Dr. Vivian Li is The Lupe Murchison curator of Contemporary Art. Since she began at the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) in 2019, Li has realized ambitious collaborations with artists such as Tiffany Chung, Mel Chin, and Guadalupe Rosales, and organized Slip Zone: A New Look at Postwar Abstraction in the Americas and East Asia (co-curated) and the retrospective Matthew Wong: The Realm of Appearances. Prior to coming to the DMA, she worked at the Guggenheim Museum; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Worcester Art Museum and was a lecturer at Clark University.

Ana M. Franco is an associate professor in the Department of Art History at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia and will be moving to Rice University in the Summer of 2025, where she will take a position as Associate Professor in Art History. She is currently President of the Association for Latin American Art (ALAA), was the 2020 Latin American Collection Fellow of the Cisneros Institute of the Museum of Modern Art New York, and has been a Fulbright Scholar.

Elizabeth Ferrer is a New York based independent curator and writer focusing on Latinx art and photography. She previously directed the curatorial programs at BRIC, Brooklyn, NY; the Americas Society; and the Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University. Working in a freelance capacity, she is responsible for exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; El Museo del Barrio, NY; and the Aperture Foundation Gallery, NY; MARCO, Monterrey, NL, among those at other institutions.

Iria Candela is currently the Estrellita B. Brodsky curator of Latin American Art in the fall, focusing on the art of the 20th and 21st centuries in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. Previously, she was Curator of International Art at Tate Modern, London, where she co-organized exhibitions such as Malevich (2014), Mira Schendel (2013), Gabriel Orozco (2011), and Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde (2010). Candela received her PhD from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and MA from Columbia University.

Francesca Ferrari is an art historian specializing in early twentieth-century European and Latin American art. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, having obtained her PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She holds an MA in art history from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in art history and English from the Université de Lausanne.

Iria Candela is currently the Estrellita B. Brodsky curator of Latin American Art in the fall, focusing on the art of the 20th and 21st centuries in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. Previously, she was Curator of International Art at Tate Modern, London, where she co-organized exhibitions such as Malevich (2014), Mira Schendel (2013), Gabriel Orozco (2011), and Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde (2010). Candela received her PhD from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and MA from Columbia University.

Laura Anderson Barbata, born in Mexico City, is a Mexican transdisciplinary artist currently based between New York and Mexico City. Since 1992, she has initiated long-term projects and collaborations in diverse communities, including the Venezuelan Amazon, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Norway, and the United States, with a focus on social justice and environmental issues. Her work is represented in various public and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, and Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary.

Mónica Amor teaches modern and contemporary art with a focus on intermedial practices and transnational dialogues. Her approach is global and highlights the role of institutions and exhibitions in the production of cultural representation.

Susan L. Aberth is the Edith C. Blum professor of the Art History and Visual Culture Program at Bard College. Her 2004 book Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art (Lund Humphries) is in its 10th edition. Other publications include Leonora Carrington: The Tarot (2020 & 2022) co-authored with Mexican curator Tere Arcq.