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Up-to-date news from the Latin American and international art world: exhibitions, awards, acquisitions, and institutions across the contemporary art circuit.
THE VENICE BIENNALE IN AN EDITION MARKED BY POLITICAL GAMES
By: María Galarza and Álvaro de Benito
The Venice Art Biennale is approaching the inauguration of its 61st edition amid resignations, protests, and controversies. Never indifferent to its time, its launch also converges within an intense context of wars, genocides, and geopolitical crises. From Arte al Día, we ask ourselves: how can we trace the relationships between politics and art?
BE PART OF A COLLECTIVE ART WORK BY CHIHARU SHIOTA FOR THE CURITIBA INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL
Open call to participate in a new installation by internationally renowned artist Chiharu Shiota at the Museu Oscar Niemeyer.
INTERTWINED NARRATIVES: CASSANDRA MAYELA ALLEN EXHIBITS IN NEW YORK
The Venezuelan artist presents a body of work at the Instituto Cervantes in New York that stems from a desire to create from the distance imposed by forced migration.
CHILE AT THE 2026 VENICE BIENNALE: NORTON MAZA PRESENTS "INTER-REALITY"
The proposal selected for the Chilean pavilion brings an immersive experience in Venice that addresses contemporary tensions.
CAB EXPLORES LANDSCAPE AS LIVING MEMORY IN MATÍAS ERCOLE’S WORK
The Castilian institution examines Matías Ercole’s conception of space as a cultural construction where identity and emotion converge, encouraging a rethinking of perception and interaction with the environment.
WHEN FASHION MEETS ART: QUOTES, BODIES, AND POWER AT THE MET GALA
Between references to art history and spectacular visual statements, the 2026 Met Gala once again pushed the boundaries between aesthetic creation and performance.
EL SALVADOR MAKES ITS DEBUT AT THE VENICE BIENNALE WITH ITS OWN PAVILION
The Central American country will bring Oscar Molina's work to the Biennale, paying tribute to displaced communities and the global diaspora.
JEŽIK AND COSTA EXPLORE MEMORY AND EXILE IN A GROUP EXHIBITION
Enrique Ježik and Matías Costa address violence, memory, and exile in Elche, highlighting the connections shaped by displacement.
MARGARET WHYTE TURNS FRAGILITY INTO LANGUAGE AT THE 2026 VENICE BIENNALE
The Uruguayan Pavilion in Venice will present Whyte’s work, which combines textiles, obsolete machines, and scraps of waste to demonstrate that disorder does not destroy.
"MONITOR YIN YANG": ARGENTINA ARRIVES AT THE VENICE BIENNALE WITH AN OPEN CARTOGRAPHY
Matías Duville's installation proposes a traversable landscape where light and shadow, permanence and transformation coexist without resolution.
SILENCE HAS MATTER: ETHIOPIA BRINGS THE WORK OF TEGENE KUNBI TO THE VENICE BIENNALE
The exhibition offers a political reading through paintings that bring together sacred, industrial, and domestic textiles within a single visual field.
WHO ARE THE CURATORS THAT WILL LEAD THE NEXT BIENAL DE SÃO PAULO
For the second time in its history, two Brazilian curators take on the artistic direction of Latin America's largest visual arts event.
EFG LATIN AMERICA ART AWARD PRESENTS THE NOMINATED ARTIST AT SP-ARTE 2026
Cristiano Lenhardt was selected for his series of works born from his encounter with the environmental tragedy of the 2024 floods in southern Brazil.
HOW TO READ A POROUS WORK AT PINTA LIMA 2026
In conversation with Ilaria Conti, curator of the fair's Radar section, we learn how to adjust our gaze when encountering the Guatemalan work of Angélica Serech, presented by La Galería Rebelde.
BOTERO RETURNS TO SEOUL WITH HIS LARGEST RETROSPECTIVE IN ASIA
More than 112 works by the Colombian master — several never shown before — arrive at the Hangaram Art Museum in an exhibition on view through August 30, 2026.
CUBA PRESENTS "FREE MEN" AT THE VENICE BIENNALE
Cuban artist Roberto Diago presents a sculptural installation that turns the scar into an emblem of identity and precariousness into an act of sovereignty.
NEREIDA APAZA MAMANI: A HISTORY OF MIGRATION AND VIOLENCE AT THE ICPNA CULTURAL IN MIRAFLORES
The exhibition Lengua materna (Mother language) is a journey through the intimate and social spaces that have shaped the work of the artist.
"NOBODY CAN DEFEAT ME": THE BRAZILIAN PAVILION IN VENICE BETWEEN SPIRITUALITY, HISTORY, AND NATURE
Curated by Diane Lima, the exhibition brings together Adriana Varejão and Rosana Paulino for the first time to rewrite the wounds of colonialism.
CARLOS RUNCIE TANAKA’S CERAMICS IN PINTA LIMA’S SPECIAL PROJECT
"Repeating and mastering form, shaping clay spheres, is like offering a prayer with no beginning or end in time. When I look, I hear distant music" — Carlos Runcie Tanaka (A Zen Parable and Ten Small Stories, 2007)
THE IMAGE OF ANOTHER WORLD TAKES SHAPE IN A VIBRANT FORM: FIVE PERUVIAN ARTISTS AT PINTA LIMA 2026
Vásquez, Rodrigo, Másquez, Verovcha, and Yone Makino transform the space into a living organism. A Special Project that questions what it means to make art in Peru today.
THREE PERUVIAN GALLERIES AT PINTA LIMA 2026: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE LOCAL AND THE GLOBAL
Galería Enlace, Forum, and Livia Benavides participate in the fair with a selection of artists with a presence in the national and international contemporary landscape.
DON NADIE: THE LATIN AMERICAN PROJECT AT MILANO DESIGN ART WEEK
The Ecuador-based design studio DON NADIE presents the project 1 m² / 1 second at the Fuorisalone of Milano Design Week 2026. The paper-sculptured native plants seek to translate deforestation into a tangible experience.
KUNSTHAUS ZÜRICH CHAMPIONS MARISOL WITH HER FIRST MAJOR EUROPEAN RETROSPECTIVE
The Swiss institution presents an extensive survey spanning five decades of the Venezuelan-born artist’s production, highlighting her ironic focus on power and mass culture.
PINTA EXPERIENCE: HOW TO TURN CULTURAL TOURISM INTO AN IMMERSION IN THE ART SCENE?
Through a boutique journey, Pinta proposes a true immersion into the cultural landscape of different cities across the continent—an experience designed for collectors, art lovers, and those seeking to expand their networks beyond their own country.
A PIONEERING EXHIBITION AT THE MAC IN BARRANCO
The show presents six decades of artistic and cultural work by Francesco Mariotti and María Luy, two artists who have intertwined technology, collectivity, nature, and social commitment in their work.
WAYS OF REMEMBERING: YAHUARCANI AND MUÑOZ AT MASP
The Brazilian museum presents works by Santiago Yahuarcani and Oscar Muñoz, exploring ancestral knowledge and the fragility of images in Latin America.
BETWEEN EARTH AND CONCRETE: DELCY MORELOS EXHIBITS IN LONDON
Ancestral knowledge and modern utopias meet at the Barbican Centre; the installation invites to reflect on how we inhabit the world.
GRACIELA ITURBIDE BRINGS HER MAJOR RETROSPECTIVE TO BERLIN
A major exhibition at C/O Berlin traces more than five decades of the Mexican photographer’s career, presenting over 250 works including her most iconic series.
EMERGING PRACTICES AND NEW LANGUAGES: THIS IS HOW PINTA LIMA 2026 IS SHAPED
The fair commits to a program that brings together processes, technology, and identity, with curatorial sections that expand ways of thinking about contemporary art.
OSCAR SANTILLÁN AND THE TAWNA COLLECTIVE WILL REPRESENT ECUADOR AT THE 61ST VENICE BIENNALE
This May, the Ecuador Pavilion will present an exhibition curated by Manuela Moscoso that explores territory, knowledge, and coexistence.
THE IMMA SHOWCASES THE DEEP REFLECTION OF CECILIA VICUÑA
The exhibition presented at the Irish institution showcases an artist who reflects on the interrelation between humanity and nature and advocates listening as a path toward transformation through memory and connection.
MEMORY, MOURNING AND REBELLION: BETTINI AT DA2
The first retrospective in Spain of Gabriela Bettini reflects on absence and the politics of forgetting through images that challenge official history.
A JOURNEY THROUGH LATIN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY AND A REFLECTION ON THE ROLE OF COLLECTING
The Jan Mulder Collection showcases the intersections between Latin American tradition and global developments in the field.
MAYA WATANABE IN A GROUP EXHIBITION AT THE HOSPEDALETTO COMPLEX IN VENICE
The exhibition evokes a present marked by oppression, where bodies, sensibilities, and politics are deeply intertwined.
