Mara Polgovsky Ezcurra

Mara Polgovsky Ezcurra is a Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Art at the School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck College, University of London. She is an art historian and cultural theorist with expertise in Latin American art, performance, feminism, and art and technoscience. She previously lectured at the University of Cambridge. She has been the director of Peltz Gallery since September 2024 and runs the film production company Tecolote Films. Her film Malintzin 17 (2022) premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and received the Best Documentary Award at the Morelia Film Festival. Her publications include Touched Bodies: The Performative Turn in Latin American Art (2019) and Marcos Kurtycz: Corporeality Unbound (2024).