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ANA GALLARDO'S RECONSTRUCTION AND “DELIRIUM”

It could have been an ordinary retrospective, but the decision to participate in some way in the creative process is a differential and even declarative point in Tembló acá un delirio, the exhibition that Museo CA2M in Móstoles delves into the figure, and at first hand, of Ana Gallardo (Rosario, Argentina, 1958).

By Álvaro de Benito
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ANA GALLARDO'S RECONSTRUCTION AND “DELIRIUM”

By Álvaro de Benito

It could have been an ordinary retrospective, but the decision to participate in some way in the creative process is a differential and even declarative point in Tembló acá un delirio, the exhibition that Museo CA2M in Móstoles delves into the figure, and at first hand, of Ana Gallardo (Rosario, Argentina, 1958).

May 07, 2024
CHAOS THEORY AT THE GUGGENHEIM BILBAO

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents Metahaven. Chaos Theory. This is the first exhibition of the year in the Film & Video room, a space that the Museum dedicates entirely to video art, audiovisual installation and moving image as artistic languages, and which celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2024.

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CHAOS THEORY AT THE GUGGENHEIM BILBAO

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents Metahaven. Chaos Theory. This is the first exhibition of the year in the Film & Video room, a space that the Museum dedicates entirely to video art, audiovisual installation and moving image as artistic languages, and which celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2024.

MEIAC PRESENTS MARTÍN LÓPEZ LAM’S PAISAJE TRANSFERIDO

The Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo (MEIAC) in Badajoz is exhibiting, under the title Paisaje Transferido, a wide-ranging show by MartÍn Lopez Lam (Lima, Peru, 1981), one of the main exponents of graphic art in Spain, where he has been living for the last two decades.

By Álvaro de Benito
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MEIAC PRESENTS MARTÍN LÓPEZ LAM’S PAISAJE TRANSFERIDO

By Álvaro de Benito

The Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo (MEIAC) in Badajoz is exhibiting, under the title Paisaje Transferido, a wide-ranging show by MartÍn Lopez Lam (Lima, Peru, 1981), one of the main exponents of graphic art in Spain, where he has been living for the last two decades.

INTERVIEW WITH TANIA PARDO, NEW DIRECTOR OF CA2M MUSEUM

Tania Pardo (Madrid, Spain, 1976) is the new Director of the Museo Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (CA2M Museum), the museum of contemporary art of the Community of Madrid. Pardo's career until her recent appointment has been built on a detailed work of promotion and visibility of emerging art through the curatorial actions she has developed in numerous Spanish institutions.

By Álvaro de Benito
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INTERVIEW WITH TANIA PARDO, NEW DIRECTOR OF CA2M MUSEUM

By Álvaro de Benito

Tania Pardo (Madrid, Spain, 1976) is the new Director of the Museo Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (CA2M Museum), the museum of contemporary art of the Community of Madrid. Pardo's career until her recent appointment has been built on a detailed work of promotion and visibility of emerging art through the curatorial actions she has developed in numerous Spanish institutions.

HERENCIA. PROYECTO 360º AND THE RECONSIDERATION OF OUR ACTIONS

The Seville-based Fundación Valentín de Madariaga y Oya raises in its collective exhibition Herencia. Proyecto 360º the need to reconsider actions and return to the essential and almost primary link through the observation and analysis of our environment and its possibilities. The show gathers the work of fifteen international artists who become instrumental through their works for this purpose.

By Álvaro de Benito
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HERENCIA. PROYECTO 360º AND THE RECONSIDERATION OF OUR ACTIONS

By Álvaro de Benito

The Seville-based Fundación Valentín de Madariaga y Oya raises in its collective exhibition Herencia. Proyecto 360º the need to reconsider actions and return to the essential and almost primary link through the observation and analysis of our environment and its possibilities. The show gathers the work of fifteen international artists who become instrumental through their works for this purpose.

April 28, 2024
THE BALANCED REPRESENTATION OF LO LATINOAMERICANO IN THE JORGE M. PÉREZ COLLECTION
By Álvaro de Benito
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THE BALANCED REPRESENTATION OF LO LATINOAMERICANO IN THE JORGE M. PÉREZ COLLECTION

By Álvaro de Benito
April 26, 2024
BOSCO SODI AND THE VOLUME OF DARKNESS

Bosco Sodi (Mexico, 1970) explores deeply in El día que nos volvimos a encontrar a universe quite distant from his recognizable large format and liveliness production to delve into the pleasures of the search for new material expressions and the abandonment of the chromatic in favour of texture, the depth of the absence of colour and concept.

By Álvaro de Benito
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BOSCO SODI AND THE VOLUME OF DARKNESS

By Álvaro de Benito

Bosco Sodi (Mexico, 1970) explores deeply in El día que nos volvimos a encontrar a universe quite distant from his recognizable large format and liveliness production to delve into the pleasures of the search for new material expressions and the abandonment of the chromatic in favour of texture, the depth of the absence of colour and concept.

April 19, 2024
CLAUDIA JOSKOWIZC, SOLO EXHBITION AT VALENCIA

Valencian gallery Jorge Lopez is programming a solo exhibition by artist Claudia Joskowizc (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 1968) that brings together the audiovisual and performative techniques with which the Bolivian artist builds the narrative and chronology of her native country.

By Álvaro de Benito
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CLAUDIA JOSKOWIZC, SOLO EXHBITION AT VALENCIA

By Álvaro de Benito

Valencian gallery Jorge Lopez is programming a solo exhibition by artist Claudia Joskowizc (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 1968) that brings together the audiovisual and performative techniques with which the Bolivian artist builds the narrative and chronology of her native country.

FLAVIO GARCIANDÍA’S SELF-REVISIONISM

Flavio Garciandía (Caibarién, Cuba, 1954) becomes the active and passive subject of his work in his first solo exhibition in Madrid.

By Álvaro de Benito
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FLAVIO GARCIANDÍA’S SELF-REVISIONISM

By Álvaro de Benito

Flavio Garciandía (Caibarién, Cuba, 1954) becomes the active and passive subject of his work in his first solo exhibition in Madrid.

April 17, 2024
JORGE EIELSON, THE LAST QUIPUCAMAYOC

The vindication of the Peruvian Jorge Eduardo Eielson (Lima, Peru, 1924) looks fundamental, far beyond any framed motivation in the round figures of the anniversaries. However, the work being done around the centenary of his birth shows a titanic effort to explore one of the most versatile artists in the plastic arts and, perhaps in his best-known aspect, in the literature of contemporary Peru.

By Álvaro de Benito
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JORGE EIELSON, THE LAST QUIPUCAMAYOC

By Álvaro de Benito

The vindication of the Peruvian Jorge Eduardo Eielson (Lima, Peru, 1924) looks fundamental, far beyond any framed motivation in the round figures of the anniversaries. However, the work being done around the centenary of his birth shows a titanic effort to explore one of the most versatile artists in the plastic arts and, perhaps in his best-known aspect, in the literature of contemporary Peru.

April 16, 2024
SURREALISM IN LATIN AMERICA AT 4TH FIFCYL

Latin American surrealist photography will have a predominant place in the 4th edition of the Castilla y León International Photography Festival, to be held from April 17 in Palencia, Spain.

By Álvaro de Benito
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SURREALISM IN LATIN AMERICA AT 4TH FIFCYL

By Álvaro de Benito

Latin American surrealist photography will have a predominant place in the 4th edition of the Castilla y León International Photography Festival, to be held from April 17 in Palencia, Spain.

TWO EXHIBITIONS OF PERUVIAN PHOTOGRAPHY AT CASA DE AMERICA

Casa de América inaugurated two exhibitions of Peruvian art: Memoria del Perú. Photographs 1890-1950, with works by various photographers that capture a significant period in the country's history, and Shipibo-Konibo. Portraits of my blood, with photographs by artist David Diaz on the life of the Shipibo-Konibo.

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TWO EXHIBITIONS OF PERUVIAN PHOTOGRAPHY AT CASA DE AMERICA

Casa de América inaugurated two exhibitions of Peruvian art: Memoria del Perú. Photographs 1890-1950, with works by various photographers that capture a significant period in the country's history, and Shipibo-Konibo. Portraits of my blood, with photographs by artist David Diaz on the life of the Shipibo-Konibo.

CABIESES’ INTERCEPTED IMAGE

The geometry in Jorge Cabieses' (Lima, Peru, 1971) usual outline is broken with the action of the spontaneity of the curved and almost organic stroke in his second solo exhibition in the Spanish capital. The Lima-born artist thus proposes, in a certain way, a dialogue between the artificial of the synthetic and the atavistic through the incorporation of those more spontaneous brushstrokes over the usual framework of rectitude that the artist usually presents.

By Álvaro de Benito
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CABIESES’ INTERCEPTED IMAGE

By Álvaro de Benito

The geometry in Jorge Cabieses' (Lima, Peru, 1971) usual outline is broken with the action of the spontaneity of the curved and almost organic stroke in his second solo exhibition in the Spanish capital. The Lima-born artist thus proposes, in a certain way, a dialogue between the artificial of the synthetic and the atavistic through the incorporation of those more spontaneous brushstrokes over the usual framework of rectitude that the artist usually presents.

April 11, 2024
TOWARDS MIGUEL ÁNGEL ROJAS' QUIEBRAMALES

Two decades after Miguel Ángel Rojas (1946, Bogotá, Colombia) conceptualized in his project David Quiebramales his denunciation of violence and the use of education as the most efficient vehicle towards a catharsis for those who suffer it, the Madrid headquarters of La Cometa revisits his most emblematic work and reinterprets it as the framework for a kind of thematic retrospective. This commemoration of that first David Quiebramales reinforces a view that is still difficult to overcome and that, even today, serves to trace those harmful social dynamics that are created between society and war, the institutional and the political systems.

By Álvaro de Benito
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TOWARDS MIGUEL ÁNGEL ROJAS' QUIEBRAMALES

By Álvaro de Benito

Two decades after Miguel Ángel Rojas (1946, Bogotá, Colombia) conceptualized in his project David Quiebramales his denunciation of violence and the use of education as the most efficient vehicle towards a catharsis for those who suffer it, the Madrid headquarters of La Cometa revisits his most emblematic work and reinterprets it as the framework for a kind of thematic retrospective. This commemoration of that first David Quiebramales reinforces a view that is still difficult to overcome and that, even today, serves to trace those harmful social dynamics that are created between society and war, the institutional and the political systems.

April 09, 2024
RESISTANCE AND EMPTINESS: TERESA SOLAR ABBOUD AT CA2M

The exhibition Teresa Solar Abbourd. Pájaro sueño de máquina (Bird dream of machine) in CA2M Museum presents two large installations that condense the artist's research in recent years. It is curated by Tania Pardo and Claudia Segura Campins.

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RESISTANCE AND EMPTINESS: TERESA SOLAR ABBOUD AT CA2M

The exhibition Teresa Solar Abbourd. Pájaro sueño de máquina (Bird dream of machine) in CA2M Museum presents two large installations that condense the artist's research in recent years. It is curated by Tania Pardo and Claudia Segura Campins.

WHAT IS POPULAR? THE COLLECTION AT IVAM CENTRE JULIO GONZÁLEZ

Popular at IVAM Centre Julio González is an exhibition and research that revolves around the question: what is popular? 

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WHAT IS POPULAR? THE COLLECTION AT IVAM CENTRE JULIO GONZÁLEZ

Popular at IVAM Centre Julio González is an exhibition and research that revolves around the question: what is popular? 

ANA GALLARDO AT CA2M: RESISTANCE, GRIEF AND EMBODIMENT

The CA2M (Museum Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo) presents the exhibition Ana Gallardo. Tembló acá un delirio. (A delirium trembled here). Curated by Alfredo Aracil and Violeta Janeiro, the show runs from March 2 to July 7, 2024. 

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ANA GALLARDO AT CA2M: RESISTANCE, GRIEF AND EMBODIMENT

The CA2M (Museum Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo) presents the exhibition Ana Gallardo. Tembló acá un delirio. (A delirium trembled here). Curated by Alfredo Aracil and Violeta Janeiro, the show runs from March 2 to July 7, 2024. 

ARGENTINE GALLERIES AWARDED AT ARCOmadrid

ARCOmadrid is being held until Sunday, March 10, and presented its Lexus Award for Best Stand to the Argentinean gallery W-Gallery. In addition, the galleries Remota and Piedras won the X Opening Award, which recognizes the best stand in that section.

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ARGENTINE GALLERIES AWARDED AT ARCOmadrid

ARCOmadrid is being held until Sunday, March 10, and presented its Lexus Award for Best Stand to the Argentinean gallery W-Gallery. In addition, the galleries Remota and Piedras won the X Opening Award, which recognizes the best stand in that section.

LATIN AMERICAN GALLERIES AT ARCOmadrid 2024

The Spanish international art fair ARCOmadrid takes place from March 6 to 10 with a great number of Latin American proposals, curatorial projects, galleries and artists.

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LATIN AMERICAN GALLERIES AT ARCOmadrid 2024

The Spanish international art fair ARCOmadrid takes place from March 6 to 10 with a great number of Latin American proposals, curatorial projects, galleries and artists.

ARCOmadrid 2024: THE CARIBBEAN SEA AS A CENTRAL PROJECT

The 43rd edition of ARCOmadrid, Spain's International Contemporary Art Fair, has at its core the program The Shore, the Tide, the Current: An Oceanic Caribbean, which revolves around the artistic scenes of the territories connected by that sea.

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ARCOmadrid 2024: THE CARIBBEAN SEA AS A CENTRAL PROJECT

The 43rd edition of ARCOmadrid, Spain's International Contemporary Art Fair, has at its core the program The Shore, the Tide, the Current: An Oceanic Caribbean, which revolves around the artistic scenes of the territories connected by that sea.

DANIEL STEEGMANN MANGRANÉ’S LANDSCAPES AT MACBA BARCELONA

Drawing upon biology and new anthropological discourses as conceptual frameworks, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané’s exhibition at Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) A leaf Shapes the Eye, proposes a holistic worldview in which there is no distinction between humans and their environment, and where relationships between all elements are in constant flux.

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DANIEL STEEGMANN MANGRANÉ’S LANDSCAPES AT MACBA BARCELONA

Drawing upon biology and new anthropological discourses as conceptual frameworks, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané’s exhibition at Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) A leaf Shapes the Eye, proposes a holistic worldview in which there is no distinction between humans and their environment, and where relationships between all elements are in constant flux.

BIG TOURISM: SIMULTANEOUS SIMULATIONS. PEDRO MEDINA AT CERQUONE MADRID

From September 13 to November 15, 2023, Venezuelan artist Pedro Medina inaugurated his first solo show in Spain, with Cerquone Gallery, at its headquarters in Madrid. Entitled Gran Turismo: Simulaciones Simultáneas (Big Tourism: Simultaneous Simulations), the exhibition is conceived as an exhibition of recent work on a process of observation of speed and resistance in painting.

By Manuel Vásquez Ortega
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BIG TOURISM: SIMULTANEOUS SIMULATIONS. PEDRO MEDINA AT CERQUONE MADRID

By Manuel Vásquez Ortega

From September 13 to November 15, 2023, Venezuelan artist Pedro Medina inaugurated his first solo show in Spain, with Cerquone Gallery, at its headquarters in Madrid. Entitled Gran Turismo: Simulaciones Simultáneas (Big Tourism: Simultaneous Simulations), the exhibition is conceived as an exhibition of recent work on a process of observation of speed and resistance in painting.

October 25, 2023
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: CONCÉNTRICO’S 10TH EDITION COMPETITIONS

Concéntrico, Logroño International Festival of Architecture and Designs opens the program's competitions.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: CONCÉNTRICO’S 10TH EDITION COMPETITIONS

Concéntrico, Logroño International Festival of Architecture and Designs opens the program's competitions.

AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS' TRAIL IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE

Fundación Juan March presents at its Madrid headquarters Antes de América (Before America), an exhibition that reveals the imprint of ancient American civilizations on modern and contemporary culture.

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AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS' TRAIL IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE

Fundación Juan March presents at its Madrid headquarters Antes de América (Before America), an exhibition that reveals the imprint of ancient American civilizations on modern and contemporary culture.

THE ISHIR SKY. COSMOGONIC TALES OF THE PARAGUAYAN CHACO

Curated by art critic Adriana Almada, the exhibition El Cielo Ishir. Cosmogonic tales of the Paraguayan Chaco, brings together works by the late indigenous artist Ogwa and contemporaries Joaquin Sanchez and Fernando Allen.

By El Nacional Paraguay
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THE ISHIR SKY. COSMOGONIC TALES OF THE PARAGUAYAN CHACO

By El Nacional Paraguay

Curated by art critic Adriana Almada, the exhibition El Cielo Ishir. Cosmogonic tales of the Paraguayan Chaco, brings together works by the late indigenous artist Ogwa and contemporaries Joaquin Sanchez and Fernando Allen.

ART AS ENIGMA AND A NON-NORMATIVE SPACE. INTERVIEW WITH MANUEL BORJA-VILLEL

Manuel Borja-Villel, a Spanish art historian and former director of the Reina Sofia for the past 15 years, is going through a special moment personally and professionally with a new challenge in his career.

By Clara Zaefferer
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ART AS ENIGMA AND A NON-NORMATIVE SPACE. INTERVIEW WITH MANUEL BORJA-VILLEL

By Clara Zaefferer

Manuel Borja-Villel, a Spanish art historian and former director of the Reina Sofia for the past 15 years, is going through a special moment personally and professionally with a new challenge in his career.

NAOMI RINCÓN GALLARDO PRESENTS THE TZITZIMIME TRILOGY AT LA CASA ENCENDIDA

The Tzitzimime Trilogy consists of three films: Versos de porquería (2021), Soneto de alimañas (2022), and Eclipse (2023) premiering at Casa Encendida.

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NAOMI RINCÓN GALLARDO PRESENTS THE TZITZIMIME TRILOGY AT LA CASA ENCENDIDA

The Tzitzimime Trilogy consists of three films: Versos de porquería (2021), Soneto de alimañas (2022), and Eclipse (2023) premiering at Casa Encendida.

THE THYSSEN MUSEUM AND CASA DE AMERICA JOIN FORCES TO MAKE WOMEN VISIBLE

The Thyssen Museum's Vision and Presence series will be complemented with a set of lectures by Latin American women artists to be held at Casa de América.

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THE THYSSEN MUSEUM AND CASA DE AMERICA JOIN FORCES TO MAKE WOMEN VISIBLE

The Thyssen Museum's Vision and Presence series will be complemented with a set of lectures by Latin American women artists to be held at Casa de América.

KBr FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE PRESENTED TINA MODOTTI’S EXHIBITION

The exhibition at KBr Fundación MAPFRE Photo Center gathers Mexican artist Tina Modotti’s work, recovering her facets as an artist/photographer and as a revolutionary/anti-fascist militant. 

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KBr FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE PRESENTED TINA MODOTTI’S EXHIBITION

The exhibition at KBr Fundación MAPFRE Photo Center gathers Mexican artist Tina Modotti’s work, recovering her facets as an artist/photographer and as a revolutionary/anti-fascist militant. 

MANUEL SEGADE IS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE REINA SOFÍA MUSEUM

Manuel Segade was elected as the new director of the Museo Reina Sofía, a position held by Manuel Borja-Villel between 2008 and 2023.

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MANUEL SEGADE IS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE REINA SOFÍA MUSEUM

Manuel Segade was elected as the new director of the Museo Reina Sofía, a position held by Manuel Borja-Villel between 2008 and 2023.