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FOUNDATION : Juan March
The Juan March Foundation inaugurated in its Madrid headquarters the exhibition “Cold America. Latin American geometric abstraction (1934-1973)”, in order to map, in a fast and systematic way, the complex history of geometric abstraction in Latin America.
The Museum of Fine Art, Houston
Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Space and Time features more than 150 works from the artist’s wide-ranging career, selected from the Cruz-Diez Foundation Collection at the MFAH, and from major private and public collections around the world.
Fundación Botín Launches a Call
Fundación Botín, a Spanish institution created in 1964, launches a call for a new edition of the Visual Arts Grants and the Art Workshop, to be directed by Paul Graham.
Annette Messager at the Antiguo Colegio de San Idelfonso
Beginning in May, and until the end of August 2011, the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso is presenting the first great retrospective to be exhibited in Mexico City.
Symposium at MOCA, Miami
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), North Miami is hosting a three-day international symposium titled New Methods / Nuevos Métodos from May 4 - 6, 2011.
Pablo Helguera Won the First Edition of the International Award for Participatory Art
Pablo Helguera (Mexico City, 1971) has won the first edition of the International Award for Participatory Art.
SOMA
SOMA made its appearance as “ a school of experimental art” during that last January of the 2000s decade, when Mexican art became international.
CCEMiami Presents its Lineup for Arteamericas 2011
A carefully selected roster of artists from Spain and Latin America with mediums that range from a custom made glass installation to photography and sculpture.
Motion of a Nation
Gallery V.M.21 Arte Contemporanea is glad to host the works of thirty international and Italian artists, carefully selected by Antonio Arévalo.
The Good, the Bad and the Neon
In a cab home after a marathon day of art fairs, seminars, cocktails, dinner, and more cocktails, a good friend of mine shared a saying of her grandfather.
Entre Siempre y Jamás (Between Always and Never), the Exhibition of the Latin American Pavilion
Entre siempre y jamás (Between Always and Never) will be the title of the exhibition at The Latin American Pavilion organized by the Italo-Latin American Institute, IILA, for the 54th International Biennale di Venezia.
Lighting Sculpture Installation by Grimanesa Amorós
Uros House, a site-specific, lighting sculpture installation by artist Grimanesa Amorós, was part of the Times Square Alliance’s Public Art Program/Armory Show exhibition.
The Getty Center and MOLAA Organize an International Symposium About Latin American Art in the 21st Century
An international group of scholars, curators, museum directors and artists will discuss new approaches to the study and presentation of Latin American art in the 21st century
The End of History…and The Return of History Painting at the MMKA in the Netherlands
The curator Paco Barragan presents the exhibition End of History… and the Return of History Painting at the Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (MMKA) in Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Daros Latinamerica Collection Presents Nicola Costantino
Nicola Costantino is one of Argentina's most intriguing and exciting artists.
“Cold America”, Latin American Geometric Abstraction at the Juan March Foundation
The Juan March Foundation inaugurated in its Madrid head quarters the exposition Cold America.
Sao Paulo Biennial Foundation Names Luis Pérez-Oramas as Curator for its XXX Edition
Luis Pérez-Oramas, The Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York has been named as chief curator for the 30th São Paulo International Bienal.
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.
