Frances Morris, Director Emeritus, Tate Modern
In conversation with Laura Bardier, Director, ESTE ARTE
Introduction by Verónica Flom, Director, Fundación Ama Amoedo
Presented by Ama Amoedo, collector and philanthropist
In collaboration with Fundación Ama Amoedo.
In English and Spanish, without translation.
By invitation only.
Frances Morris
Curator, art historian, and writer Frances Morris was Director of Tate Modern from 2016-2023. Frances has made many exhibitions and publications, including acclaimed retrospectives of Louise Bourgeois, Yayoi Kusama, and Agnes Martin, most recently co-curating Hilma Af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life. As Director of Collections, International Art from 2006 to 2016, Frances led the transformation of Tate’s International Collection, strategically broadening and diversifying its international reach and representation, as well as bringing photography, moving images, and live art into the institution for the first time through acquisitions, displays, and exhibitions. Frances is currently a Distinguished visiting Professor at Ewha Womens’ University, Seoul, S.Korea, 2024-2026. She is a Fellow of the London Centre for the Humanities, an Honorary Fellow of King’s College Cambridge and has recently been awarded a D. Lit from the Courtauld Institute of Art. Frances is a Trustee of the Whitechapel Gallery and on advisory boards to a number of international museums including Mori Art Museum Tokyo, MNAC Bucuresti and Serralves, Porto.
Laura Bardier
Founding Director of ESTE ARTE and Executive Director of the James Howell Foundation in New York. Previously, Bardier held key positions at the Cultural Department of the Municipality of Napoli (Italy) and major private collections in the United States. She has curated exhibitions in Uruguay, Italy, and the U.S.; her writing on contemporary art has been published in Domus Magazine, Arte al Día, Review, and Infonegocios. Bardier was a member of the National Committee of Visual Arts of Uruguay and is a Board member of ArtTable, ICI-Independent Curators International, and Creative Capital.
ESTE ARTE is a collaborative effort.
Frances Morris's presentation has been made possible through the generosity of Fundación Ama Amoedo, which offered the venue.