Rosa Lowinger: Wandering to Belong, Deadlines and Deliberate Design
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Rosa Lowinger is a writer and art conservator most well-known for Tropicana Nights: the Life and Times of the Legendary Cuban Nightclub, the definitive book on Havana’s pre-Castro nightclub era. Born in Cuba and raised in Miami, Rosa has an M.A. in art history and conservation from NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts, and she is a fellow of every major international conservation organization. She lives in Los Angeles, where she is chief conservator at RLA Conservation, LLC, a firm she founded that specializes in sculpture, contemporary art, and integral architectural finishes. She was the 2009 Rome Prize Fellow in conservation at the American Academy in Rome, where she researched a project called “A Comprehensive History of Vandalism.” Curatorial credits include Concrete Paradise: Miami Marine Stadium at the Coral Gables Museum (2013), and Promising Paradise: Cuban Allure, American Seduction at the Wolfsonian in Miami Beach (2016). Her memoir Dwell Time: Reflections on Art, Restoration, and Exile will be published in 2023 by RowHouse Publishing.
In the conversation today, Rosa explains why reading well-written and compelling work helps her strive to do better. We hear about her “double” immigration story, reflections and insights from her life, wandering to belong, and about her business in art restoration and how this has influenced her life.
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