Barcelona’s MACBA Names Elvira Dyangani Ose as Next Director

Elvira Dyangani Ose will be the next director of the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), one of Spain’s most important museums. She begins her five-year contract this year and replaces outgoing director Ferran Barenblit, who has led the museum for six years. Dyangani Ose is the first woman and the first Black person to lead MACBA since its founding in 1987.
Since 2018, Dyangani Ose has been the director and chief curator of the Showroom in London, which is known for commis