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Gallery Days Buenos Aires: a Saturday with art to enjoy the City
On Saturday, December 2, the last Gallery Days of the year arrives. The circuit that will close the 2017 cycle includes the neighborhoods of Palermo and Villa Crespo and will have the participation of 32 galleries, workshops and art spaces will open their doors from 3pm to 7pm so you can visit them and live a different afternoon.
Rodin, Centennial at the National Museum of Fine ArtsThe exhibition-curated by the artistic director of the Museum, Mariana Marchesi-gathers 19 scu...
The exhibition-curated by the artistic director of the Museum, Mariana Marchesi-gathers 19 sculptures and three drawings by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) belonging to the Fine Arts collection, in room 10 on the ground floor.
Open Spaces 2018: a new biennial in Kansas City
Curator Dan Cameron brings to the international art calendar a new biennial called Open Spaces: Kansas City Art Experiences. From August 25th to October 28th 2018, the first edition of the contemporary and scenic arts event will feature new works by Nari Ward, Nick Cave and other great names.
The Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires in dialogue with the MMK of Frankfurt
From November 25, 2017 to April 2, 2018 the exhibition A Tale of Two Worlds its open at the MMK Museum for Modern Art Kunst in Frankfurt am Main that collaborates with the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires in Argentina.
The Bronx Museum of the Arts presents Gordon Matta-Clark: Anarchitect
Exhibition Features over 100 Artworks by Matta-Clark and Rarely Seen Archival Materials On view November 8, 2017 – April 8, 2018
Skirball Cultural Center presents Another Promised Land: Anita Brenner’s Mexico
For my nineteenth posting of the Getty-led initiative exploring Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles, we will look at the Skirball Cultural Center’s exhibition ANOTHER PROMISED LAND: ANITA BRENNER’S MEXICO on view from September 14, 2017 through February 25, 2018. The exhibition celebrates a Mexican-American Jewish cultural trailblazer featuring works by luminaries of the Mexican Renaissance including Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and Frida Kahlo. The Skirball Museum Director, Robert Kirschner, points out that the museum’s participation in PST: LA/LA fully aligns with its mission to bridge people of diverse heritage and history while learning about its neighbors and consider how it represent cultures that are not their own. This posting is adapted from the museum’s press release in English.
The MALI - Museum of Art of Lima presents the first panoramic exhibition dedicated to the work of Jorge Eduardo Eielson
The show is curated by Sharon Lerner (MALI) and Gabriela Rangel (Americas Society of New York) and will be open to the public from November 17, 2017 to March 4, 2018 in temporary rooms 1, 2 and 3 of MALI.
Cuauhtémoc Medina appointed Chief Curator of 12th Shanghai Biennale
The 12th edition of the Shanghai Biennale will take place at the Power Station of Art (PSA) from November 10, 2018 to March 10, 2019.
Double-bind: Mateo Cohen, Bernardo Montoya and Marie Riefat Arredondo Arozarena
The Mexican gallery Arredondo Arozarena presents the exhibition "Double-bind" by Mateo Cohen, Bernardo Montoya and Marie Rief, curated by Daniel Montero.
Claudia Fontes, new artist of Cecilia Brunson Projects
Cecilia Brunson Projects, the gallery of modern and contemporary art based in London and Santiago de Chile, announces the representation of the Argentine artist Claudia Fontes.
César Paternosto at the Thyssen Museum
The National Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid presents Towards an objectual painting, an exposition that establishes a dialogue between the work of the artist of Argentinean artist César Paternosto and a selection of works from the museum's collections.
TROIKA: Compression Loss at OMR Gallery
Mexican gallery OMR presents in the Gallery Weekend the exhibition Compression Loss of Troika, a collaborative contemporary art practice formed in 2003 by Eva Rucki (b. 1976, Germany), Conny Freyer (b. 1976, Germany) and Sebastien Noel (b. 1977, France).
Fernando de Szyszlo has cressed over the threshold of myste
Fernando de Szyszlo (Peru, 1925–2017) has crossed over the threshold of mystery that his paintings so often suggested. Perhaps more than any other master of Latin American modern art, his work brought together the lessons of a lyrical abstraction that never eschewed earthly forms, on the one hand, and the heritage of pre-Hispanic architecture and of its mythical universe, on the other.
Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo
For my eighteenth posting ofthe Getty-led initiative exploring Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles, we will look at the Japanese American National Museum’s exhibition Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo on view from September 17, 2017 through February 25, 2018. Similar to previous postings, this one is based of the museum’s press release. The presenting sponsor is Bank of America.
Raquel Rabinovich presents Thresholds at Y Gallery
Y Gallery presents Raquel Rabinovich’s Thresholds, her second solo show at the gallery.. The exhibition will consist of new paintings and drawings created between 2014 and 2017. This event anticipates her forthcoming retrospective at El Museo del Barrio, that will open in 2019, the year Rabinovich turns 90.
Estefanía Landesmann presents Partidas Simultáneas curated by Jorge Macchi
Partidas Simultaneas presents the latest works by Estefanía Landesmann. Curated by Jorge Macchi, the exhibition poses a reflection on the photographic language, questioning conventions of the medium such as the eloquence of the image, its bidimensionality, its ability to record objectively or even the debt it carries with painting.
The renowned Argentine artist Graciela Sacco passed away
Graciela Sacco, one of the contemporary Argentine artists who most reflected on political and social violence, died Sunday at age 61 after a long fight against cancer.
Jorge Tacla presents Sign of Abandonment
Cristin Tierney Gallery is pleased to present Sign of Abandonment, an exhibition of new paintings by Jorge Tacla. It opens with a reception on Thursday, November 2nd from 6:00 to 8:00pm, and closes December 16th. Sign of Abandonment precedes a major survey of the artist’s work at Fundación Corpartes, opening November 21st in Santiago, Chile.
Adrián Villar Rojas: The Theater of Disappearance
MOCA presents Adrián Villar Rojas: The Theater of Disappearance, a site-specific installation inside The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA’s warehouse space.
MALBA presents México moderno: Vanguardia y revolución
MALBA inaugurates México moderno: Vanguardia y revolución, a broad panorama on the development of the different modernist aesthetic proposals that took place in Mexico during the first half of the 20th century. From November 3, 2017 to February 19, 2018
MACBA presents Eduardo Mac Entyre: Sutilezas de la línea
The Contemporary Art Museum of Buenos Aires - Fundación Aldo Rubino presents Eduardo Mac Entyre. Sutilezas de la línea, exhibition curated by Cristina Rossi that will allow you to follow the transformations of the line in her non-figurative work between October 28 and March 11, 2018.
ESTE ARTE announces its fourth edition
ESTE ARTE celebrates its fourth edition from January 7th to 9th in Punta del Este, the most exclusive spa in South America, in which nearly 30 contemporary and emerging art galleries display their works.
Juan Mulder Collection will be presented at Foto Mexico festival
Through the exhibition "Martin Chambi and his contemporaries. Portraits of an Andean culture at the beginning of the 20th century, "the Juan Mulder Collection will be part of Foto México festival, which opens on Saturday, October 28, 2017 and will remain on display until February 18, 2018.
Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires presents Untitled by Elba Bairon
The Museum of Modern Art in Buenos Aires presents the exhibition Untitled by the Bolivian artist Elba Bairon curated by Sofia Dourron.
Pacific Standard Time LA/LA: photo essay #03
For this seventeenth post—the final one of three Photo Essays—I will present a series of images in the form of a photo essay that impressed me during my visits to museums during the inaugural week September 11–17.
The Abstract Cabinet by Esteban Lisa at McMullen Museum
McMullen Museum presents The Abstract Cabinet, an exhibition of Spanish-Argentinian artist Esteban Lisa (1895-1983) curated by Elizabeth Thompson, from September 16 to December 10 in the Monan Gallery.
Ch.ACO’17 announces a new venue and other developments
Chile’s International Contemporary Art Fair shall take place from October 11th through the 15th at the CV Galería building, located at a strategic point in eastern Santiago: the triangle between Alonso de Córdova, Américo Vespucio and Avenida Kennedy. The fair shall consist of 4 sections: “Main”, “Focus”, “Planta” and “Nave de Ediciones”. In all, over 50 national and international galleries and art spaces shall take part in the Fair.
Pacific Standard Time LA/LA: photo essay #02
For this sixteenth post, I will present a series of images in the form of a photo essay that impressed me during my visits to museums during the inaugural week September 11–17.
Valeska Soares: Any Moment Now on view at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) announces Valeska Soares: Any Moment Now—a major, mid-career survey of work by artist, Valeska Soares. On view through December 31, 2017, the exhibition is part of the Getty’s initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles.
By Ohne Titel presents Zeitgeist at Bienalsur
With Zeitgeist, The French-Argentine artist intends to democratize art and at the same time to generate some kind of altruism.