Alberto Anaut | Alberto Anaut, founder of La Fábrica and promoter of PHotoEspaña, dies

2023-07-10 19:00:04

Alberto Anautfounder of La Fábrica and promoter of various cultural initiativess like the PhotoEspaña festival, has passed away at the age of 68 due to a long illness, as confirmed by the publisher.

“With immense pain, from La Fábrica we inform you that this morning Alberto Anaut has died, who lived with a long illness that did not prevent him from working until the last minute with his entire team,” the company said in a statement.

Among the projects that Anaut has launched, in addition to those mentioned, there is also the magazine Matador (“his first and most beloved project”) or festivals like Four, Madrid Design Festival o public.

“Those of us who have been working and learning from him all these years will try to maintain his legacy and contribute to promoting culture with the same tenacity, enthusiasm and affection that he put into each project”, La Fábrica pointed out.

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His family and friends will see him off this afternoon at 5:30 p.m. at the San Isidro Funeral Home. Anaut (Madrid, 1955-2023) studied Sociology, Political Science and Information Science, abandoning all three careers to practice journalism. He began working, at the age of 19, in the magazine Economic News.

For 10 years he specialized in economic journalism. He founded the magazine Mercado and, after a period of two years in Diary 16directed it from 1983 to 1988. In 1988 he joined The country as editor-in-chief of The weekly countryuntil in 1993 he was appointed deputy editor of the newspaper.

He resigned a year later to prepare the launch of the magazine Matador, whose themes revolve around current ideas, culture and trends. He briefly returned to active journalism as director of The Magazine, from El Mundo (1995-97).

In 1994 he founded La Fábrica, a cultural management company that has promoted art centers such as La Casa Encendida or La Térmica, heritage conservation projects such as the Archive of Creators, or festivals of international prestige such as Madrid Design Festival, Notodofilmfest, Eñe or PHotoESPAÑA. He was currently president of La Fábrica and Club Matador.