PINTA LAUNCHES ITS FORO CONVERSATIONS IN ON DEMAND FORMAT
Pinta, the leading platform for promoting art from Latin America and Central America, launches FORO On Demand, a new format that makes its conversations accessible anytime, anywhere.
Each year, Pinta brings together artists, galleries, curators, collectors, and art enthusiasts through its three fairs — Pinta Miami, Pinta BAphoto, and Pinta Lima — as well as through its Art Weeks in Panamá and Asunción. Within this context, FORO is held: a space for reflection and debate on the contemporary art scenes of Central America and the Caribbean, aimed at fostering dialogue, exchange, and network-building among local and international agents.
Designed as a platform to question and expand contemporary thought, FORO bridges the public with artistic creation, the evolution of museums, collections, curatorial practices, and the structures of the art market in Latin America.
Pinta Lima 2025 inaugurates the cycle
The first installment of FORO On Demand features conversations that took place during Pinta Lima 2025 this past April. Over three days, the Lima audience attended a series of talks, book launches, and roundtable discussions that brought together leading figures from the local and international art worlds. The program offered a diverse and up-to-date perspective on the contemporary Latin American art ecosystem, with a special focus on market dynamics, the role of collecting, and the intersections between artistic practice, theory, and curating.
A central highlight of FORO was the launch of the Collection Talks series, a new program devoted to exploring the many formats of collecting in the region. The proposal included two conversations: the first, focused on institutional collections, featured Manuel Segade (Museo Reina Sofía) and Sharon Lerner (Museo de Arte de Lima), moderated by Pablo León de la Barra. The second addressed private collecting from a critical standpoint, with contributions from Catherine Petitgas and Alberto Rebaza.
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FORO Pinta Lima 2025
The book Investment or Passion. A Guide to Navigating the Art Market, by María Sancho-Arroyo, was also presented. The author also participated in a conversation alongside Peruvian gallery directors to reflect on the current state of the global contemporary art market.
FORO also featured panels with artists from the NEXT, RADAR, and Special Project sections, addressing topics such as the materiality of artistic thought, the relationship between landscape and future, and creative experiences across diverse Latin American scenes. The program concluded with the launch of the book The Unconditioned Unconcealment, focused on the audiovisual work of Rafael Hastings, accompanied by a screening of We Are Not a Family and a panel discussion with close collaborators of the artist.
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