CAL x SHC: The Rise of Private Museums: The Intersection of Public and Private in Latin America

is pleased to invite you to a talk on 

'The Rise of Private Museums:

The Intersection of Public and Private in Latin America'

on Monday, 30 June 2025 at 11:00am (GMT)

The Society is delighted to collaborate with Classic Art London (www.classicartlondon.uk) to organise a talk delivered by Lassla Esquivel on Latin American Private Museums.

Using a selection of representative case studies, this talk will give an overview of the different strategies that specific types of Latin American private museums use to operate; how they fill gaps in their local cultural ecosystems, and will reflect on the impact they have on existing cultural infrastructures at both national and international levels. It will consider their ambivalent position as institutional validating entities and market forces simultaneously, and how they have transformed the perception of specialised and non-specialised audiences, moving collections from private to public walls.

Speaker's' biography: 

Lassla Esquivel is a UK-based historian, researcher and curator. She is a specialist in contemporary art and the art market. Her expertise and research interests are currently focused on emerging art market whilst investigating private museums' models and their role within the art market. She also studies and writes about art market structures and their transition into digital environments. She has taught at postgraduate level at prestigious institutions (IESA; Christie's Education) and led the first professionalisation course of Curatorial Studies at the Art and Skills Institute (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). In 2016, she founded Periferia Projects, a curatorial platform that links emerging markets in Latin America with the UK and Europe to promote collaborations between galleries, artists and institutions. She has curated and produced exhibitions in Latin America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and the UK.