Maria Corral
María Corral (Madrid, 1940) directed the La Caixa Foundation Art Exhibition (1981-1991) and the Reina Sofía Museum (1991-1994) and has enjoyed an impressive career as a curator of international exhibitions. Among her numerous curatorial projects, collaborations, and awards, the following stand out:
In 1985 and 1988, she was the Spanish curator for the 3rd and 4th editions of the Internationale Triennale der Zeichnung (Nuremberg Kunsthalle). In 1987 and 1988, she served on the Advisory Committee for the Carnegie International 1988 exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, USA. She was appointed European Chair of EUROPAN (European Program of Architectural Competitions) for the 1991-1993 term. In 1993, the French Minister of Culture, Jacques Langle, awarded her the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres medal , and the following year she joined the Visual Arts Advisory Board of the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. In 1996 she became a member of the Comité d'Experts du Fonds Culturel National de Luxemburgo and Selecting Curator of the exhibition New Contemporaries , organized by the Tate Gallery (Liverpool).
To mark Expo 98, she curated the exhibition Anos 80/The Eighties , organized by Culturgest in Lisbon. In 2001, Minister Catherine Tasca awarded her the title of Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic. That same year, she curated the solo exhibition Joan Hernández Pijuan: Returning to a Known Place at the MACBA (Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona). The exhibition traveled to the Musée d'art et histoire (Neuchâtel), the Malmö Konsthall (Malmö), and the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Bologna. She co-directed the 51st Venice Biennale . At ARCO 06 (International Contemporary Art Fair) she was the curator of the exhibition 16 Art Projects and, in 2007, of the exhibition Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art (Texas).