Dr. José Maria Durán Medrano
- Studies in Santiago de Compostela, Madrid, Edinburgh and Berlin
- Doctor of Art History specializing in modern and contemporary art and art theory, Doctor of Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin
- From 2010 to 2011, curatorship of the exhibition “World is Work” at Kwadrat in Berlin
- Author of “Iconoclasia, historial del arte y lucha de clases” (Madrid 2009) and “Hacia una crítica de la economía política del arte” (Madrid 2008), publication of numerous papers from 2009 to 2012
- Awarded the “Escritos Sobre Arte” prize of Fundación Arte y Derecho for the book “Iconoclasia, historia del arte y lucha de clases” 2009
- Lecturer for “Art Values in the Modernity – A Survey of European Art Markets” at the Department for Art History at Freie Universität Berlin
- Lecturer for “European Cultural Studies I” at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin