Ximena Caminos

Ximena Caminos is the Executive Creative Director and partner in Faena Group,[1][2] and Chief Curator and Executive Director of the Faena Arts Center in Buenos Aires since 2004.[3][4] Caminos leads the Faena Prize for the Arts (see: Faena Arts Center), one of the largest art prizes in Latin America.[5][6] Caminos is the Executive Director of Faena Forum, "a new kind of multidisciplinary center in a flexible building that can house dance, theater, political debates, lectures and a wide range of other cultural happenings," opening in Miami Beach in 2015 and designed by Rem Koolhaas[7]

With her partner Alan Faena,[8] she has been cited as a major contributor to the arts scene in Buenos Aires.[7] They have one son named Noa.[9] Caminos is a member of the New Museum Leadership Council.[10]

Early career

Caminos was a curator at the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires until 2004,[7][9] and previously, a curator and producer for the Buenos Aires Secretary of Culture[2] She trained with Eduardo Stupía and Pablo Suarez[3] and worked with Miguel Briante at the Recoleta Cultural Center[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Miami's New Creative Class: Ximena Caminos", New York Post, 2014, retrieved 2015-02-25
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The best shops in Buenos Aires: an insiders' guide", The Telegraph, 2013, retrieved 2015-02-25
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Los caminos de Ximena". Harpers Bazaar (Hearst Corporation). 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Emma O'Kelly (2014), The Insider Guide to Art Basel Miami Beach, Christie's, retrieved 2015-02-25
  5. ↑ "2015 Faena Prize for the Arts Awarded to Cayetano Ferrer", Artforum, 2015, retrieved 2015-02-25
  6. ↑ "Cayetano Ferrer Wins 2015 Faena Prize", Artnews, 2015, retrieved 2015-02-27
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Ted Loos (2015), "In Miami Beach, the Faena Forum is to Open in December", New York Times, retrieved 2015-03-17
  8. ↑ "Ximena Caminos: El arte se convirtió en un commodity y ése es el gran problema", La Nacion, October 12, 2014, retrieved 2015-02-25
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Elisa Lipsky-Karasz (2013), "Alan Faena's Argentine Residence", Wall Street Journal, retrieved 2015-02-25
  10. ↑ New Museum Leadership Council, New Museum, retrieved 2015-02-25
  11. ↑ Lorelay Gaffoglio (2014), "Ximena Caminos: El arte se convirtió en un commodity y ése es el gran problema", La Nacion, retrieved 2015-02-25