Marti Manen

Marti Manen is the director of CuratorLab, the curatorial course at Konstfack University in Stockholm. Marti Manen was director of Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation from 2018 to 2025 (In 2024, Isabella Tjäder became co-director of the institution).

Marti Manen has curated exhibitions at the Museo de Historia Natural (Mexico City), Aara (Bangkok), Sala Rekalde (Bilbao), Konsthall C (Stockholm), CA2M (Madrid), and Fundació Miró (Barcelona) among other places. Manen was the curator of the Spanish Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale, and curated Momentum10 (Biennial in Moss, Norway, 2019). In the 1990s, he curated five years of exhibitions in his room located in a student flat.

Marti Manen has published books including Salir de la exposición (Leaving the Exhibition) (Consonni), Contarlo todo sin saber cómo (Telling everything not knowing how) (CA2M), and When Lines Are Time (Miró Foundation Barcelona). He is co-author of books such "An Art Center" (with David Armengol) and "Las Disidencias" (with Raisa Maudit).

Leaving the Museum

Institutional experimentation takes place both within institutions and at their boundaries. Martí Manen will present two projects that examine and open up the language of the museum: Sala Hab (1997–2002) and A Museum Outside the Museum (2026).