Aimé Iglesias Lukin is an art historian and curator. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, she has lived in New York since 2011. She holds a PhD dissertation in art history from Rutgers University. Her dissertation, “This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York 1965–1975,” mapped the international networks through which migrant artists from across the hemisphere created communities in the metropolis, analyzing topics of travel, exile, and identity in these artists’ artworks.
She completed her MA at The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University and her undergraduate studies in art history at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. Her research has received grants from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Terra and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, and the ICAA Peter C. Marzio Award from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Her writing has been presented at conferences internationally and published by museums and academic journals including the New Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Guggenheim Museum.
