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THE PRESENCE OF SILENCED WOMEN AT PASEO DEL BUEN PASTOR
The Cordoban artist and architect Teresa Maluf presents Cuando el encierro es la salida (When Confinement Becomes the Way Out), a site-specific installation located in the chapel of Paseo del Buen Pastor in Córdoba, Argentina. With this work, Maluf pays tribute to all the women who, over nearly one hundred years, passed through this building—many of them deprived of their freedom.

PINTA PANAMÁ ART WEEK: THE CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY PLACED ON THE GLOBAL CONTEMPORARY ART MAP
The first edition of Pinta Panamá Art Week was a collective celebration that transformed the city into a major stage for contemporary art and Central American culture. The event welcomed over 650 attendees at its official opening and thousands of visitors throughout the week, with daily activities including exhibition openings, talks, guided tours, and urban experiences. The week was marked by a strong commitment to strengthening and valuing local identity.

BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 2026: “HISTORY VERSUS MEMORY”
Rememory, as coined by Toni Morrison in her novel Beloved is the theme and title for the 25th edition of the Biennale of Sydney, which will take place from March 17 until June 17, 2026. Expanding from the understanding of memory as information retention with the passing of time, rememory works in the dark, from the residues and amputations of the past. In Morrison’s own context and research, it relates to chronicling African American history and how it upturns what is canonised as American history.

VENICE BIENNALE 2026 IN A MINOR KEY, A CURATORIAL VISION BY KOYO KOUOH
Titled In Minor Keys, the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale will be held from May 9 to November 22, 2026. The announcement was made this Tuesday at the Sala delle Colonne in Ca’ Giustinian, the institution’s headquarters, where it was confirmed that the exhibition will follow the vision and project conceived by the late Senegalese curator Koyo Kouoh, who passed away unexpectedly on May 10.

SEBASTIÃO SALGADO AND HIS HUMANIST LENS, A LIFE DEDICATED TO PHOTOGRAPHY
Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado has died at the age of 81, leaving behind not only an unparalleled body of photographic work, but also a humanistic, sensitive, and committed gaze on the world.

NOTIONS OF A NATION: AN EXHIBITION AT SPUMA
On May 31, the exhibition Motion of a Nation opens, featuring artists from diverse backgrounds and nationalities who, through their works, reflect on the ills, distortions, and interpretations of a symbol that, while functioning as an element of recognition, can also represent emptiness, borders, and limitations to freedom.

VUTAMUSEO 2025: MEMORY AND TERRITORY ON HERITAGE DAY
MAM Chiloé opens the sixteenth edition of Vutamuseo, a cycle of exhibitions that celebrates the diversity of artistic perspectives through five proposals that intertwine color exploration, pedagogy, photography, and reflections on memory and environment.

FANNY SANÍN’S GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION IN NEW YORK
Americas Society presents the first institutional retrospective in New York of Colombian artist. The exhibition will highlight the six decades of her career, which has positioned her as a key figure for several generations of Latin American women.

TWO LEADING PANAMANIAN GALLERIES BRIDGING GAPS AND BUILDING CONNECTIONS
Two spaces that have sought to foster the growth of local art since their inception are part of Pinta Panamá Art Week, where creative energy is palpable. With proposals that combine exhibition, reflection, and audience development, both galleries present themselves as driving forces in an expanding scene shaped by collective work, experimentation, and a shared desire to strengthen the cultural fabric.

PINTA PANAMA ART WEEK: AN INSTITUTION, A GALLERY, AN ACTIVATION AND A CONVERSATION
A selection of events, activities and cultural proposals bring together artists, curators, collectors and specialists in different parts of Panama City. Pinta Panama Art Week proposes an ambitious agenda from May 21 to 25 with the best of contemporary art in the region.

PANAMA’S FIRST NATIONAL PAVILION AT THE VENICE BIENNALE ARRIVES AT THE MUSEO DEL CANAL
After a successful showing in 2024 at this major international platform for contemporary art, the exhibition Surcos: En el cuerpo y en la tierra (Furrows: On the Body and the Land) returns to the country and will open on April 25 at the Museo del Canal in Panama City’s historic Casco Antiguo.

RELIGION, FASHION, AND RESISTANCE ACCORDING TO BÁRBARA SÁNCHEZ-KANE, AT COLLEGIUM
Multidisciplinary artist Bárbara Sánchez-Kane (Mérida, Mexico, 1987) presents ¿Cuántos ángeles caben en la punta de un alfiler? (How Many Angels Fit on the Tip of a Pin?), her first solo show at Collegium—a center for the creation, research, and display of contemporary art, known for its residencies. With Sánchez-Kane’s project, Collegium inaugurates its new role as a museum. All the pieces, curated by José Esparza Chong Cuy, were created on site, and their placement within the Church of San Martín fosters a dialogue with the building’s symbolic and historical character.

FORO IN PINTA PANAMÁ ART WEEK: FOUR LIVE-TALKS NOT TO BE MISSED
From Thursday, May 22 to Saturday, May 24, the FORO at Pinta Panamá Art Week will take place across various institutions in the city. Curated by Mónica E. Kupfer, the series presents a diverse program featuring both local and international experts. The event is free and open to the general public.

ROBERTO FABELO IN NEW YORK: THE COEXISTENCE OF BEAUTY AND CHAOS
The Cervantes Institute in New York presents the exhibition Fabelo. Critical States, a selection of 13 works by renowned Cuban artist Roberto Fabelo, curated by Mario José Hernández. The collection invites viewers to immerse themselves in a disturbing universe where the real and the fantastic coexist in an unstable balance.

A LOOK AT MEXICAN ART OF THE '90S FROM THE JUMEX COLLECTION AT CASA DE MÉXICO
The Casa de México Foundation in Spain is hosting, through the second week of June, a must-see exhibition from the Jumex Collection—one of the most significant contemporary art collections in Latin America. Titled Éramos felices y no lo sabíamos (We Were Happy and Didn't Know It), the exhibition revisits the vibrant artistic scene of 1990s Mexico, offering a re-reading of one of the most dynamic periods in the country’s contemporary art history.

THE VAST UNIVERSE OF MARUJA MALLO, IN SANTANDER
The Botin Center, in Santander, is hosting the exhibition Maruja Mallo: mascara y compás (Maruja Mallo: Mask and Compass), a show that vindicates, through a broad selection of works from her most relevant periods, the figure of Maruja Mallo (Vivero, Spain, 1902 – Madrid, Spain, 1995). This exhibition delves into the legacy of the artist, a body of work which, like her own persona, has recently been the subject of revisions and visibility efforts to better integrate her trajectory into art historiography.

AN EXHIBITION ROOTED IN EMOTION AT CASA SANTA ANA
Artist Lorena Torres presents Nada es distinto, a series of paintings that explore personal emotions through a direct relationship between lived experience and gesture. The work functions as an intimate record, where painting operates more as testimony than as aesthetic object.

BOTERO'S PAINTING IN DETAIL AT PALAU MARTORELL
The Palau Martorell in Barcelona is hosting Fernando Botero. Un maestro universal (Fernando Botero. A Universal Master), the most comprehensive exhibition of paintings by Fernando Botero (Medellín, Colombia, 1932 – Monte Carlo, Monaco, 2023) ever held in Spain. This exhibition offers a detailed exploration of the Colombian artist’s career, highlighting his mastery of various painting techniques and the scope of his artistic output.

PORTRAITS OF THE PANAMANIAN REVOLUTION
The Museum of the Mola inaugurated the photographic exhibition Portraits of Struggle: 100 Years of the Dule Revolution by renowned Guna photographer Lois Iglesias.

EFG LATIN AMERICA ART AWARD PRESENTED NOMINATED ARTIST AT PINTA LIMA 2025
The EFG Latin America Art Award, in partnership with ArtNexus, is pleased to announce Ishmael Randall-Weeks from Cusco, (Peru), represented by Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo, from Mexico City, (Mexico), as the artist nominated for EFG's annual acquisition award.

FAREWELL TO KOYO KOUOH, CURATOR OF THE 2026 VENICE BIENNALE
Koyo Kouoh, the renowned Cameroonian-Swiss curator and a key figure in contemporary African art, has died at the age of 58. Since 2019, she had served as executive director and chief curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town, which confirmed her passing. The Venice Biennale expressed deep sorrow over the loss and highlighted her intellectual and human legacy.

PINTA PANAMÁ ART WEEK: AN EVENT POISED TO PUT THE CITY ON THE GLOBAL CONTEMPORARY ART MAP
Pinta Panamá Art Week makes its debut from May 21 to 25. Over five days, it will offer a public program filled with art activities, inviting attendees to explore a city undergoing a cultural boom. This first edition positions Panama City as a key destination on the international art and culture calendar.

HULDA GUZMÁN AT MASP: A CONTEMPORARY LOOK AT LANDSCAPE
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) presents Hulda Guzmán: Miracle Fruits, the first solo museum exhibition of Dominican artist.

JAVIER BARILARO IN PERU: POETICS OF DETAIL
The Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (ICPNA) presents at the Venancio Shinki Space in Miraflores Como si la verdad importara (As if truth mattered), an exhibition that deploys a series of pictorial strategies designed to challenge perception and question the notion of certainty in the image.

CHILEAN PHOTOGRAPHY TAKES CENTER STAGE AT PHOTOESPAÑA
Chile will be the guest country at this year’s PHotoESPAÑA. For the first time in its history, the international festival includes a dedicated national section, with four major figures in Chilean photography taking the spotlight. The event will feature major exhibitions of work by Lotty Rosenfeld, Julia Toro, Michael Mauney, and Martín Gusinde. These exhibitions—held across venues in Madrid and Santander—offer audiences a powerful encounter with a body of work deeply shaped by the country’s history and social fabric.

120 YEARS OF WOMEN REVOLUTIONIZING DESIGN
Proa Foundation celebrates the reopening of its renovated spaces with an exhibition organized in collaboration with the Vitra Design Museum: Here We Are! Women in Design 1900–Today, a journey through 120 years of female creativity, innovation, and talent in design.

MAGALI LARA: MEXICAN FEMINISM IN NEW YORK
The Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA) presents Magali Lara: Stitched to the Body, an exhibition that examines a key moment in the career of pioneering Mexican artist.

RAC FOUNDATION HOSTS THE BARAYA’S CAMELLIAS EXPEDITION
The RAC Foundation presents, at its headquarters in Pontevedra, Expedition Camellias: Herbal of Artificial Plants, a solo show by Alberto Baraya (Bogotá, Colombia, 1968), originating from the Artist-in-Residence program developed by the foundation. The exhibition features a group of twelve works resulting from a research project on the camellia—a flower native to China and Japan that has become an essential element in the landscapes, gardens, and parks of western Galicia.

CÚMULUS: TEN YEARS OF ECOLOGY AND COLLABORATION IN PANAMA
The Panarte gallery at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama hosts Cúmulus: 10+ Years of Estudio Nuboso, an exhibition celebrating over a decade of collaborative practices at the crossroads of art, science, and ecology.

TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART OF BUENOS AIRES
Valentina Quintero: A Day in the Life, the first institutional exhibition in Buenos Aires of the young artist from Mendoza, and Jorge Miño: The Fourth Wall, a proposal that redefines the relationship between photography and space, are exhibited at the Museo Moderno under the curatorship of Raúl Flores.

THE STORY OF MAC PANAMÁ: WORKS, MEMORIES, AND AFFECTIONS
In the heart of Casco Antiguo, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama (MAC) embarks on a new chapter with the opening of its Sala Satélite, a space dedicated to showcasing projects developed from its Permanent Collection. The inaugural exhibition, 60+1 el pequeño gran museo de Ancón (60+1 The Little Big Museum of Ancón), serves as a tribute, a reflection, and an exploration of the museum’s history.