An overview of the different strategies that specific types of Latin American private museums use to operate. It will consider their ambivalent position as institutional validating entities and market forces simultaneously, and how they have transformed the perception of specialised and non-specialised audiences, moving collections from private to public walls.

The talk will be presented by Lassla Esquivel, a UK-based historian, researcher and curator specialising in contemporary art and the art market. Her expertise and research interests are currently focused on emerging art markets whilst investigating private museums' models and their role within the art market. In 2016, she founded Periferia Projects, a curatorial platform that links emerging markets in Latin America with the UK and Europe to promote collaborations between galleries, artists and institutions.

Organised in collaboration with The Society of the History of Collecting.
Venue: SAL
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