Calder

Carmen Gimenez is Curator of Twentieth-Century Art, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, where her exhibitions include 'Picasso and the Age of Iron' (1993), 'Brancusi: The Essence of Things' (2004) and 'Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth, and History' (2006). For the Guggenheim Bilbao she curated 'Richard Serra: Sculpture' (1999) and 'Calder: Gravity and Grace' (2003), as well as the installation 'Richard Serra: The Matter of Time' (2005). During her years as Director of the National Centre for Exhibitions for the Spanish Ministry of Culture (1984-1989), she was responsible for the transformation of Madrid's former 18th century Hospital de San Carlos into the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. In 1997 she was put in charge of transforming the Palacio de Buenavista into the Museo Picasso Malaga, which opened under her directorship in 2004.Alexander S C Rower is Chairman and Director of the Calder Foundation, New York, and grandson of the artist. He has written and lectured extensively on Calder's life and work.Francisco Calvo Serraller is Professor of Art History at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid.