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Álvaro De Benito
Álvaro De Benito

Álvaro de Benito has a degree in Journalism and Communication and a master's degree in Cultural Management. A cultural journalist and correspondent for Arte al Día International in Spain and Portugal since 2005, he has covered the evolution of Latin American art and its institutional fabric from different perspectives, publishing numerous articles, critical reviews, and interviews with its driving forces. He is also the editor of cultural projects focused on promoting linguistic heritage.

FRIDA AS AN ICON: AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN THESIS AND THE BLOCKBUSTER

The Tate Modern presents a sociological reflection on the construction of Frida Kahlo as a cultural icon through a curatorial discourse that risks becoming a theoretical justification for a proposition of immense commercial appeal.

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FRIDA AS AN ICON: AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN THESIS AND THE BLOCKBUSTER

The Tate Modern presents a sociological reflection on the construction of Frida Kahlo as a cultural icon through a curatorial discourse that risks becoming a theoretical justification for a proposition of immense commercial appeal.

October 23, 2026
THE INTERDISCIPLINARY UNIVERSE OF CECILIA VICUÑA IN LONDON

The Whitechapel Gallery presents a retrospective survey of Cecilia Vicuña’s oeuvre in an exhibition that weaves together art, poetry, political resistance, indigenous memory, and ecology.

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THE INTERDISCIPLINARY UNIVERSE OF CECILIA VICUÑA IN LONDON

The Whitechapel Gallery presents a retrospective survey of Cecilia Vicuña’s oeuvre in an exhibition that weaves together art, poetry, political resistance, indigenous memory, and ecology.

BODY, EARTH, AND MEMORY: ANA MENDIETA AT TATE MODERN

The British institution reclaims the legacy of the Cuban artist through an exhibition that examines the intersection of her lived experience, nature, and identity, utilizing a museographical approach that transcends mere documentation to bridge ephemeral actions, moving-image works, and sculpture.

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BODY, EARTH, AND MEMORY: ANA MENDIETA AT TATE MODERN

The British institution reclaims the legacy of the Cuban artist through an exhibition that examines the intersection of her lived experience, nature, and identity, utilizing a museographical approach that transcends mere documentation to bridge ephemeral actions, moving-image works, and sculpture.

October 20, 2026
LATIN AMERICAN ART SEEKS A PLACE AT FRIEZE LONDON

The British event highlights the growing presence of Latin American contemporary art, although its visibility remains conditioned by the commercial dynamics of a global fair and by local cultural policies that pragmatically contribute to shaping a contemporary art landscape closer to its audience.

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LATIN AMERICAN ART SEEKS A PLACE AT FRIEZE LONDON

The British event highlights the growing presence of Latin American contemporary art, although its visibility remains conditioned by the commercial dynamics of a global fair and by local cultural policies that pragmatically contribute to shaping a contemporary art landscape closer to its audience.

October 19, 2026
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE THROUGH THE LENS OF MELANIE SMITH, IN VALENCIA

The British-Mexican artist brings together two projects at IVAM that explore the relationship between endangered species, culture, territory, and forms of coexistence.

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THE RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE THROUGH THE LENS OF MELANIE SMITH, IN VALENCIA

The British-Mexican artist brings together two projects at IVAM that explore the relationship between endangered species, culture, territory, and forms of coexistence.

SOLANGE PESSOA IN SANTANDER: MATERIALITY AS THE ORIGIN OF THE SPIRITUAL

The Brazilian artist’s exhibition at the Centro Botín explores the links between matter, nature, spirituality, and architecture through a multidisciplinary body of work that evokes origin and transformation as the fundamental axes of her production.

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SOLANGE PESSOA IN SANTANDER: MATERIALITY AS THE ORIGIN OF THE SPIRITUAL

The Brazilian artist’s exhibition at the Centro Botín explores the links between matter, nature, spirituality, and architecture through a multidisciplinary body of work that evokes origin and transformation as the fundamental axes of her production.

October 13, 2026
ANA MONTIEL: A CARTOGRAPHY OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND PERCEPTION

The Spanish artist based in Mexico explores, through painting and audiovisual media, how inner transformation and attention can modify our way of perceiving and constructing reality.

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ANA MONTIEL: A CARTOGRAPHY OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND PERCEPTION

Until 11/14/2026
Madrid, Spain
ALEJANDRO CESARCO AND THE RESIGNIFIED TEXT

The Uruguayan artist explores memory, image, and language through an exhibition in Madrid that connects works from different periods.

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ALEJANDRO CESARCO AND THE RESIGNIFIED TEXT

Until 11/14/2026
Madrid, Spain
TRANSFORMATION AND COEXISTENCE IN BRENDA CABRERA’S UNIVERSE

The Cuban artist turns fishing into a metaphor for identity and interspecies exchange, constructing a symbolic painterly universe where identity, nature, and knowledge intertwine.

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TRANSFORMATION AND COEXISTENCE IN BRENDA CABRERA’S UNIVERSE

Until 11/07/2026
Madrid, Spain
SEBA CALFUQUEO: "I AM INTERESTED IN BLOWING UP PRE-ESTABLISHED IDEAS ABOUT THE INDIGENOUS"

We spoke with Seba Calfuqueo on the occasion of her first institutional exhibition in Europe, at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, an exhibition that delves into the relationship with territory through history and identity from a heterogeneous, contemporary perspective.

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SEBA CALFUQUEO: "I AM INTERESTED IN BLOWING UP PRE-ESTABLISHED IDEAS ABOUT THE INDIGENOUS"

We spoke with Seba Calfuqueo on the occasion of her first institutional exhibition in Europe, at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, an exhibition that delves into the relationship with territory through history and identity from a heterogeneous, contemporary perspective.

GÊ VIANA IN VIENNA: AFRO-BRAZILIAN MEMORY, SOUND, AND THE ARCHIVE

The Brazilian artist’s exhibition at the newly inaugurated MEZEKƎRƎ explores Afro-Pindoramic forms of knowledge and traditions through documentation, sound, and radiolas, creating spaces for encounter and the preservation of collective identity.

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GÊ VIANA IN VIENNA: AFRO-BRAZILIAN MEMORY, SOUND, AND THE ARCHIVE

The Brazilian artist’s exhibition at the newly inaugurated MEZEKƎRƎ explores Afro-Pindoramic forms of knowledge and traditions through documentation, sound, and radiolas, creating spaces for encounter and the preservation of collective identity.

INTERVIEW WITH JOSÉ ROCA: “THE SPECIFICITY OF A MEDIUM GENERATES EXPECTATIONS THAT CAN BE DISRUPTED”

A conversation with the curator of the 37th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts on navigating biennial management within a turbulent global landscape, detailing his collaborative, site-responsive project exploring expanded printmaking for the 2027 edition.

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INTERVIEW WITH JOSÉ ROCA: “THE SPECIFICITY OF A MEDIUM GENERATES EXPECTATIONS THAT CAN BE DISRUPTED”

A conversation with the curator of the 37th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts on navigating biennial management within a turbulent global landscape, detailing his collaborative, site-responsive project exploring expanded printmaking for the 2027 edition.

PAULO NAZARETH: IDENTITY AND THE FIGURE OF THE MOTHER IN VALLADOLID

The Brazilian artist arrives at the Museo Patio Herreriano with a proposal that brings together the political, the spiritual, and humor to reclaim memory and pay tribute to mothers.

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PAULO NAZARETH: IDENTITY AND THE FIGURE OF THE MOTHER IN VALLADOLID

The Brazilian artist arrives at the Museo Patio Herreriano with a proposal that brings together the political, the spiritual, and humor to reclaim memory and pay tribute to mothers.

JOSÉ BEDÍA: HERITAGE AND TRADITION AS AN ACT OF COMMUNICATION

The Cuban artist once again brings together Afro-Cuban traditions, African cultural heritage, and dreamlike landscapes to explore painting as a space for transmission in an information-saturated context.

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JOSÉ BEDÍA: HERITAGE AND TRADITION AS AN ACT OF COMMUNICATION

Until 11/07/2026
Madrid, Spain
CECILIA VICUÑA:  “FOR THE QUIPU TO ENDURE IS TO SAY THAT LIFE GOES ON IN THE FACE OF EXTINTION"

Interview with Cecilia Vicuña

Interviews

CECILIA VICUÑA: “FOR THE QUIPU TO ENDURE IS TO SAY THAT LIFE GOES ON IN THE FACE OF EXTINTION"

Interview with Cecilia Vicuña

GABRIELA PINILLA REVISITS THE HISTORY OF THE MARGINS

The Colombian artist presents a project rooted in the experience of rural childhood to explore memory and territory and, through different artistic languages, recover everyday stories while questioning the construction of narratives of the past.

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GABRIELA PINILLA REVISITS THE HISTORY OF THE MARGINS

Until 10/31/2026
Madrid, Spain
REMEDIOS VARO’S DREAMLIKE WORLD ENCHANTS THE LOUISIANA

The Danish institution explores the highly distinctive pictorial universe of the Spanish-Mexican artist, examining her creativity, thematic concerns, and meticulous technique at the intersection of Surrealism, mysticism, and science.

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REMEDIOS VARO’S DREAMLIKE WORLD ENCHANTS THE LOUISIANA

The Danish institution explores the highly distinctive pictorial universe of the Spanish-Mexican artist, examining her creativity, thematic concerns, and meticulous technique at the intersection of Surrealism, mysticism, and science.

VIVIAN SUTER: BETWEEN NATURE, PROCESS, AND SPACE

The exhibition brings together recent works by the Swiss-Argentine artist, shaped by her close relationship with nature and by the impact of the elements on her canvases.

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VIVIAN SUTER: BETWEEN NATURE, PROCESS, AND SPACE

Until 11/07/2026
Madrid, Spain
JUAN CASTILLO: THE FACE AS LANDSCAPE AND TERRITORY

MEMORIA celebrates Juan Castillo with an exhibition that explores, through a distinctive artistic language, the relationships between body, territory, memory, identity and representation articulated by the C.A.D.A. member.

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JUAN CASTILLO: THE FACE AS LANDSCAPE AND TERRITORY

Until 11/07/2026
Madrid, Spain
SELF- REALIZATION AND RESIGNIFICATION IN DIANA FONSECA

The Cuban artist’s exhibition at Max Estrella explores, time, and identity through everyday objects transformed into metaphors for human experience and personal memory.

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SELF- REALIZATION AND RESIGNIFICATION IN DIANA FONSECA

Until 10/31/2026
Madrid, Spain
ANA GALLARDO: WEAVE AND MURMUR

The Argentine artist presents at Madrid’s La Oficina an exhibition that recovers her mother’s work to explore memory in the context of extimacy, through transformed images and a range of media.

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ANA GALLARDO: WEAVE AND MURMUR

Until 12/19/2026
Madrid, Spain
SIMÓN VEGA AND CYCLICAL TIME IN THE FACE OF POWER

The Salvadoran artist presents an exhibition in Madrid that connects Mesoamerican monuments with contemporary forms of power and propaganda through sculptures and installations that intertwine past and future to reflect on globalization, autocracy, and techno-feudalism.

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SIMÓN VEGA AND CYCLICAL TIME IN THE FACE OF POWER

Until 09/17/2026
Madrid, Spain
LA CHOLA POBLETE: "THEY EXPECT A VICTIM, I GIVE THEM A DIVA"

An Interview with La Chola Poblete

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LA CHOLA POBLETE: "THEY EXPECT A VICTIM, I GIVE THEM A DIVA"

An Interview with La Chola Poblete

MINUJÍN, FERNANDA LAGUNA AND MIGUEL ÁNGEL ROJAS, PROTAGONISTS AT THE REINA SOFÍA

The institution is reinforcing its commitment to Latin American art with three exhibitions that, like the thematic lines underpinning this season, will explore the body, memory, and participation.

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MINUJÍN, FERNANDA LAGUNA AND MIGUEL ÁNGEL ROJAS, PROTAGONISTS AT THE REINA SOFÍA

The institution is reinforcing its commitment to Latin American art with three exhibitions that, like the thematic lines underpinning this season, will explore the body, memory, and participation.