The Filter - Art Pathways

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.

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

Marco Fedele di Catrano (Rome, 1976) is an interdisciplinary visual artist whose different creative practices converge with the aim of bridging the gulf between art and society. His work in the fields of installation, photography, sculpture, and video is characterized by an intuitive handling of materials, objects, and spaces. In many cases, he processes found, elementary materials which get reconfigured in a synthetic and metaphorical form. His aim is to bind a minimal form with subjects of existential and social-political relevance. His site-specific interventions, mostly temporary, are made in dialogue with existing architecture, both indoor and in urban spaces. He currently lives and works in Lisbon. Website http://www.marcofedeledicatrano.com/ Space recommended M23 Projects Palácio de Cristal Book recommended José Saramago - Ensaio sobre a Cegueira

Carlos Antunes is an architect based in the village of Corvo near Coimbra. Together with Desiree Porto, he runs the Atelier do Corvo Architects in the same town. He is also a professor at the University of Coimbra. He is a member of CAP Coimbra since 1987 and is now its director. This interview is in Portuguese. Atelier do Corvo CAPC Books Recommended: Miguel de Cervantes - Dom Quixote Space Recommended: CAPC

Vera Hilger is an artist and the co-director of Raum Für Gäste an exhibition space she runs with her colleague Michael Krupp. Books recommended: Arbeit und Struktur by Wolfgang Herrndorf Spaces recommended: Kolumba in Cologne

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

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.

Richard Wentworth is an artist who played a leading role in New British Sculpture since the end of the 1970s. His work, encircling the notion of objects and their use as part of our day-to-day experiences, has altered the traditional definition of sculpture as well as photography. Richard has taught at Goldsmiths College,  Oxford University, and The Royal College of Art. Lisson Gallery's website Wikipedia

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.

Richard Wentworth is an artist who played a leading role in New British Sculpture since the end of the 1970s. His work, encircling the notion of objects and their use as part of our day-to-day experiences, has altered the traditional definition of sculpture as well as photography. Richard has taught at Goldsmiths College,  Oxford University, and The Royal College of Art. Lisson Gallery's website Wikipedia