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The Filter - Art Pathways

The Filter - Art Pathways

By Martim Brion

Art Pathways is a series of interviews with a variety of people who work in the art world and beyond. Their path in this world.
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Conversation with João M. Machado - Graphic Designer

The Filter - Art PathwaysOct 10, 2021

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Conversation with João Moreira Rato

Conversation with João Moreira Rato

João Moreira Rato is currently a senior advisor for Morgan Stanley and is the President of the Portuguese Institute for Corporate Governance, a consultant for sovereign debt issuing and derivatives, as well as a teacher at Nova School of Business and Economics and Nova IMS. He is also a Research Associate for the Centre of Systemic Risk at LSE.

He was Chairman of CTT bank, non-executive director of Omtel, and has worked with Oliver Wyman in the set-up and build-up of the department for debt management of the Ministry of Finance of Kuwait, where he was an integral part of the first debt issuing of the country. He was also part of the team that analysed the structure of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign debt

In 2014 he was the financial director for Banco Espírito Santo during the transition to Novobanco.

Between 2012 and 2014 he was the Chairman and CEO of the Treasury and Public Debt Management Agency. In this role, he was responsible for the strategy to return to the medium and long-term public debt markets and for its successful implementation.

Between 2000 and 2012 he worked in investment banking for such banks as Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and Morgan Stanley. He was also a founding member of a Hedge Fund specialised in Global macro.

He has a Doctorate from Chicago Booth and a Masters and Bachelors from the Universidade Nova in Lisbon. He is the author of the book: “The European Debt Crisis: How Portugal Navigated the post-2008 Financial Crisis”, published by Palgrave Macmillan in December 2020.

Jan 31, 202401:05:09
Conversation with Rick Vercauteren - Curator and Museum Director

Conversation with Rick Vercauteren - Curator and Museum Director

Rick Vercauteren has a career of more than 40 years as an art historian, editor, and writer. As an independent curator, he has worked for various art institutions in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium. He writes, on a regular basis, texts on contemporary art and music in Dutch, English, and German. Furthermore, he operates as a personal adviser for artists in several countries in Western Europe. In addition, he is an enthusiastic interviewer (live) and a vivid master of ceremonies in the broader cultural domain in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.

Rick was born in 1956 and studied History of Art, American Literature, and Film between 1974 and 1982. From 1986 till 2022 he worked as a spirited curator and turbocharging director in museums in the Netherlands. Besides he was an animated teacher in the cities of Amsterdam, Eindhoven, ’s-Hertogenbosch and Tilburg (Academies of Contemporary Art and Open University). He’s a voracious reader and critical movie buff.


Authors Recommended:

Julio Cortázar, Franz Kafka, James Joyce and Shakespeare


Spaces Recommended:

Tate Modern, London and L'Orangerie, Paris

Nov 27, 202301:05:09
Conversation with Marco Fedele di Catrano - Artist
Sep 18, 202348:21
Conversation with Carlos Antunes - Architect and director of CAPC
Jul 10, 202343:20
Conversation with Vera Hilger - Artist and director of Raum Für Gäste
May 16, 202331:49
Conversation with Rute Ventura - Art Consultant

Conversation with Rute Ventura - Art Consultant

Rute Ventura is an art consultant based in Lisbon, Portugal. She is the founder of Matéria Rara, a bespoke support & development office for artists’ studios and curatorial projects. Prior to this she worked at Lisson Gallery as Associate Director & Artist Liaison, collaborating closely with artists such as Ai Weiwei, Dan Graham, Lee Ufan amongst many others where she developed and project managed exhibitions including Dan Graham's first survey exhibition in China at Red Brick Museum, Beijing; Rashid Rana's Pakistan Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale and Ai Weiwei's Raiz and Inoculation tours in South America.


Books recommended:

Robert Macfarlane - The Wild Places

Spaces recommended:

Serralves Museum in Porto

Mar 27, 202325:11
Conversation with José Sousa Machado - Gallerist/Writer

Conversation with José Sousa Machado - Gallerist/Writer

José Sousa Machado was born in Luanda, Angola in 1956. His school education was in Lisboa, Portugal. Still in Lisboa attended Instituto Superior Técnico. In 1975 moved to Brazil and graduated in Economy in the Faculdade de Ciências Políticas e Económicas in Rio de Janeiro where he also studied literature for 3 years in the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. In 1981, back in Lisboa, Machado worked as a journalist, art critic, and cultural coordinator for the newspapers Correio da Manhã, Semanário, and ABC magazine. He collaborated with Jornal de Letras, Diário de Notícias, Diário Popular, and Diário de Lisboa among other publications and periodicals. Founded and directed the magazines Artes & Leilões, Arte Ibérica, Agenda Cultural de Lisboa, and Aprender a Olhar. Since 2014 Machado is in charge of the project Livraria Sá da Costa.

Sep 20, 202242:52
Conversation with Richard Wentworth - Artist - Part 2
May 18, 202201:19:16
Conversation with Miguel Nabinho - Galerist (in Portuguese)

Conversation with Miguel Nabinho - Galerist (in Portuguese)

Miguel Nabinho runs one of the most important galleries in Portugal, representing some of its most important names. Its focus is on Portuguese art. The interview is in Portuguese.

Mar 23, 202246:41
Conversation with Richard Wentworth - Artist - Part 1
Feb 14, 202258:04
Conversation with Sofia Marçal - Curator (in Portuguese)

Conversation with Sofia Marçal - Curator (in Portuguese)

Sofia Marçal is the head curator of the National Museum of Natural History and Science since 2001, where she has been developing work on the intersection between art and science, through numerous exhibitions, catalogues, and conferences.

She is also Secretary of the Board of Directors of ICOM Portugal.

Books recommended by Sofia:

Susan Sontag - Stories Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu - Essay on Taste Lawrence Durrell - The Alexandria Quartet

Spaces recommended:

Centro Cultural de Belém Fundação Carmona e Costa Fundação Gulbenkian CaixaForum Madrid Pompei in Italy

Dec 20, 202132:06
Conversation with João Silvério - Writer & Curator
Nov 30, 202153:22
Conversation with Iva Ivanova - Business Intelligence Analyst at Sotheby's
Nov 18, 202136:38
Conversation with Emília Ferreira - Museum Director
Oct 22, 202145:25
Conversation with João M. Machado - Graphic Designer
Oct 10, 202146:35
Conversation with Pedro Boese - Artist (interview in Portuguese)

Conversation with Pedro Boese - Artist (interview in Portuguese)

Pedro Boese is an artist who has lived in Berlin for the last 24 years, so has experienced the beginning of Berlin as an art centre all the way to its current form. His work focuses mainly on painting and etching. He has exhibited all over Germany and also in Portugal and Holland.


Book recommended by Pedro:

Edited by Ludermann, Marina; Gass, Adair; Waquil, Isabel - O Poder da Multiplicação (exh. cat.)


Space recommended:

Kunstwerein Tiergarten in Berlin




Sep 21, 202134:32
Conversation with Luís Ramos Pinto - Digital Heritage Specialist
Aug 16, 202156:05
Conversation with Tom Saunders - Artist
Aug 09, 202146:57