Maria Nicanor

Maria Nicanor is a Spanish-American museum curator specializing in design and history of architecture. She has held significant positions at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Guggenheim, and the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt Museum.

Early life and education Nicanor was born in Barcelona. Her father is a filmmaker; her mother is a lawyer specializing in intellectual property in the arts. She was the architecture and design curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Nicanor had various roles at the Guggenheim Museum in New York from 2003 and 2013 including a role as the curator of architecture and design.