Taína Caragol | |
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![]() Caragol (2013) | |
Other names | Taína Beatriz Caragol-Barreto, Taina B. Caragol |
Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Middlebury College, CUNY Graduate Center |
Occupation(s) | art historian, curator, author |
Employer(s) |
National Portrait Gallery, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Museum of Modern Art |
Known for | Latin American art |
Taína Caragol also known as Taína Beatriz Caragol-Barreto, is a Puerto Rican art historian, curator, and author. [1] She currently serves as the curator for Latino Art and History at the National Portrait Gallery, since 2013. [1] [2] She previously held positions at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and at the Museo de Arte de Ponce.
Caragol has a BA degree in modern languages from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras and a MA degree in French studies from Middlebury College. [3] She has a PhD in 2013 in art history from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. [3] [4] Her dissertation was titled, “Boom and Dust: The Rise of Latin American and Latino Art in New York Exhibition Venues and Auction Houses, 1970s–1980s”. [3]
Since 2013, she has curator for Latino Art and History at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. [2] [3] Caragol was hired in part to diversify the museum collection holdings, and to promote diversity in museum representation and American identity in exhibitions. [5] At the time of hire, the National Portrait Gallery had a 22,000-piece collection and held less than 1% Latino, 5% Black, and less than 25% female portraits. [5] In the first 5 years at the role, she grew the Latin representation to 2.5%, mostly with around 150 new works by Latino artists. [5]
She previously held a position as the Latin American bibliographer for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, from 2004 to 2007; and as curator of education at the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 2010. [1] [3] [4]
A list of select publications by Caragol: