Gloria Moure facts for kids

Gloria Moure is a Spanish expert in art. She studies art history, writes about art, organizes art shows, and helps publish books about art. She lives in Barcelona.

About Gloria Moure

Gloria Moure is an important person in the art world. She is an art historian, which means she studies and writes about art from different times. She is also an art critic, so she shares her opinions on art. As a curator, she plans and sets up art exhibitions. She also works as an editor, helping to publish books about artists.

Her Education and Early Work

Gloria Moure studied Art History at the University of Barcelona. She earned her highest degree there. Her main study was about modern art, focusing on an artist named Sigmar Polke.

She started her career in 1977. Her first big project was an art show for artists Richard Hamilton and Dieter Roth. This show was held at the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona.

In 1984, she organized a very important art show. It was about the famous artist Marcel Duchamp. This show traveled to many big museums. It went to Barcelona, Madrid, and Cologne in Germany.

Leading Art Museums

From 1989 to 1995, Gloria Moure was the director of the Fundació Espai Poblenou in Barcelona. She organized the first art shows in Spain for many well-known artists. Some of these artists include Lawrence Weiner, Rodney Graham, Sigmar Polke, and Bruce Nauman.

In 1994, she became the director of the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC) in Santiago de Compostela. She worked there until 1998. She helped make this center a very important place for modern art. She put together big shows for artists like Dan Graham, Vito Acconci, and Ana Mendieta. She also worked on special projects with Anish Kapoor and Juan Muñoz.

From 1993 to 1997, she was part of an important committee. This committee advised the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid. This is one of Spain's biggest art museums.

Art in Public Spaces

Gloria Moure has also helped bring art to public places. In 1992, she curated a project called Urban Configurations. This project placed art by artists like Rebecca Horn and Jaume Plensa around Barcelona. It was part of the Barcelona Olympic Games. Later, for the Forum 2004 event, she helped place art by Cristina Iglesias and Tony Oursler in Barcelona.

Working as an Editor

Today, Gloria Moure works as an editor at Ediciones Polígrafa. She leads a series of books called "20/21 Collection." These books are about modern artists. She has published books about Marcel Broodthaers, Dan Graham, Jeff Wall, and Sigmar Polke, among others.

Books She Has Published

Gloria Moure has published many books about art and artists. Here are some of them:

• Marcel Broodthaers: Collected Writings, Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, 2013.
• Dan Graham: Works and Collected Writings, Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, 2009.
• Marcel Duchamp: Works, Writings, Interviews, Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 2009.
• Gordon Matta-Clark: Works and Collected Writings, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 2006.
• Sigmar Polke: Paintings, Photographs and Films, Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 2005.
• Tony Oursler, Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 2001.
• Jannis Kounellis: Works, Writings 1958-2000, Ediciones Polígrafa, 2001.
• Vito Acconci: Writings, Works, Projects, Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 2001.
• Richard Long, Spanish Stones, Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1998.
• Marcel Duchamp, Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1988.

See also

In Spanish: Gloria Moure para niños