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Cosmopolitan Routes: Houston Collects Latin American Art
Cosmopolitan Routes: Houston Collects Latin American Art, the remarkable exhibition that celebrates the ten-year anniversary of the Latin American art department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Presents First Large-Scale Retrospective of Carlos Cruz-Diez
Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Space and Time features more than 150 works from the artist’s wide-ranging career, culled from the Cruz-Diez Foundation collection at the MFAH, and major private and public collections around the world.
CIFO Announces the Recipents of the 2011 CIFO Grants and Commissions Program
Commemorating The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation’s eighth cycle supporting emerging and mid-career artists from Latin America, CIFO announces the recipients of the 2011 CIFO Grants and Commissions Program:
Christian Viveros-Fauné and Jota Castro: A New Curatorial Direction for Dublin Contemporary 2011
New York-based curator and writer, the Chilean Christian Viveros-Fauné, and Franco-Peruvian artist and curator, Jota Castro, have been appointed joint Lead Curators of Dublin Contemporary 2011.
The Juan March Foundation includes Leo Matiz in “América fría, la abstracción geométrica en Latinoamérica”
A group of abstract images, some of them never before reproduced, by the Colombian photographer Leo Matiz (1917-1998) are being exhibited starting February 11, 2011 at the Juan March Foundation in Madrid, Spain, in the exposition América Fría, La Abstracción Geométrica en Latinoamérica.
The Axis of SITAC IX: Theory and Practice of the Catastrophe
The notion of a catastrophe implies change, crisis or a definitive disaster, after which something will never be the same again: an event of the greatest transcendence for life or the system to which it refers, since it means its inevitable and irreversible transformation.
CPPC Launches its book Tomás Maldonado in Conversation with María Amalia García
New York, January 26, 2011. The Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros announced the release of Tomás Maldonado in Conversation with María Amalia García, the second book in the Conversaciones/Conversations series.
Deborah Cullen nominated Chief Curator for the Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan of 2012
Director of Curatorial Programs at El Museo del Barrio, has been appointed Chief Curator of the 3rd edition of the Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan: América Latina y el Caribe, scheduled to take place in Puerto Rico in April 2012.
Gabriel Orozco at the Tate Modern of London
Kurimanzutto´s Gallery announced the exhibition in the Tate Modern, London, from Gabriel Orozco, the artist who conceived its vision as a space where the time dedicated to art surpasses the notion of a place.
Winners of the Des Pacio 2011 Arts Exhibition Announced
Last December I was invited to be one of the judges/selectors for the Des Pacio 2011 exhibition award, which consists on a solo exhibition at Des Pacio Gallery in San Jose Costa Rica.
La Isla Hundida (the sunken island) an Art Project for Children about the Climatic Change, Arrives to CCE in Miami
Presented by CCEMiami and created by Spanish artist Javier Velasco and curator Anne-Marie Melster in collaboration with ARTPORT_making waves, the project La Isla Hundida features several theorical and hands on workshops lo create awareness in children on the issue of climate change and environmental issues.
“Conjunciones” 2011 Second Edition Biennal of Visual Arts
The Museo de Arte Costarricense (MAC) has open calls for the selection process of pieces that will participate in the Second Edition of the Biennal of Visual Arts. “Conjunciones” 2011.
“Lugares de Tránsito” an Extensive Photography Project in Latin America
L ugares de tránsito is a creative project of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). The project addresses the value of place and its new meanings as part of living artistic projects.
David Brooks, Artist-in-Residence at De La Cruz Collection from Miami Will Discuss His Current Work
David Brooks, Artist-in-Residence at the de la Cruz Collection will discuss his current work and its tangled relationship with art, nature and the everyday at its headquarters Wednesday January 12 at 2pm.
Cultural Center Palace La Moneda Shows Arte en América with Works from the OAS and the IDB.
206 works belonging to the modern and contemporary art collections of the Americas of the Organization of the American States (OAS) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) arrive for the first time in Chile to give life to the exposition Arte en America.
“Cuba en Revolución” at the International Center of Photopgraphy
The exhibition Cuba in Revolution, at the International Center of Photography covers the development of Cuban photography from the early 1950s until 1968.
Man Ray at the Museo de Arte del Banco de la República, Colombia
The retrospective of Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitsk) at the Museo de Arte del Banco de la República de Colombia, curated by Marisa Oropesa.
Russia and Latin America: Focus from ARCOmadrid
The upcoming ARCOmadrid, International Contemporary Art Fair, to be held from February 16th through 20th 2011,
Fondation Beyeler Announces the Exhibition Beatriz Milhazes
The Brazilian Beatriz Milhazes (b. 1960, Rio de Janeiro) is one of the most highly regarded women artists on the international art scene.
Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy
Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, Director of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) announces the appointment of Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy as Curator of Contemporary Art.
The MUSAC collection in Guadalajara
The MUSAC collection presents in the Instituto Cultural Cabañas of the city, the exhibition La fuerza de la palabra (The Power of Words), with a selection of works from its permanent collection, that will be exhibited until January 23th, 2011.
Ultra es Low: Artists from the Ultravioleta Project in Guatemala, at Des Pacio, Costa Rica
Ultra Es Low is an exhibition that brings the works from Proyectos Ultravioleta. The main idea was to initially present ; the work of the artists that abandoned stereotypes of violence and the characteristics of Guatemalan art, and instead chose to discourse aesthetics with a public spirit.
Daros Latinoamerica Announces its Upcoming Exhibitions
Since the beginning of the year 2000, Daros Latinoamerica has been devoted to building a collection of Contemporary art from Latino America.
Denise Rene Gallery Celebrates Half a Century of Cruz-Diez´s Creation in Paris
2010 is a milestone year for Carlos Cruz-Diez (Caracas, 1923).
Reflected Visions of Argentina in Focus
The exhibition Argentina in Focus: Visualizing the Concept— Cristian Segura/Sergio Vega, curated by Alma Ruiz at the Art Museum of the Americas reveals the critical focus in the production of these two Argentine artist.
The First Triennial of the Caribbean
The Caribbean Biennial, held since 1992 in the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo, was discontinued. The labeling of the event as a “biennial” had lost its meaning, and it was decided to designate it instead as “First International Triennial of the Caribbean”.
29th São Paulo Biennial
In the words of Brazilian artist Nuno Ramos, the 29th São Paulo Biennial apparently marks the “end of the curatorial narcissism” that characterized recent editions, in particular the past edition, universally known as “The Void.”
Political Visions from Gómez Narro and Artemio in PINTA New York
In the fourth edition of the Latin American and Contemporary Art Fair in New York, PINTA, added to the space a resurgence of a political art that is not ideological, but has an incisive vision of reality.
Fernando Prats will represent Chile at the 54 Venetian Biennial 2011
The Venetian Biennial will count with an internationally renowned Chilean representative once again. In it’s 54 version, the oldest and most important artistic of the planet will have Fernando Prats in its pavilions.
Alexander Apóstol, Ronald Morán and Randall Weeks in Formes & Desformes
ZAK Gallery, from Siena, inaugutared “Formes & Desformes” curated by Antonio Arévalo. The exhibition involves three internationally known Latin American artists.
Success at the New York Latin American Art Sales from Christie´s and Sotheby´s
Works by Diego Rivera, Fernando Botero, Rufino Tamayo, and Beatriz Milhazes realized top prices at Christie’s two-session sale of Latin American Art on November 17 & 18 in New York.
