Ximena Caminos

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Ximena Caminos is Chair of Faena Art,[1] Executive Creative Director and partner in Faena Group,[2][3] and Chief Curator and Executive Director of the Faena Arts Center in Buenos Aires since 2004.[4][5] Caminos leads the Faena Prize for the Arts (see: Faena Arts Center), one of the largest art prizes in Latin America.[6][7] 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," opened in Miami Beach in 2016 and designed by Rem Koolhaas[8]

With her husband Alan Faena,[9][10] she has been cited as a major contributor to the arts scene in Buenos Aires.[8] They have one son named Noa.[11] Caminos is a member of the New Museum Leadership Council.[12]

Early career

Caminos was a curator at the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires until 2004,[8][11] and previously, a curator and producer for the Buenos Aires Secretary of Culture[3] She trained with Eduardo Stupía and Pablo Suarez[4] and worked with Miguel Briante at the Recoleta Cultural Center[13]

References

  1. ^ "Faena District to Launch with Fanfare". Miami Herald. 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Miami's New Creative Class: Ximena Caminos", New York Post, 2014, retrieved 2015-02-25
  3. ^ a b "The best shops in Buenos Aires: an insiders' guide", The Telegraph, 2013, retrieved 2015-02-25
  4. ^ a b "Los caminos de Ximena". Harpers Bazaar. Hearst Corporation. 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  5. ^ Emma O'Kelly (2014), The Insider Guide to Art Basel Miami Beach, Christie's, retrieved 2015-02-25
  6. ^ "2015 Faena Prize for the Arts Awarded to Cayetano Ferrer", Artforum, 2015, retrieved 2015-02-25
  7. ^ "Cayetano Ferrer Wins 2015 Faena Prize", Artnews, 2015, retrieved 2015-02-27
  8. ^ a b c Ted Loos (2015), "In Miami Beach, the Faena Forum is to Open in December", New York Times, retrieved 2015-03-17
  9. ^ "Ximena Caminos: El arte se convirtió en un commodity y ése es el gran problema", La Nacion, October 12, 2014, retrieved 2015-02-25
  10. ^ "The Parties at Art Basel Miami Beach", The New York Times, December 6, 2014, retrieved 2015-05-15
  11. ^ a b Elisa Lipsky-Karasz (2013), "Alan Faena's Argentine Residence", Wall Street Journal, retrieved 2015-02-25
  12. ^ New Museum Leadership Council, New Museum, retrieved 2015-02-25
  13. ^ Lorelay Gaffoglio (2014), "Ximena Caminos: El arte se convirtió en un commodity y ése es el gran problema", La Nacion, retrieved 2015-02-25