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ABSTRACTION AND TIME: JULIANA DOS SANTOS DEBUTS WOMAN ARTISTS RESIDENCY IN SÃO PAULO
CHANEL and Pinacoteca de São Paulo’s annual residency invites women creators to explore new artistic languages.
MIAMI PHOTOGRAPHIC OBSERVATORY OPENED WITH ARTIST RAMÓN WILLIAMS
The new center promotes residencies and curatorial projects focused on visual research and artistic production, building an alternative archive on Miami’s urban transformation.
KARA WALKER'S SILHOUETTES AT FUNDACIÓN PROA: HISTORY, POWER, AND REPRESENTATION
For the first time in Argentina and South America, Fundación Proa presents an exhibition dedicated to the American artist, one of the most influential figures in contemporary international art.
NEW PEDAGOGIES AT THE HEART OF MoMA PS1
LA ESCUELA___ debuts in the United States with a proposal that turns education into a creative and collective experience.
ABOUT ROOTS AND RESISTENCE AT GFS, NEW JERSEY
Salvador Jiménez-Flores’ exhibition explores migration, resilience, and hybrid identities through murals, sculptures, and site-specific works.
FROM PARAGUAY TO THE WORLD: THE INTERNATIONAL IMPACT OF PINTA ASUNCIÓN ART WEEK
By María Galarza
Galleries, installations, talks, collections, exhibitions, institutions, celebrations, and visits to artists’ studios. All this, and more, is brought together in the three editions—and an upcoming fourth—of Pinta Asunción, where every initiative aims to expand and connect a country’s artistic ecosystem. Under the curatorship of Irene Gelfman and Adriana Almada, the goal over the years has been to enhance the cultural industry and exercise the muscle of openness to the world.
REFLECTION ON THE RESIDUAL IN AGUIRRE AND DELPIN IN MADRID
By Álvaro de Benito
Inventory of Fragile Materials is the title of the exhibition by Rocío Aguirre (Concepción, Chile, 1989) and Camilo Delpin (Concepción, Chile, 1989), presented at Spolia Haus until mid-month. Organized in collaboration with the Chilean Embassy in Spain, the Chile-Spain Foundation, and PHotoESPAÑA, the exhibition brings together two projects that, while distinct in their visual idioms, converge conceptually in their shared investigation of the residual.
ARTEBA: AT THE CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Youth, performance, and permanence: Argentina’s most important art fair has opened at Centro Costa Salguero and will run until August 31.
HIGHLIGHTS OF PINTA ASUNCIÓN IN ITS FAREWELL
Since 2022, Art Week has offered unique moments and special activities that have helped illuminate the Paraguayan artistic ecosystem.
“RETURNING HOME”: HANDS OF PARAGUAYAN INDIGENOUS TRADITION IN BUENOS AIRES
Around 100 artisans and artists came together to create an exhibition that reflects the heritage and contemporary identity of Paraguay at the Cultural Center of the Republic of Paraguay.
INDIGENOUS ARTIST SARA FLORES BRINGS SHIPIBO-KONIBO WORLDVIEW TO THE VENICE BIENNALE
Her project From Other Worlds will occupy the Peruvian Pavilion at the 61st Biennale, exploring the relationship between contemporary art, ancestral memory, and the Amazonian worldview.
“BETWEEN COCA AND GOLD” AT THE 2025 NEW YORK TRIENNIAL
Tatiana Arocha's artistic approach examines the connections between nature, history, and cultural resilience, presented alongside a collaborative publication blending critical thought and visual research.
AGUSTIN DI LUCIANO'S CHRONOTOPIC REALITY AT MARCO MUSEUM
Last few weeks to enjoy a unique experience at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Boca: an immersive exhibition that combines art, technology, and audience participation.
COCO FUSCO'S ACTIVISM TAKES OVER MACBA
By Álvaro de Benito
Barcelona's MACBA presents I Have Learned to Swim on Dry Land, the first monographic exhibition that a Spanish institution dedicates to Cuban-American artist and activist Coco Fusco (New York, USA, 1960). The exhibition, titled after the opening sentence of Virgilio Peña's short story Swimming, offers a journey through several thematic nuclei revolving around words, language, and silence, as well as the semiotics and symbolism entwined with these concepts.
PINTA ASUNCIÓN IN NUMBERS: FOUR EDITIONS THAT CONSOLIDATE THE PARAGUAYAN ART SCENE
Since its launch in 2022, Pinta Asunción has established itself as a key platform for contemporary art in Paraguay: four consecutive editions, over 25 artistic spaces, 30 prominent local artists, 70 international guests, and a program combining exhibitions, talks, and citywide activations.
AFFAIR #3: A FAIR COMMITTED TO NEW CONNECTIONS, IN BUENOS AIRES
The contemporary art fair organized by gallerists opens to the public in Buenos Aires’ renovated downtown featuring “resident” and “guest” galleries as well as international participants.
PINTA ASUNCIÓN ART WEEK 2025: THE FINAL EDITION OF A CYCLE THAT TRANSFORMED THE PARAGUAYAN ART SCENE
From September 10 to 13, Pinta Asunción celebrates its fourth and final edition. Conceived as part of Pinta’s Art Weeks structure, the initiative was extended one more year at the request of the local art community, opening new opportunities for collaboration in Paraguay.
CIRCLES, SPOKES, ZIGZAGS, RIVERS: CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACTION AT WHITNEY MUSEUM
Artist Grace Rosario Perkins’s solo exhibition reveals a dynamic process of layering, erasure, and renewal, where personal and collective histories converge.specifically for this exhibition.
FROM FIELD TO FABRIC: THE ECOLOGICAL JOURNEY OF AMERICAN QUILTS
The American Folk Art Museum presents an innovative exhibition examining the natural history of quilts and their connections to agricultural production, industrial manufacturing, and international trade, revealing the environmental and social impact of this quintessentially American art form.
SP-ARTE ROTAS 2025 IN SÃO PAULO: A FAIR OF MULTIPLE IDENTITIES
The fair brings together galleries from 12 Brazilian states and expands its reach to include exhibitors from Argentina and the Peruvian Amazon.
LATIN AMERICA AT THE PONTEVEDRA BIENNIAL: VISIONS OF VIOLENCE
By Álvaro de Benito
Until the end of September, the Galician city of Pontevedra is reviving its Art Biennial, an event that has been held since 1991 and now reaches its thirty-second edition under the slogan Volver a ser humanos (Becoming Human Again). Under this premise, Antón Castro, along with Agar Ledo and Iñaki Martínez Antelo, have curated a proposal centered on war, violence, and the traces they leave in society and humanity.
ALBERTO BARAYA, AT MAJORCA’S BIENNAL B
By Álvaro de Benito
Alberto Baraya (Bogotá, Colombia, 1968) presents his project Llatina i Mestral (Catalan for Lateen and Mistral)as part of the B Biennial in Majorca. The work begins with a performative action in which the artist paints directly onto a sail while at sea. The sail becomes a canvas that captures both a physical journey and a conceptual one.
PRISCILLA MONGE UNLEASHES HER EMANCIPATORY CRY AT THE CGAC
By Álvaro de Benito
Priscilla Monge (San José, Costa Rica, 1968) arrives at the Galician Center for Contemporary Art (CGAC) with her exhibition Cuestiones de vida o muerte (Matters of Life and Death). This show brings together works from all stages of the Costa Rican artist’s career, establishing her as a key figure in Central American art through her commitment to social critique.
THE UNKNOWN AND ITS POETICS AT KINOSAITO
The interdisciplinary art center located in New York presents work shaped by the experience of relating to the foreign in order to build a unique identity.
THE CONTEMPLATIVE IN THE LABORIOUS, IN NEW YORK
Apexart presents the work of seven Latin American artists who, through meticulous and repetitive handcraft processes, transform labor into an act of resistance, joy, and the creation of possible futures.
A TECHNOLOGICAL GAZE AT THE PARIETAL ART BY SOFÍA CRESPO
By Álvaro de Benito
Sofía Crespo (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1991) often centers her work on the use of biology-inspired technology. In her exploration of the common ground between artificial intelligence and the way it generates images, on the one hand, and human perception of the environment, on the other, there is a turning point in the Argentine artist's practice.
PEMJEAN AND HIS RECONSTRUCTION OF SPACE FROM MEMORY AT COAM
By Álvaro de Benito
The Official College of Architects of Madrid (COAM) is hosting No tan lejos (Not So Far Away), an exhibition by Emilio Pemjean (Santiago, Chile, 1971), which continues to explore his characteristic artistic approach that blends photography, design, architecture, and painting. In this exhibition, the Chilean artist presents a series of imagined and reconstructed spaces, virtually brought back to life through memory, which makes their reconstruction possible.
BEAUTY, MEMORY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL COLLAPSE AT BALTIMORE MUSEUM
Black Earth Rising brings together artists from the African diaspora, Latin America, and Indigenous communities to explore the links between environmental devastation, colonial legacy, and the possibility of imagining alternative futures.
CHAOS AND TECHNOLOGY BY SANTOSCOY, AT THE MUSEUM OF AMERICA
By Álvaro de Benito
The Museum of America is hosting an exhibition of paintings by Juan Carlos Santoscoy (Guadalajara, Mexico, 1973) in its La Tapada gallery, open until the end of the month. Titled Algoritmos del caos (Algorithms of Chaos), the show features a selection of the artist’s most recent large-scale works, which engage with pressing themes in contemporary art such as global warming and the overexploitation of natural resources.
RESIDUAL USES AND CONSUMPTIONS: A SOCIAL LANDSCAPE AT FUNDACIÓN OSDE
A show that reveals the archaeology of the everyday through archives, images, and excess.
INVOCATIONS: LISTENING AS A CURATORIAL PRACTICE IN THE 36th BIENAL DE SÃO PAULO
With public activations across multiple cities, Invocations anticipates the Bienal with programs that explore breath, movement, improvisation, and relationships between the human and non-human.
