Martin Grossmann
Martin Grossmann was the director of Centro Cultural São Paulo from August 2006 to May 2010 and deputy director of USP’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) from 1998 to 2002. He is the creator and coordinator of ‘Fórum Permanente: Between Public and Private’, a mediation and cultural action platform. He has a degree in Fine Arts from Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP). Grossmann holds a Masters from USP’s School of Communication and Arts (ECA) and a PhD from the University of Liverpool. He is the creator and coordinator of the first USP website (USP Online), which aired from March 1995 to July 1998. Grossmann's research discusses the transition of material culture to a culture in virtuality, the relationship between contemporary art, its agents and institutions, the processes of artistic and cultural mediation and the development and maintenance of information systems for art and culture. His role as manager of cultural institutions and projects is based on research and studies done on curation, action, mediation and cultural policy, museology, criticism, theory and history of art and architecture, and history of ideas. |