Notes related to Estados Unidos

By Adriana Herrera Téllez, PhD

Gyula Kosice: Intergalactic is one of those axial exhibitions that unsettle the boundaries of the usual narratives of art history by incorporating visions that broaden our understanding of the contributions of foundational artists who, like this creator—born in today’s Slovenia in 1924 and later naturalized in Argentina—have not been sufficiently incorporated into the global narrative of concrete art.

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.

By Violeta Lozada

What does the “American Dream” really mean? For some, it’s white houses with new furniture and success stories. For others, especially immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean, it’s a more complicated mix of hopes, struggles, and reinvention. That’s exactly the conversation Haitian-American artist Dimithry Victor brings to the table in his exhibition The American Dream at the NSU Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Twin Photography Duo’s First Solo Museum Exhibition Weaves Afro-Cuban Spirituality with Painterly Explorations of their Cultural Heritage.

The museum draws on the thinking of Felix Gonzalez-Torres as a starting point to celebrate the past, present, and future of its collection, which spans works from 1900 to 1980.

The artists will be featured in Emerging Current, an exhibition opening in November at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, showcasing bold and experimental works that reflect diverse contemporary Indigenous perspectives.

Once Within a Time inaugurated on June 27 in New Mexico with an ambitious exhibition that reflects on the many layers of history, identity, and memory that shape Santa Fe and northern New Mexico.

Chilean-born visual artist, architect and filmmaker Alfredo Jaar is this year’s recipient of the 65th Annual Edward MacDowell Medal, for his outstanding contributions to American culture in the field of “Visual Arts.” His poetic photographs, films and elaborate installations confront the greatest socio-political issues of our time, including genocide, the displacement of refugees, war, corruption and economic inequality.

The inaugural program invites experimental digital works from the crossroads of the Americas. Deadline: July 31.

Americas Society presents the first institutional retrospective in New York of Colombian artist. The exhibition will highlight the six decades of her career, which has positioned her as a key figure for several generations of Latin American women.

The art fair invites galleries to submit their proposals for its new edition, taking place from December 4 to 7 at The Hangar, Coconut Grove. The application deadline is July 30.

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.

James Cohan presents the first New York solo exhibition of Claudia Alarcón & Silät, a collective of artists from the Wichí communities of northern Salta, Argentina; the show features new textile works exploring celestial themes.

The Frye Art Museum announced the appointment of Rafael Soldi and Stephanie DeVaan to the Board of Trustees; their official term began February 10, 2025. Their addition expands the board to eleven members. DeVaan brings extensive nonprofit board experience as well as connections to both the tech and film communities, and Soldi is the first working artist to join the museum's board.

One hundred years after his birth, the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) celebrates the career of the Argentine experimental artist, sculptor, poet and theorist.

The Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC), in collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Archives, Library, and Research Collections, announced the launch of Cisneros Research Guide. This bilingual research tool provides public access to over 200 curated digital assets, ensuring the long-term accessibility of key materials related to Latin American and Caribbean art and culture.

The MIT List Visual Arts Center presents The Great Learning, Pedro Gómez-Egaña’s exhibition that materializes our polyrhythmic experiences of time.

The Broad Museum is set to present Jeffrey Gibson: the space in which to place me, a special exhibition showcasing the artist’s multidimensional work. Adapted from its original presentation at the U.S. Pavilion at the 60th Biennale in 2024, this exhibition marks a historic moment—Gibson was the first Indigenous artist to represent the United States with a solo exhibition.

Paths of Life invites viewers on a journey through 45 years of the Mexican photographer's distinguished photographic career; the exhibition presents a captivating combination of previously unpublished images from the artist's personal archive along with her most recent works.

The World Around has announced the winners of its Young Climate Prize, a biennial mentoring and award program aimed at young people under the age of 25. Among them is young Bolivian Dayana Blanco Quiroga.

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University presents Rubén Ortiz-Torres: Zonas de Colaboración, the artist’s first major solo exhibition in New York, curated by Betti-Sue Hertz.

The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art will host one of the largest exhibitions of contemporary Native bead art ever presented in North America: Radical Stitch features approximately 100 works of bead art highlighting Native techniques and designs that tell stories and address current issues.

The Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis presents Seeds: Containers of a World to Come. The exhibition features recent works and new commissions by ten nationally and internationally known artists for whom the seed is the kernel, both literally and metaphorically, for their investigations into issues of environmental fragility, preservation, and possibility in the face of the global climate crisis.

Architectures and Ecologies of Amazonia will take place at the University of Pennsylvania—an international, interdisciplinary symposium and exhibition that highlights the agencies that have shaped and continue to be shaped by the great region.

In February, an unprecedented survey of contemporary Native American art curated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation) opens at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University—New Brunswick.