Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship Foundation Rockefeller Estancia, Bellagio Wittenbern (editing) Remedios Varo (1994) National Prize for Art Criticism Luis Cardoza y Aragón
Teresa del Conde Pontones (January 12, 1935 – February 16, 2017) was a Mexican art critic and art historian.[1]
Early life and education
Born in
Mexico City in 1938, Conde earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from
National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1958. With a grant she furthered her studies in Rome, earning a degree in psychopathology at the
University of Milan. In 1974, she was granted a degree in art history; in 1979, a master's degree; and in 1986, she obtained a doctorate.
Career
Conde was a member of the faculty at UNAM, a columnist for La Jornada, and a researcher at the
Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. She was a Fellow of the
Academia de Artes and a member of the International Association for the Study of Psychopathology of Expression and the International Committee of the History of Art.[2][3] She served as director of Fine Arts for INBAL for seven years, and as director of the Museum of Modern Art, for almost 11 years. Conde published numerous works, including biographies on
Julio Ruelas,
Frida Kahlo,
José Clemente Orozco,
Francisco Toledo, and
Juan Soriano. She also co-authored books on Latin American Art of the 20th century. In 2008, Conde was awarded the Gold Medal of Fine Arts by the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature in recognition of her work in the fields of criticism, research, literature and teaching.[4]
Awards
Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship Foundation
Rockefeller Estancia, Bellagio
Wittenbern (editing) Remedios Varo (1994)
National Prize for Art Criticism Luis Cardoza y Aragón
Las ideas estéticas de
Freud. Editorial Grijalbo, 1.ª ed. 1987, reimpresión 1988, 2.ª ed. Corregida 1993 3.ª, reimpresión 1999.
Una mujer en el arte mexicano: memorias de Inés Amor En colaboración con Jorge Alberto Manrique. Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), 1987.
Tres maestros: Tamayo, Motherwell, Bacon. Grijalbo y
UNAM, 1992.
Cartas absurdas Un diálogo con Jorge Alberto Manrique. Editorial Azabache, 1993.
Frida Kahlo. La pintora y el mito. Ia. Ed.
UNAM IIE, 1993, 2.ª. Ed. Plaza y Janés 2001, 6 reimpresiones. 2.ª. Ed. Corregida y actualizada. Plaza & Janés, 2004. 3.ª. Ed.
Random House, Mondadori, actualizada 2006.