Reviews

"Vacuus", 2017, Fredy Alzate. Ph: Oriol Tarridas.

Through the exhibition that the Cisneros Fontanals Foundation  held in 2017 for its fifteenth anniversary, Yunekis Villalonga makes a revaluation of the foundation scholarship and commission program.

By Yuneikys Villalonga (Miami, Florida)
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RETHINKING LATIN AMERICA: CIFO'S GRANTS AND COMMISSIONS PROGRAM

By Yuneikys Villalonga (Miami, Florida)

Through the exhibition that the Cisneros Fontanals Foundation  held in 2017 for its fifteenth anniversary, Yunekis Villalonga makes a revaluation of the foundation scholarship and commission program.

September 17, 2019
ENERG(ETHICS)

Monument of the heroes, Bogotá.

 

By Nicolás Bonilla Maldonado (Bogotá, Colombia)
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ENERG(ETHICS)

By Nicolás Bonilla Maldonado (Bogotá, Colombia)

Monument of the heroes, Bogotá.

 

September 12, 2019
Ph: Francisca Etchegaray y Matías Bognnani.

En su proyecto curatorial desarrollado para Fuera de Foco -sección experimental de BAphoto-, Alfredo Aracil propone una reflexión respecto a lo ornamental, entendido como síntoma.

By Matías Helbig
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FUERA DE FOCO: UNA REINTERPRETACIÓN DE LO ORNAMENTAL

By Matías Helbig

En su proyecto curatorial desarrollado para Fuera de Foco -sección experimental de BAphoto-, Alfredo Aracil propone una reflexión respecto a lo ornamental, entendido como síntoma.

September 08, 2019
Copia original de fotograma intervenido por Carlos Alonso, de la serie "De lo que no hay", en BAphoto 2019. Ph: Francisca Etchegaray.

In BAphoto 2019, the Sasha D gallery presents thirty-five frames intervened by Carlos Alonso for an experimental film by Alejandro Mathe in 1960. The work, never before exhibited, is an exemplary piece that illustrates the avant-garde movements of the 60s and 70s in Argentina.

By Matías Helbig
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CARLOS ALONSO AND AN UNUSUAL APPEARANCE IN THE EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA OF THE 60

By Matías Helbig

In BAphoto 2019, the Sasha D gallery presents thirty-five frames intervened by Carlos Alonso for an experimental film by Alejandro Mathe in 1960. The work, never before exhibited, is an exemplary piece that illustrates the avant-garde movements of the 60s and 70s in Argentina.

September 05, 2019
EL PEZ REY: EL POTENCIAL DEL ARCHIVO Y LA LEGITIMACIÓN DEL RELATO

En plena Ciudad de Buenos Aires hay un pedazo de litoral. El susurro denso de los grillos del campo húmedo reproduce un eco exhaustivo. En la sala se proyectan los testimonios de dos señoras mayores. Leemos lo que dicen en subtítulos porque los videos están silenciados. Los bichos del humedal monopolizan el espacio: el sonido se vuelve casi material en la sala.

By Matías Helbig
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EL PEZ REY: EL POTENCIAL DEL ARCHIVO Y LA LEGITIMACIÓN DEL RELATO

By Matías Helbig

En plena Ciudad de Buenos Aires hay un pedazo de litoral. El susurro denso de los grillos del campo húmedo reproduce un eco exhaustivo. En la sala se proyectan los testimonios de dos señoras mayores. Leemos lo que dicen en subtítulos porque los videos están silenciados. Los bichos del humedal monopolizan el espacio: el sonido se vuelve casi material en la sala.

September 03, 2019
"Untitled", 1950,  Sandu Darie. Ph: Mariano Costa Peuser.

The art collection of Juan Carlos Maldonado, from Miami, is a treasure that runs through geometric abstraction and concretism with its social implications, mainly in South America and extended to the international scene.

By Adriana Herrera Téllez
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THE UNBOUNDED LINE: A SELECTION FROM THE JUAN CARLOS MALDONADO ART COLLECTION

By Adriana Herrera Téllez

The art collection of Juan Carlos Maldonado, from Miami, is a treasure that runs through geometric abstraction and concretism with its social implications, mainly in South America and extended to the international scene.

August 30, 2019
Ph: @botonrojoestudio.

In a dialogue between techniques, rituals, mythologies and stories, Argentine artists Constanza Chiappini, Gonzalo Maggi and Julia Rosetti establish a story that challenges the present in the exhibition The first sword was a gift.

By Matías Helbig
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THE FIRST SWORD WAS A GIFT

By Matías Helbig

In a dialogue between techniques, rituals, mythologies and stories, Argentine artists Constanza Chiappini, Gonzalo Maggi and Julia Rosetti establish a story that challenges the present in the exhibition The first sword was a gift.

August 28, 2019
Martha Araújo (Brazilian, b. 1943), Hábito/Habitante (Habit/inhabitant), 1985 Documentation of performance: four black-and-white photographs. 6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. each. Collection of Martha Araújo; courtesy of Galeria Jaqueline Martins. ©the artist. Documentación de rendimiento: cuatro fotografías en blanco y negro. 17.46 × 22.5425 cm. cada uno. Colección de Martha Araújo; cortesía de Galeria Jaqueline Martins. © el artista.

Within the framework of what was Radical Women exhibition that was given at the Hammer Museum, L.A., California, independent critic and curator Adriana Herrera Téllez reflects on the visibility of these artists and the legacy proposed by the catalog.

By Adriana Herrera Téllez
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RADICAL WOMEN

By Adriana Herrera Téllez

Within the framework of what was Radical Women exhibition that was given at the Hammer Museum, L.A., California, independent critic and curator Adriana Herrera Téllez reflects on the visibility of these artists and the legacy proposed by the catalog.

August 27, 2019
SEX STORIES

Elvis Fuentes reflects on Stories of Sexuality exhiition in the MASP and the importance of controversial art.

By Elvis Fuentes
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SEX STORIES

By Elvis Fuentes

Elvis Fuentes reflects on Stories of Sexuality exhiition in the MASP and the importance of controversial art.

August 26, 2019
Still frame de entrevista CRUDO con Juan Becú.

Diego Trulls, founder and producer of the CRUDO countercultural project, explains his relationship with art, the objectives for his interview channel and the desire to generate an audiovisual record of the international contemporary scene.

By Matías Helbig
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BEHIND CRUDO

By Matías Helbig

Diego Trulls, founder and producer of the CRUDO countercultural project, explains his relationship with art, the objectives for his interview channel and the desire to generate an audiovisual record of the international contemporary scene.

August 22, 2019
"Return tu Koyaanisqatsi", gallery view.

In a context of hyperinformation and image overproduction, José Antonio Navarrete reflected on the construction of meaning in contemporary visual arts from the artwork of Willy Castellanos.

By José Antonio Navarrete
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RETURN TO KOYAANISQUAATSI: WILLY CASTELLANOS AT THE KENDALL ARTE CENTER IN MIAMI

By José Antonio Navarrete

In a context of hyperinformation and image overproduction, José Antonio Navarrete reflected on the construction of meaning in contemporary visual arts from the artwork of Willy Castellanos.

August 15, 2019
Serie Pantone Agua. Ph: OdA, Galería de Arte.

Argentine artist Constanza Oxenford presents Dimensions of the same, her second solo show at OdA, Art Gallery

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DIMENSIONS OF THE SAME

Argentine artist Constanza Oxenford presents Dimensions of the same, her second solo show at OdA, Art Gallery

August 14, 2019
"Homage to Goya", 1961, Nela Arias-Misson.

“I don’t paint to live, I live to paint.” — Nela Arias-Misson when asked about her refusal to sell her work.

 

By Jorge Luis Gutiérrez
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THE UNEARTHLY ENCHANTMENTS OF NELA ARIAS-MISSON

By Jorge Luis Gutiérrez

“I don’t paint to live, I live to paint.” — Nela Arias-Misson when asked about her refusal to sell her work.

 

August 06, 2019
"La Ausencia", 2001-2002, Santiago Porter.

The Rolf Art gallery exhibits Falta compartida (Shared Absence). Conceived as a collective exhibition in collaboration with Mon Charpentier, eleven Latin American artists approach memory from diverse languages.

By Matías Helbig
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SHARED ABSENCE, A DIALOGUE ON MEMORY

By Matías Helbig

The Rolf Art gallery exhibits Falta compartida (Shared Absence). Conceived as a collective exhibition in collaboration with Mon Charpentier, eleven Latin American artists approach memory from diverse languages.

July 31, 2019
Julio Le Parc, Ondas 110 Nº8, 1974. Ph: Cortesía Atelier Julio Le Parc.

At his 90, the Kirchner Cultural Center presents the most important retrospective of Julio Le Parc. Main figure of optical art and international avant-garde, Julio Le Parc. A visionary will accompany the exhibition that is being set up by the National Museum of Fine Arts of Buenos Aires.

By Laura Casanovas
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JULIO LE PARC, A VISIONARY

By Laura Casanovas

At his 90, the Kirchner Cultural Center presents the most important retrospective of Julio Le Parc. Main figure of optical art and international avant-garde, Julio Le Parc. A visionary will accompany the exhibition that is being set up by the National Museum of Fine Arts of Buenos Aires.

July 30, 2019
WHO'S THAT GIRL?: FLAVIA DA RIN IN THE MODERN ART MUSEUM OF BUENOS AIRES

On exhibition at the Modern Art Museum of Buenos Aires until September 29, ¿Quién es esa chica? (Who's that girl ?), by Flavia Da Rin, is the first retrospective in a museum of one of the most relevant figures of the Argentine contemporary scene.

By Laura Casanovas
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WHO'S THAT GIRL?: FLAVIA DA RIN IN THE MODERN ART MUSEUM OF BUENOS AIRES

By Laura Casanovas

On exhibition at the Modern Art Museum of Buenos Aires until September 29, ¿Quién es esa chica? (Who's that girl ?), by Flavia Da Rin, is the first retrospective in a museum of one of the most relevant figures of the Argentine contemporary scene.

July 23, 2019
Próximamente (Coming Soon), Ruth Benzacar 2019, registro de sala. Ph: Nacho Iasparra.

"The Scottish artist Andy Goldsworthy said that his art school was not the academy but the beach. Mine was the VCR," wrote Leandro Erlich in the framework of his exhibition Coming Soon, in Ruth Benzacar.

By Laura Casanovas
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LEANDRO ERLICH AT RUTH BENZACAR

By Laura Casanovas

"The Scottish artist Andy Goldsworthy said that his art school was not the academy but the beach. Mine was the VCR," wrote Leandro Erlich in the framework of his exhibition Coming Soon, in Ruth Benzacar.

July 12, 2019
Exhibition view, "Ver la diferencia", Gachi Rosati. Ph: Espacio Lanzallamas.

Problems between the genius artist myth and the woman sign. Review of Gachi Rosati's Ver la diferencia (See the difference) exhibition at Lanzallamas Art Space.

By Silvina Amighini
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RESONANCES OF PRESENT DAY RE-ELABORATED SELFPORTRAITS

By Silvina Amighini

Problems between the genius artist myth and the woman sign. Review of Gachi Rosati's Ver la diferencia (See the difference) exhibition at Lanzallamas Art Space.

June 27, 2019
PARIS: ANTONIO SEGUÍ AT FRANCE NATIONAL LIBRARY

At France National Library in Paris, a tribute is paid to the renowned Argentine artist, Antonio Seguí. From the pictorial to the narrative, the game of the exhibition reflects Seguí's search for a redefinition of mankind.

By Patricia Avena
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PARIS: ANTONIO SEGUÍ AT FRANCE NATIONAL LIBRARY

By Patricia Avena

At France National Library in Paris, a tribute is paid to the renowned Argentine artist, Antonio Seguí. From the pictorial to the narrative, the game of the exhibition reflects Seguí's search for a redefinition of mankind.

June 25, 2019
Maison Fond, 2015. Ph: Maffini.

Leandro Erlich, the artist who questions the look. A profile made by Victoria Verlichak.

By Victoria Verlichak (Buenos Aires)
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WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK?

By Victoria Verlichak (Buenos Aires)

Leandro Erlich, the artist who questions the look. A profile made by Victoria Verlichak.

June 11, 2019
Dolores Cáceres, Hecho en America Latina [Made in Latin America], 2013 10 mm. red neon, 65 cm. x 55 cm. x 5 cm. Private collection. / Neón rojo de 10 mm. 65 cm x 55 x 5 cm.

Margarita Sánchez Prieto illustrates the work and thought of the renowned Argentine artist, Dolores Cáceres.

By Margarita Sánchez Prieto (La Habana, Cuba)
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THE PRODUCTIVITY OF EMPTINESS

By Margarita Sánchez Prieto (La Habana, Cuba)

Margarita Sánchez Prieto illustrates the work and thought of the renowned Argentine artist, Dolores Cáceres.

May 30, 2019
LYDIA OKUMURA’S THOUSAND AND ONE EYES

The curator and art critic Adriana Herrera takes a tour of the prlifica career of the Brazilian artist Lydia Okumura.

 

By Adriana Herrera
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LYDIA OKUMURA’S THOUSAND AND ONE EYES

By Adriana Herrera

The curator and art critic Adriana Herrera takes a tour of the prlifica career of the Brazilian artist Lydia Okumura.

 

May 24, 2019
Two glass slides, rocks and rope. Baró Gallery (São Paulo). Photo: Diego Santovito Nadir.// Dos láminas de vidrio, piedras y cuerda. Baró Galería (Sao Paulo). Foto: Diego Santovito

Brazilian curator, art critic and  journalist Angélica de Moraes drew a portrait of the multimedia artist Túlio Pinto. Taking the substantial elements of the career of the artist born in Brasilia, de Moraes illustrates with her words the profile of one of the most interesting protagonists of the contemporary Latin American scene.

By Angélica de Moraes (São Paulo)
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TÚLIO PINTO: A CONJUGATION OF FORCES

By Angélica de Moraes (São Paulo)

Brazilian curator, art critic and  journalist Angélica de Moraes drew a portrait of the multimedia artist Túlio Pinto. Taking the substantial elements of the career of the artist born in Brasilia, de Moraes illustrates with her words the profile of one of the most interesting protagonists of the contemporary Latin American scene.

May 23, 2019
“Lunar Writing 1 (1001)”, 1974, 16 blue toned black and white photographs mounted on museum board, 6.25 x 9.25 inches each. Courtesy of the artist and Henrique Faria New York & Buenos Aires. / “Lunar Writing 1 (1001)”, 1974, 16 fotografías blanco y negro viradas al azul montadas sobre cartón de museo, de 16 x 24 centímetros cada una. Cortesía del artista y de Henrique Faria, Nueva York y Buenos Aires.

The visual artist, writer, and filmmaker spoke with Julia P. Herzberg for Arte al Día about his work process, his interest in photography and its boundaries.

By Julia P. Herzberg
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IN CONVERSATION: LEANDRO KATZ

By Julia P. Herzberg

The visual artist, writer, and filmmaker spoke with Julia P. Herzberg for Arte al Día about his work process, his interest in photography and its boundaries.

May 21, 2019
Obra de Tulio Pinto.

Art Paris 2019!

By Patricia Avena Navarro
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ART PARIS: THE 21st EDITION UNDER THE SIGN OF WOMEN AND LATIN AMERICA

By Patricia Avena Navarro

Art Paris 2019!

April 30, 2019
THE LATIN AMERICAN PRESENCE IN THE ARAB EMIRATES
By Sonia Becce, Curadora Independiente (Independent Curator).
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THE LATIN AMERICAN PRESENCE IN THE ARAB EMIRATES

By Sonia Becce, Curadora Independiente (Independent Curator).
April 26, 2019
Obras de Lael Servicentro y Julien Antoine. Ph: Fiorella Di Biase

Curated by Joaquín Barrera, Las cosas que Crecen is the second exhibition of the young project led by the pair Jen Zapata and Andrés Matías Pinilla located in the neighborhood of San Telmo. On this occasion, and as a strong bet during the ArteBA art fair weekend, Lanzallamas attacked with a solid collective proposal.

By Fiorella Di Biase
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A FLAMETHROWER MANIFESTO

By Fiorella Di Biase

Curated by Joaquín Barrera, Las cosas que Crecen is the second exhibition of the young project led by the pair Jen Zapata and Andrés Matías Pinilla located in the neighborhood of San Telmo. On this occasion, and as a strong bet during the ArteBA art fair weekend, Lanzallamas attacked with a solid collective proposal.

April 17, 2019
Alejandro Otero entre sus "Coloritmos", 1960. Ph: Joseph Fabry.

The reasoned catalog of the Coloritmos by Alejandro Otero is published in Caracas, a volume with more than three hundred pages that delves for the first time into a chapter little studied and of great value for the Venezuelan and Latin American art of the XX century.

By Ernesto J. Guevara
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ALEJANDRO OTERO'S COLORITMOS ARE SHOWN COMPLETELY

By Ernesto J. Guevara

The reasoned catalog of the Coloritmos by Alejandro Otero is published in Caracas, a volume with more than three hundred pages that delves for the first time into a chapter little studied and of great value for the Venezuelan and Latin American art of the XX century.

December 26, 2018
Narciso de mataderos, Pablo Suárez

Narciso plebeyo is the title chosen for the Pablo Suárez (1937-2006) exhibition curated by Jimena Ferreiro and Rafael Cippolini at the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires (MALBA). From the part towards the whole, the sculptural installation Narciso de Mataderos (1984-1985) projects as a key to look at the whole of the portrait of a subjectivity, which in each work is imbricated with the folds of a social history. In these folds the plebeian appears as a program of intervention in the art system and as a torsion of the artistic canon. The biographical effect of the exhibition reflects a work of collective memory carried out by those who knew it and contributed to the historical thickness of the exhibition.

By Juan Cruz Pedroni
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NARCISO PLEBEYO: PABLO SUÁREZ AT THE MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART OF BUENOS AIRES

By Juan Cruz Pedroni

Narciso plebeyo is the title chosen for the Pablo Suárez (1937-2006) exhibition curated by Jimena Ferreiro and Rafael Cippolini at the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires (MALBA). From the part towards the whole, the sculptural installation Narciso de Mataderos (1984-1985) projects as a key to look at the whole of the portrait of a subjectivity, which in each work is imbricated with the folds of a social history. In these folds the plebeian appears as a program of intervention in the art system and as a torsion of the artistic canon. The biographical effect of the exhibition reflects a work of collective memory carried out by those who knew it and contributed to the historical thickness of the exhibition.

December 21, 2018
Boleto Para Viajar, 1965, de Delia Cancela y Pablo Mesejean.

Entering Delia Cancela. Reina de corazones (Delia Cancela. Queen of hearts), exhibition curated by Carla Barbero at Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, we are greeted by a painting with curved contours. Inward, large planes of primary colors oppress a face with absorbed eyes; outward, those planes push against the edges like a cloud in the instant before losing its contour. In Mujer y nubes (Woman and Clouds), of 1965, the formal synthesis of a pin-up figure and the effects of reverie annotated, with stereotypical signs, by a camp consciousness converge. The piece realized in co-authorship with Pablo Mesejean was, perhaps, chosen for the position it occupies by knotting three tenacious lines in Cancela’s production: visual mass culture, representations of femininity and visualized fantasy as an expanding force.

By Juan Cruz Pedroni
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DELIA CANCELA AT BUENOS AIRES MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

By Juan Cruz Pedroni

Entering Delia Cancela. Reina de corazones (Delia Cancela. Queen of hearts), exhibition curated by Carla Barbero at Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, we are greeted by a painting with curved contours. Inward, large planes of primary colors oppress a face with absorbed eyes; outward, those planes push against the edges like a cloud in the instant before losing its contour. In Mujer y nubes (Woman and Clouds), of 1965, the formal synthesis of a pin-up figure and the effects of reverie annotated, with stereotypical signs, by a camp consciousness converge. The piece realized in co-authorship with Pablo Mesejean was, perhaps, chosen for the position it occupies by knotting three tenacious lines in Cancela’s production: visual mass culture, representations of femininity and visualized fantasy as an expanding force.

December 18, 2018
Ph: Daiel Avena

On Air is the fourth edition of the carte blanche exhibition series that offers selected artists the opportunity to appropriate all the exhibition spaces of the Palais de Tokyo, in Paris. For the occasion, Tomás Saraceno has made his greatest project to date which brings together some of his main works, installations and unpublished creations. An interactive project that links art and science and that makes the Palais de Tokyo a place of unique sensory experience. This multidisciplinary purpose continues the artist's research on the relationship between humans and non-humans. A collaborative and evolutionary project designed to imagine new ways of inhabiting the world.

By Patricia Avena
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CARTE BLANCHE: TOMÁS SARACENO AT PALAIS DE TOKYO

By Patricia Avena

On Air is the fourth edition of the carte blanche exhibition series that offers selected artists the opportunity to appropriate all the exhibition spaces of the Palais de Tokyo, in Paris. For the occasion, Tomás Saraceno has made his greatest project to date which brings together some of his main works, installations and unpublished creations. An interactive project that links art and science and that makes the Palais de Tokyo a place of unique sensory experience. This multidisciplinary purpose continues the artist's research on the relationship between humans and non-humans. A collaborative and evolutionary project designed to imagine new ways of inhabiting the world.

December 13, 2018