Taína Caragol also known as Taína Beatriz Caragol-Barreto, is an American art historian, curator, and author. She currently serves as the curator for Latino Art and History at the

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, since 2013. She previously held positions at

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(MoMA) and at the

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Biography

Caragol has a BA degree in modern languages from the

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and a MA degree in French studies from

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. She has a PhD in 2013 in art history from the

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. Her dissertation was titled, “Boom and Dust: The Rise of Latin American and Latino Art in New York Exhibition Venues and Auction Houses, 1970s–1980s”. Since 2013, she has curator for Latino Art and History at the

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Caragol was hired in part to diversify the museum collection holdings, and to promote diversity in museum representation and American identity in exhibitions. At the time of hire, the National Portrait Gallery had a 22,000-piece collection and held less than 1% Latino, 5% Black, and less than 25% female portraits. In the first 5 years at the role, she grew the Latin representation to 2.5%, mostly with around 150 new works by Latino artists. She previously held a position as the Latin American bibliographer for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, from 2004 to 2007; and as curator of education at the

in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 2010.

Publications

A list of select publications by Caragol: * * *

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* Podcast
Focusing on Ruben Salazar, with Taína Caragol
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