Curriculums

• David G. Torres

David G. Torres (Barcelona, 1967) is an art critic and exhibition curator. As a curator he has managed and developed several projects with a large number of participating artists and the collaboration of various public institutions.

Amongst the projects and events he has worked on in recent years are the Biennale in Pontevedra 2004; "Falsa innoc�ncia" at the Fundaci� Mir� in Barcelona (2004); "No, Future" at the Bloomberg Space in London (2007); �Intensities...� with the Diputaci� de Barcelona (Barcelona Provincial Council, 2007); "Attitude!!" at the Iconoscope, Montpellier (2007) and "The Fashion Party Is Over", with Mai Abu ElDahab, at the Objectif Exhibitions in Antwerp (2009).

These proposals are a continuation of a line of work on the recovery of the radical in art which began in 2005 with the project "David G. Torres presenta: Salir a la calle y disparar al azar" ("go out into the street and shoot at random"), an independent event that took place over a period of hours in an Barcelona basement.

He has also been engaged in many projects with public institutions such as the Palau de la Virreina ("Qui es queda amb les plusv�lues?", Barcelona, 2000); the Museo di Arte Contemporanea in Rome ("The Art of Mediterranean", 2004); the Reykjavik Art Museum Hafnarhus ("Looking Further, Thinking Through", 2004); the Palais de Tokio in Paris (Altadis Prizes, 2005); the Museo Artium in Vitoria ("Entornos Pr�ximos", 2006). He also collaborated with the Centre d'Art Santa M�nica from 2002 until 2004 and with the Fundaci� La Caixa from 1999 until 2003.

As an art critic he has been the Barcelona correspondent of Art Press (Paris), L�piz (Madrid) and, at present, El Cultural (Madrid). He has also published dozens of articles and reviews in a variety of magazines, catalogues and other publications. He has given many lectures and taken part in round tables and radio discussions (Tot �s com�dia, on Cadena SER). He has taught at the University of Barcelona and has given many courses and workshops (QUAM'08). Since 2008 he has contributed to the journal Bonart with his column "Dada Sight!".

David G. Torres is also co-director of A*DESK (Institut Independent de Cr�tica i Art Contemporani) and is director of the Master's in Today's Art at the University of Barcelona.

In April 2011 he published his book No m�s mentiras sobre algunos relatos de verdad en arte (en literatura, cine y teatro), which won the Art Writer's prize of the Fundaci�n Arte y Derecho and was published by the same foundation.