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30.09.2009
AGUSTÍN PÉREZ RUBIO NAMED NEW DIRECTOR OF MUSAC, LEÓN (SPAIN)
The Cultural Council of the government of the autonomous region of Castilla y León, Spain, has announced the appointment of Agustín Pérez Rubio as Director of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC) in León, Spain. Pérez Rubio has been the Acting Director of MUSAC since January 2009 and its Chief Curator since 2003, prior to the inauguration of the museum in 2005. Pérez Rubio succeeds Rafael Doctor, who has led MUSAC since its opening. The Selection Committee assigned to recommend the new director from among the candidates in an open international competition voted unanimously to appoint Pérez Rubio.
Born in Valencia in 1972, Pérez Rubio received his degree in Art History from the University of Valencia. He was the general coordinator of La Gallera, an exhibition space of the Comunitat Valenciana, from 1998 to 2002, and director of the Cultural Conferences on the Image for the Comunidad de Madrid from 2002 to 2004. But Pérez Rubio has developed his most relevant curatorial work at MUSAC, including monographic exhibitions devoted to the works of artists such as Dora Garcia, Muntean & Rosemblum, Julie Mehretu, Sejima + Nishizawa/SANAA, Pierre Huyghe, Dave Muller, Ana Laura Aláez, Hedi Slimane, Terence Koh, and Ugo Rondinone. He has authored over a dozen art books and publications and contributes regularly in various art journals and magazines.
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