Jorge Glusberg

Jorge Glusberg (born September 23, 1932 ; † February 2, 2012 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine publicist , university professor and cultural worker in art and architecture .

Life

Jorge Glusberg was director of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) in Buenos Aires from 1994 to 2003 and co-director of the International Association of Art Critics ( CICA ) based in Paris and co-director of the Art Department at the University of New York and of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Spain ( Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando ).

He was one of the initiators of the South American Pop Art Center, the Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAYC) in Buenos Aires, of which he has been director since it was founded in 1968. The CAYC was regarded as the center of the avant-garde in the 1970 / 80s. In 1985 he founded the international architecture biennale in Buenos Aires, where Latin American architects met Norman Foster , Richard Meier , Zaha Hadid , Jean Nouvel , Justus Dahinden , César Pelli and Richard Rogers and many others.

Glusberg has published numerous books on art and architecture, with a focus on Latin American architecture. He took over the management and representation of various artists, intellectuals and collectors. He was an advisor to “Latin American Art” (USA), member of the editorial board of “Ars” (Italy) and correspondent for “Leonardo” (USA) and “ME” (Hungary).

He has worked as a professor at New York University in New York and as a speaker worldwide. The International Architecture Symposium “Man and Space” held at the Vienna University of Technology in 1984, attended by Jorge Glusberg as well as Justus Dahinden , Dennis Sharp , Bruno Zevi , Pierre Vago , Otto Kapfinger , Frei Otto , Paolo Soleri , Ernst Gisel and Ionel, attracted international attention Participation certificate . He was also a professor at the International Academy of Architecture (IAA).

honors and awards

• 1975: Membership in the French Legion of Honor
• 1981: Gold medal of the 1st World Architecture Biennial "On the development of architectural criticism"
• 1981: Special prize “Jean Tschumi” as architecture critic of the UIA
• Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Knights)

Fonts

• Jorge Glusberg: UIA Cairo International Exhibition , Wiley-Academy 1984, ISBN 0856708526
• Jorge Glusberg: A Decade of Riba Student Competitions , St Martins 1992, ISBN 0312078943
• Jorge Glusberg: Truth, Radicality and Beyond in Contemporary Architecture (New Architecture) , Andreas Papadakis Publishers 2000, ISBN 1901092127

Web links

• Jorge Glusberg. In: arch INFORM .
• Literature by and about Jorge Glusberg in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
• Biography of Jorge Glusberg (English)
• Biography of Jorge Glusberg (spanish)
• "Apuntes sobre la VII Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura" article on the VII Biennale of the IAA (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Murió Jorge Glusberg, ex director del Museo de Bellas Artes ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . February 2, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2012.  
2. ↑ Jorge Glusberg, motor incansable de la creación La Nacion, 17 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012
3. ↑ ^{a b} Murió Jorge Glusberg, un apasionado promotor del arte y la arquitectura , La Nacion, February 3, 2012
4. ^ ^{A b} “Murió Jorge Glusberg, promotor de la arquitectura y el arte nacionales” , Clarín, February 3, 2012
5. ↑ International Academy of Architecture: Jorge Glusberg ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.