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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.

A HUMANISTIC VIEW OF HOW THE WORLD IS INHABITED AT KUNSTHAUS HAMBURG
The group show Over Land and Sea, curated by Anna Nowak, tells of the migrant history of humanity, its present and future. In a tension between the tangible and the mythical, the animate and the industrial world, the works on display point to the vulnerability of human beings and, simultaneously, their inherent ability to change and transform.

THE ENERGETICALLY CHARGED EXHIBITION OF NEW YORK
SculptureCenter presents Luana Vitra: Amulets, the first institutional exhibition in the United States of the Brazilian artist, which invites visitors to look beyond materiality and imagine another dimension to which the works belong.

LEGACY, ESTABLISHED ART, AND THE EMERGING: A CONVERSATION AT PINTA LIMA 2025
After four days of intense activity, during which key figures from the international and regional contemporary art scenes came together, the twelfth edition of Pinta Lima concluded at Casa Prado, reaffirming itself as one of the main events for contemporary art in Peru. This edition, directed by Irene Gelfman, celebrated cultural legacy and projected the future of Latin American art at a time when the Peruvian ecosystem —with the international rise of its artists, the strengthening of its gallery circuit, and the growth of local collecting— is advancing strongly toward consolidation.

MARILYN BOROR BOR NOMINATED FOR THE EFG LATIN AMERICA ART AWARD
The EFG Latin America Art Award, in association with ArtNexus, announced Marilyn Boror Bor from San Juan Sacatepéquez (Guatemala), represented by Judas Galería from Valparaíso (Chile), as the nominated artist for its annual acquisition award.

BEDOYA, BRUGUERA AND VÁZQUES YUI AT PROYECTOAMIL
Three proposals that explore the relationships between art, environment and society from unique perspectives. Although the artists come from different practices, communities and perspectives, their works dialogue with each other, offering an enriching and diverse experience.

LATIN AMERICA IN QATAR: A MILESTONE FOR MALBA
The first large-scale exhibition of Latin American art in the West Asia and North Africa region has opened: LATINOAMERICANO. Modern and Contemporary Art from Malba and Eduardo Costantini Collections.

BRUNO ZEPPILLI: IMAGES OF A SILENCED HISTORY
The Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI) presents Transformaciones visuales, an exhibition dedicated to the work of Peruvian artist Bruno Zeppilli. The show offers a provocative reading of how certain images persist in Peru’s collective memory.

ANTONI MUNTADAS AT SESC: THE LIMITS OF PUBLIC SPACE
The Spanish artist known for challenging socio-cultural conventions and exploring the power relations embedded in urban imagery and text presents the exhibition Muntadas Lugar Público in Brazil.

PINTA LIMA: TWO CURATORIAL PROJECTS THAT NARRATE THE EVERYDAY ENVIRONMENT
In its 2025 edition, the Latin American contemporary art fair presents, through RADAR and Video Project, a selection of works that engage with key issues of the present—both within the artistic field and beyond it: from questions surrounding the re-signification of ancestral knowledge to reflections on the idiosyncrasies of human nature.

FORO PINTA LIMA 2025: REFLECTIONS ABOUT THE MARKET OF A REGION
The sustained rise of Peruvian artists in the contemporary art circuit abroad, the incipient professionalization of the gallery circuit and an expanding local collecting are symptoms of an ecosystem that, although still young, is consolidating. In this context, Pinta Lima inaugurates its 2025 edition as a platform that makes the country's artistic production visible and presents its circuit of Collection Talks within the framework of the FORO conversation.

EFG LATIN AMERICA ART AWARD: FIFTEEN YEARS CELEBRATING THE ART OF A REGION
This 2025, the EFG Latin America Art Award celebrates its 15th anniversary, consolidated as one of the most relevant recognitions of contemporary creation in the region. Within the framework of Pinta Lima, one of the fairs where the selection of nominated artists takes place, the impact this award has had on the visibility of Latin American visual arts is highlighted.

MATTER AND ALCHEMY: 70 YEARS OF PERUVIAN ART AT MAC LIMA
MAC Lima has inaugurated Contemporáneo 1. Materia :: Alchemy :: Device :: Flow, an exhibition poised to become a landmark for contemporary art in Peru. The show, the first in a series of biennial exhibitions based on the museum's collection, brings together the work of over 100 local contemporary artists.

FIVE DECADES IN SPIRAL BY MAGALI LARA AT THE MUAC
Through the idea of an endless spiral, this exhibition at the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC) unfolds as a reverse retrospective of artist Magali Lara (Mexico City, 1956), beginning with two murals created especially for the show and tracing back to her earliest drawings from the 1980s and 1970s.