Elvira Dyangani Ose, Director of MACBA, Ends Tenure Early Amid Conflict over Abu Dhabi Biennial

Director of MACBA steps down early

Elvira Dyangani Ose. Photo: Christina Ebenezer Elvira Dyangani Ose will step down as director of MACBA in Barcelona in early April, several months before the end of her five-year contract. According to Spanish newspaper El País, Dyangani Ose’s decision to step down comes after MACBA’s governing body told her that her recently announced role as artistic director of the Abu Dhabi Public Art Biennial was incompatible with her position as the museum…

Elvira Dyangani Ose, Director of MACBA, Ends Tenure Early Amid Conflict over Abu Dhabi Biennial

Elvira Dyangani Ose, director of MACBA, will step down at the beginning of April, ahead of her contract’s original expiration date in late July. The move concludes a tense dialogue with the MACBA Consortium, which had ruled that her appointment as director of the forthcoming Abu Dhabi Public Art Biennial conflicted with her duties at the Barcelona museum. Dyangani Ose succeeded Ferran Barenblit as director in 2021, becoming the first woman and…