Mateus Nunes (1997, Belém) is a curator and writer from the Brazilian Amazon, based in São Paulo.
Nunes obtained a PhD in Art History from the University of Lisbon and a BA in Architecture from the Universidade Federal do Pará.
He has completed postdoctoral fellowships in 18th-century art and architecture at the Universidade de São Paulo, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, and the Getty Foundation.
He is an assistant curator at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) and frequently contributes to Artforum, ArtReview, and frieze.
His work concentrates on non-hegemonic systems of organizing, perceiving and understanding time and history when facing art, particularly concerning image theory.
[versão em Português]
mateus.nunes@masp.org.br
@mateuscn
cv/lattes
[Portrait by Julia Kater, 2026]
He has completed postdoctoral fellowships in 18th-century art and architecture at the Universidade de São Paulo, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, and the Getty Foundation.
He is an assistant curator at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) and frequently contributes to Artforum, ArtReview, and frieze.
His work concentrates on non-hegemonic systems of organizing, perceiving and understanding time and history when facing art, particularly concerning image theory.
[versão em Português]
mateus.nunes@masp.org.br
@mateuscn
cv/lattes
[Portrait by Julia Kater, 2026]