Maria Nicanor
Maria Nicanoris aSpanish-Americanmuseum curator specializing in design and history of architecture. She has held significant positions at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Guggenheim, and the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt Museum.
Early life and education[edit]
Nicanor was born in Barcelona. Her father is a filmmaker; her mother is a lawyer specializing in intellectual property in the arts.[1]Nicanor received a bachelor's degree from theAutonomous University of Madrid,with a major in the theory and history of architecture. She also studied at theSorbonne Universityand completed a master's degree in museum studies atNew York University.[2][1]
Career[edit]
She was the first director of theNorman Foster Foundationin Madrid.[3]She was the architecture and design curator at theVictoria and Albert Museumin London.[4]
Nicanor had various roles at theGuggenheim Museumin New York from 2003 and 2013[1]including a role as the curator of architecture and design.[5]She was the leader of the team for the traveling laboratory called theBMW Guggenheim Lab.[1]
She became the executive director of the Rice Design Alliance at theRice University School of Architecturein 2017.[5]
References[edit]
- ^abcdPorgrebin, Robin (February 8, 2022)."Cooper Hewitt Director Aims to Bring Context".The New York Times.Retrieved14 February2022.
- ^"Maria Nicanor Named Director of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum".Cooper Hewitt.Retrieved14 February2022.
- ^West, Allyn (November 19, 2017). "Gray Matters: 'We all have an opinion about the city' A conversation with the new chief of the Rice Design Alliance, Maria Nicanor".Houston Chronicle.p. G002.
- ^Seward, Aaron (January 21, 2021)."Q&A with Maria Nicanor".Texas Architect Magazine.ISSN0040-4179.Retrieved14 February2022.
- ^ab"Rice Architecture appoints Maria Nicanor as executive director of the Rice Design Alliance".US Official News.November 9, 2017.
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