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= Gonzalo Casals =
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Gonzalo Casals is an [[Argentine Americans|Argentine-American]] museum director and professor based in [[New York City]]. Since March 2020, he is the Cultural Affairs Commissioner for New York City,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gonzalo-casals-commissioner-cultural-affairs-nyc-1202680656/|title=Gonzalo Casals, Director of Leslie-Lohman Museum, Named Next Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for New York City|last=Durón|first=Maximilíano|last2=Durón|first2=Maximilíano|date=2020-03-11|website=ARTnews.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref> and previously held the executive director position of the [[Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art]] in New York for three years.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gonzalo-casals-named-new-york-cultural-affairs-commissioner-1800246|title=A Veteran Leader in the New York LGBTQ Art Scene Has Been Appointed by the Mayor as the City's New Cultural Affairs Chief|date=2020-03-11|website=artnet News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref> Prior, he was Vice president of programs and community engagement at Friends of the High Line, as well as deputy and interim director of [[El Museo del Barrio]] in East Harlem.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.drama.yale.edu/bios/gonzalo-casals|title=Gonzalo Casals|last=|first=|date=|website=Yale School of Drama|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> He is a resident of [[Jackson Heights, Queens]].
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| birth_name = Gonzalo E. Casals
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|11|21}}
| termstart1 = March 11, 2020
| office1 = Commissioner of the<br>[[New York City Department of Cultural Affairs]]
| 1blankname1 = Mayor
| 1namedata1 = [[Bill De Blasio]]<br>[[Eric Adams]]
| preceded1 = [[Tom Finkelpearl]]
| succeeded1 = [[Laurie Cumbo]]
| residence = [[Queens, New York|Queens]], [[New York State|New York]], U.S.
| termend1 = March 18, 2022
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'''Gonzalo E. Casals''' (born November 21, 1974) is an [[Argentine Americans|Argentine-American]] museum director and professor based in [[New York City]]. He is the former Commissioner of the [[New York City Department of Cultural Affairs]],<ref>{{cite web |date=March 11, 2020 |title=Mayor de Blasio Appoints Gonzalo Casals as Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs |url=http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/131-20/mayor-de-blasio-appoints-gonzalo-casals-commissioner-the-department-cultural-affairs |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=The official website of the City of New York}}</ref> and previously held the executive director position at the [[Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art]] in New York.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gonzalo-casals-named-new-york-cultural-affairs-commissioner-1800246|title=A Veteran Leader in the New York LGBTQ Art Scene Has Been Appointed by the Mayor as the City's New Cultural Affairs Chief|date=2020-03-11|website=artnet News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref> He was the Vice President of Programs and Community Engagement at [[High Line|Friends of the High Line]], as well as the Deputy and Interim Director of [[El Museo del Barrio]] in [[East Harlem]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.drama.yale.edu/bios/gonzalo-casals|title=Gonzalo Casals|last=|first=|date=|website=Yale School of Drama|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> He is a resident of [[Jackson Heights, Queens]].


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Gonzalo Casals was raised in [[Buenos Aires|Bueno Aires, Argentina]] where he studied design and architecture at the [[University of Belgrano|Universidad de Belgrano]]. In 2002, he immigrated to New York City, where he received a Masters of Art History and Museum Studies from the [[City College of New York|City College of New York City]] and a Masters in Urban Affairs and Neighborhood and Community Development from [[Hunter College]].
Casals was raised in [[Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires, Argentina]]. Casals studied design and architecture at the [[University of Belgrano|Universidad de Belgrano]]. In 2002, he immigrated to New York City, where he received a Masters of Art History and Museum Studies from the [[City College of New York|City College of New York City]] and a Masters in Urban Affairs and Neighborhood and Community Development from [[Hunter College]].


== Career ==
== Career ==
Casals has been part of the CreateNYC public engagement team and the New York City Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manhattantimesnews.com/casals-named-new-culture-commissionercasals-nombrado-nuevo-comisionado-de-cultura/|title=Casals named new Culture CommissionerCasals nombrado nuevo comisionado de Cultura|last=Postmaster|date=2020-03-12|website=Manhattan Times News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref> While leading the Leslie-Lohman Museum, Casals focuses on the works of art by LGBTQ artists, including community like people of color, women, trans people, and those with intersecting identities mattered.<ref name=":0" /> Among the major exhibitions he has supported, the artist practices of sex workers by filmmaker, Barbara Hammer, and a New York presentation of the traveling exhibition, "Art After Stonewall", well exemplify the foreground of Casal's goal on enriching art and culture for the diverse communities.<ref name=":0" /> His dedication to inclusion and access could be seen in the project where he rebranded Leslie-Lohman through dropping its "gay and lesbian" name and launching a capital campaign while broadening its programming by allowing museum to create more spaces for education and open up its archives and libraries for research.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/news/gonzalo-casals-of-the-leslie-lohman-museum-to-become-nyc-s-new-cultural-affairs-commissioner-82424|title=Gonzalo Casals of the Leslie-Lohman Museum to Become NYC’s New Cultural Affairs Commissioner|website=www.artforum.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref> He has held teaching positions at the [[City University of New York]], [[Yale University]] and [[New York University]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Pogrebin|first=Robin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/arts/design/nyc-cultural-affairs-commissioner-gonzalo-casals.html|title=Activist Museum Director Named New York Cultural Affairs Commissioner|date=2020-03-11|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Casals has been part of the CreateNYC [[public engagement]] team and the New York City Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manhattantimesnews.com/casals-named-new-culture-commissionercasals-nombrado-nuevo-comisionado-de-cultura/|title=Casals named new Culture CommissionerCasals nombrado nuevo comisionado de Cultura|last=Postmaster|date=2020-03-12|website=Manhattan Times News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref> While leading the [[Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art]], Casals transformed the museum, that often focussed on white cis gay men and their art, into a more diverse space for the [[LGBT|LGBTQ]]+ community. Casals focused on the works of art by [[LGBT|LGBTQ]] artists, people of color, women, trans people, and those with intersecting identities.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Durón |first=Maximilíano |date=2020-03-11 |title=Gonzalo Casals, Director of Leslie-Lohman Museum, Named Next Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for New York City |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gonzalo-casals-commissioner-cultural-affairs-nyc-1202680656/ |access-date=2020-04-08 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Casals has supported a number of major exhibitions: including the New York edition of the exhibition, "Art After Stonewall, 1969–1989"; a retrospective of the experimental filmmaker, [[Barbara Hammer]]; and a survey show on "queer abstraction."<ref name=":0" /> As Director, Casals rebranded the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, dropping the "gay and lesbian" titled that was part of the museum name prior. He broadened education programming and opened up the museum's [[archive]]s and libraries to artists and researchers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/news/gonzalo-casals-of-the-leslie-lohman-museum-to-become-nyc-s-new-cultural-affairs-commissioner-82424|title=Gonzalo Casals of the Leslie-Lohman Museum to Become NYC's New Cultural Affairs Commissioner|website=www.artforum.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref> He has held teaching positions at the [[City University of New York]], [[Yale University]] and [[New York University]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Pogrebin|first=Robin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/arts/design/nyc-cultural-affairs-commissioner-gonzalo-casals.html|title=Activist Museum Director Named New York Cultural Affairs Commissioner|date=2020-03-11|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 18:43, 21 December 2024

Gonzalo Casals
Commissioner of the
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
In office
March 11, 2020 – March 18, 2022
MayorBill De Blasio
Eric Adams
Preceded byTom Finkelpearl
Succeeded byLaurie Cumbo
Personal details
Born
Gonzalo E. Casals

(1974-11-21) November 21, 1974 (age 50)
Residence(s)Queens, New York, U.S.

Gonzalo E. Casals (born November 21, 1974) is an Argentine-American museum director and professor based in New York City. He is the former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs,[1] and previously held the executive director position at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in New York.[2] He was the Vice President of Programs and Community Engagement at Friends of the High Line, as well as the Deputy and Interim Director of El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem.[3] He is a resident of Jackson Heights, Queens.

Early life and education

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Casals was raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Casals studied design and architecture at the Universidad de Belgrano. In 2002, he immigrated to New York City, where he received a Masters of Art History and Museum Studies from the City College of New York City and a Masters in Urban Affairs and Neighborhood and Community Development from Hunter College.

Career

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Casals has been part of the CreateNYC public engagement team and the New York City Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers.[4] While leading the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, Casals transformed the museum, that often focussed on white cis gay men and their art, into a more diverse space for the LGBTQ+ community. Casals focused on the works of art by LGBTQ artists, people of color, women, trans people, and those with intersecting identities.[5] Casals has supported a number of major exhibitions: including the New York edition of the exhibition, "Art After Stonewall, 1969–1989"; a retrospective of the experimental filmmaker, Barbara Hammer; and a survey show on "queer abstraction."[5] As Director, Casals rebranded the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, dropping the "gay and lesbian" titled that was part of the museum name prior. He broadened education programming and opened up the museum's archives and libraries to artists and researchers.[6] He has held teaching positions at the City University of New York, Yale University and New York University.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Mayor de Blasio Appoints Gonzalo Casals as Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs". The official website of the City of New York. March 11, 2020. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  2. ^ "A Veteran Leader in the New York LGBTQ Art Scene Has Been Appointed by the Mayor as the City's New Cultural Affairs Chief". artnet News. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  3. ^ "Gonzalo Casals". Yale School of Drama.
  4. ^ Postmaster (2020-03-12). "Casals named new Culture CommissionerCasals nombrado nuevo comisionado de Cultura". Manhattan Times News. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  5. ^ a b Durón, Maximilíano (2020-03-11). "Gonzalo Casals, Director of Leslie-Lohman Museum, Named Next Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for New York City". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  6. ^ "Gonzalo Casals of the Leslie-Lohman Museum to Become NYC's New Cultural Affairs Commissioner". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  7. ^ Pogrebin, Robin (2020-03-11). "Activist Museum Director Named New York Cultural Affairs Commissioner". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-08.


Civic offices
Preceded by
Kathleen Hughes (acting)
 Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
2020–2022 		Succeeded by
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