Manuel Segade will replace Manuel Borja-Villel. Reina Sofia MuseumA position that the Community of Madrid will reach after nearly a decade at the helm of CA2M, its contemporary art museum, as announced by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
Minister Miquel Iceta will propose to the Cabinet this Tuesday to appoint Segade to replace Borja-Villel. announced last January He said he would submit his candidacy to continue as museum president after serving 15 years.
Segade (A Coruña, 1977), has been The candidate with the highest score in the election process that started on February 10 with the publication of the call for position in the BOE.
This Monday, the museum’s Board of Trustees met and Iceta was briefed about the finalists selected by a committee of experts. The Minister has chosen Segade and will present his proposal to the Cabinet tomorrow for his appointment.
Segade is currently the director of the Dos de Mayo Art Center Museum (Móstoles), affiliated with the Community of Madrid. Bachelor of Art History from the University of Santiago de Compostela.
He curated it for twenty years (2003-2023). numerous exhibitions in national and international institutions He has served as a professor at university programs in South Africa and Brazil.
In addition, he is a founding member of the European Art Assembly, the meeting point for many European contemporary art directors on pressing issues in contemporary art, and a founding member of the European Forum for Advanced Practice, supported by the COST European Community network.