Teresa del Conde

Teresa Del Conde
Born Teresa del Conde Pontones
January 12, 1938
Mexico City, Mexico
Nationality Mexican
Education National Autonomous University of Mexico (1958)
Alma mater University of Milan (1986)
Known for Art critic
Art historian
Awards Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship Foundation
Rockefeller Estancia, Bellagio
Wittenbern (editing) Remedios Varo (1994)
National Prize for Art Criticism Luis Cardoza y Aragón

Teresa del Conde Pontones (born January 12, 1938) is a Mexican art critic and art historian.

Early life and education

Born in Mexico City in 1938, Conde earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1958. With a grant she furthered her studies in Rome, earning a degree in psychopathology at the University of Milan. In 1974, she was granted a degree in art history; in 1979, a master's degree; and in 1986, she obtained a doctorate.

Career

Conde is a member of the faculty at UNAM, a columnist for La Jornada, and a researcher at the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. She is a Fellow of the Academia de Artes and a member of the International Association for the Study of Psychopathology of Expression and the International Committee of the History of Arte.[1][2] She served as director of Fine Arts for INBAL for seven years, and as director of the Museum of Modern Art, for almost 11 years. Conde has published numerous works, including biographies on Julio Ruelas, Frida Kahlo, José Clemente Orozco, Francisco Toledo, and Juan Soriano. She has also co-authored books on Latin American Art of the 20th century. In 2008, Conde was awarded the Gold Medal of Fine Arts by the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature in recognition of her work in the fields of criticism, research, literature and teaching.[3]

Awards

Selected works

See also

References

  1. "Teresa del Conde Pontones" (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  2. Palapa Quijas, Fabiola (6 December 2014). "Presenta Teresa del Conde el libro "Textos dispares"" (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. "Recibira Teresa del Conde Medalla de Oro de Bellas Artes". El Universal. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
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