ABOUT LATELA CURATORIAL
Weaving together conceptual fine art projects and artist support, LC offers a holistic approach to art collecting and placemaking.
Based in Washington DC with presence in Los Angeles, Barcelona and Milan, Latela Curatorial is an international art advisory and curatorial studio serving art collectors, design and corporate professionals, institutions, artists, and communities.
Our forward-thinking advisory expertise prioritizes intuitive arts leadership over art market trends.
Specializing in underrepresented artists working in all media, our curatorial direction for exhibitions centers on narratives of collective consciousness, social change, outsidership, belonging, alchemy, spirit, anthroposophy, environmental awareness, connection, and womanhood.
ETHOS
For all projects, our mission is to continuously question how support is defined in the artworld and to advocate on behalf of the artist and arts workers. Our attitude is to nurture with a matriarchal approach: creating generative and sustainable opportunities for artists, collectors and communities alike.
EXPERTISE
Since 2015, Latela Curatorial has worked with artists, institutions and clients across the globe providing a wide range of services. Our team has 15+ years of professional experience working in international galleries, fairs & globally recognized museums, and hold BA & MA degrees in Art History, Arts Management, and Curatorial Studies.
Corporate clients and partnerships include Mitsui Fudosan America, Inc., EastBanc, Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, CityCenterDC, Hickok Cole, Mayhood Company, Penzance, MRP Realty, Equity Residential, WC Smith, the City of Alexandria, Conrad Hotels / Hilton and Eaton Hotel.
Proud Member of NADA (New Art Dealers Alliance) and Art Table. Additional memberships and affiliations with art institutions include Smithsonian, Tephra Institute of Art, Mason Exhibitions, George Mason University, VAMOCA, Phillips Collection, NMWA, Hirshhorn, Art Museum of the Americas, NGA, Torpedo Art Factory, Culture House DC, MOCA, LACE, Antoni Tàpies Foundation, MACBA, CCCB, Triennale Milano, Pirelli Hangar Bicocca.
CREATER/DIRECTOR
Marta Staudinger
Marta’s academic career is as an art historian and curator; she holds a master’s degree in Contemporary Art and Curatorial Studies from the Universidad de Ramon Lull (Barcelona, Spain) and a triple undergraduate degree in Art History, Sociology and Communications from George Mason University (Fairfax, VA). She has worked in multiple fine art capacities in prominent art historical institutions including the Medici Chapels and National Bargello Museum in Florence, Italy; the Antoni Tàpies Foundation in Barcelona, Spain; the Art Museum of the Americas and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Since 2015, Marta has served as a guest lecturer for Smithsonian in Italy, Portugal & Spain providing presentations and private guided tours on the history of art and architecture.
In 2018, Marta launched The Artist Course: Being and Business © (now Being & Business: The Artist Course + Toolkit ©) with curator and artist manager Meghan Masius. In 2018, Marta also created an apprenticeship program to provide emerging curators with hands-on opportunities, now expanded to cover a wide range of art business skillsets as the Latela Curatorial Online Arts Management & Curatorial Courses ©.
In May 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Marta initiated the GLB Memorial Fund for the Arts which provides financial support to woman-identifying artists and curators who reside in Washington DC, Maryland or Virginia to further advance women-led contemporary art initiatives. In October 2020, Marta launched See Support Collect, an intersectional placemaking and gap-filling initiative that focuses on collectorship of art by women and non-binary artists.