Dr. Monika Bayer-Wermuth is Chief Curator at the Museum Brandhorst in Munich, where she is responsible for the collection, as well as international exhibitions and publication projects. At the core of her curatorial work is an in-depth engagement with artistic production, as well as with the social and political questions of contemporary art, which she seeks to translate into the institutional context in an accessible and critical way.

Bayer-Wermuth travelled to São Paulo and Buenos Aires to conduct her curatorial research trip, as part of the Salta art partnership with the Goethe-Institut, Meridiano (within the framework of the NODO Program), and ABACT / Latitude.

During her week-long trip, Bayer-Wermuth took part in the full public and professional program of NODO in Buenos Aires, including exhibition openings, gallery visits, collection visits, museum archive visits, and encounters with curators, collectors, and institutional representatives. In São Paulo, ABACT / Latitude coordinated a professional agenda featuring gallery and studio visits, and encounters with artists and curators across the city, as well as visits to MASP, the Pinacoteca, Museu Afro Brasil, and the Arpa Art Fair.

While in Buenos Aires, Monika Bayer-Wermuth was invited to take part in the panel discussion “Museums for Public Life” at the Museo Moderno, organized by NODO. Sharing the stage with Marielsa Castro Vizcarra (MAMM) and Juan Canela (MAC Panamá), the curators discussed how museum institutions from Latin America and Europe can use collection management to address social and environmental crises. The talk explored strategies for accessibility, decolonization, and the restorative potential of cultural institutions today.