João Ribas (b. 1979, Braga, Portugal) is a critic and Curator at The Drawing Center in New York. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Sun, Art Review, Time Out, Flash Art, The Guardian Unlimited, and the Review of Contemporary Fiction. He is a former editor at Art Review and LTB Media.

He is the curator of over thirty exhibitions and projects in the US and abroad, including: Rirkrit Tiravanija: Demonstration Drawings and Frederick Kiesler: Co-Realities, The Drawing Center, 2008 (Winner of the 2008 AICA Award for Best Exhibition in a Non-Profit Space) ; New Economy, Artists Space, 2007; Ryan Gander: Loose Associations, Performa07; Dice Thrown (Will Never Annul Chance), Bellwether, 2006; and the Expanded Cinema online platform.

He has contributed essays to numerous exhibition catalogs and monographs, and has been a visiting curator and lecturer for institutions and organizations such as Secession, Vienna; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo; Columbia University; Cranbrook Academy of Art; Boston University; The Cooper Union; and a member of the M.F.A committee at New York University. He is currently adjunct faculty at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

Photo: with Maria Lassnig, Vienna, 2009