Esteban King

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Wednesday, November 3, 12:30pm
Logan Center Room 801

Please join us for a special lunchtime lecture from visiting curator Esteban King Álvarez. King will give an overview of artists he has closely worked with in recent years and will also discuss a selection of curatorial projects including the most recent XIV FEMSA Biennial Inestimable Chance (Morelia and Pátzcuaro, Michoacán 2020).

Esteban King Álvarez is a researcher, art historian and curator. His work focuses on modern and contemporary art and its relationships with experimental music and literature, and will be visiting Chicago as a consultant and participant in this year’s Lit & Luz Festival.

He holds a BA in History and an MA in Art History from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). From 2012 to 2015 he was curator and chief researcher at the Museo Universitario del Chopo, and from 2015 to 2019 curator and editor at ESPAC, Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo. In 2015 he was awarded the FONCA Grant in the category of “Essay”. He has been a professor in Art History at the Universidad Iberoamericana, teaching Pedagogical curatorship and History of exhibitions. In 2020 he was part of the curatorial team of the XIV FEMSA Biennial, Inestimable Chance. King was born and raised in Mexico City where he continues to work as a freelance writer, researcher, and curator.

To attend please RSVP at: zespouniversity@uchicago.edu

Presented with support from the Lit & Luz Festival

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