialisation: museology and contemporary art.
I consult for major cultural institutions, foundations, museums and art collections, in two major areas:
  • Management and maintenance of private and corporate art collections: cataloguing, documentation, conservation, registration, creating and maintaining databases, conservation services, insurance, storage, packaging, exhibitions, installation, market value appraisals, institutional relations, etc.
  • Editorial coordination, production, and Spanish copy-editing for temporary and permanent exhibition catalogues and art books. In the last ten years I have been involved in the production of more than eighty exhibition catalogues and art publications for institutions including MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum, Museo National del Prado, Biblioteca Nacional de España, and Museo nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza.
Current work includes:
  • Collection Manager for the Ernesto Poma Family Collection, a private collection focus in Latinoamerican art based in Miami.
  • Professor in the MA Program in Curatorial Studies at Universidad de Navarra. Director of the master’s thesis.
  • Independent Spanish editor and copy editor specializing in exhibition catalogues and art books for cultural institutions and museums.
  • Editorial Project Director and publications Manager, partner shipping with different graphic design studios based in Madrid with an excellent record of achievement in the fields of editorial design and creation of graphic communication systems for museums and cultural institutions, coordinating international projects.
  • Honorary member of IACCCA (International Association of Corporate Collections of Contemporary Art) and ICOM.
Major clients include:
  • Ernesto Poma Family Collection, Fundación Cisneros, MoMA, Museo Nacional del Prado, The Metropolitan Museum, La Casa Encendida, Fundación Mapfre, Biblioteca Nacional de España, Fundación Telefónica, Museo Patio Herreriano, Fundación La Caixa, C-Photo, Ivorypress, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, Acción Cultural Española, Fundación María Cristina Masaveu Peterson, Ediciones El Viso, Tf editores, La Fábrica Editorial, Colección Bergé, Colección José Ramón Prieto.
Previous work experience includes:
  • Curator for the Coleccción Bergé, a corporate collection of international contemporary art with three venues in Spain (2006-2024).
  • Publications manager at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, where I edited, produced, and coordinated the publication of temporary exhibition catalogues, catalogues raisonnés, guides for the permanent collection, educational materials, periodical publications and all of the museum’s advertising materials (2000-2006).
  • Researcher and Coordinator of Exhibits for MACCSI (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber) (1999).
studio: Calle Guillermo Rolland 3, 3º izda. 28013 Madrid (Spain)
+ 34 677 55 48 00 | maria@maguilera.es | www.maguilera.es