Notes related to Latin American art

The 24th Cerveira International Art Biennial consolidates its commitment to contemporary art as a site of critical inquiry through a significant Latin American presence that interrogates territory, memory, and identity from decolonial and transnational perspectives.

Graphic design is one of the most influential engines of contemporary visual culture in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its aesthetic, political, and social impact on the construction of identities and public spheres is undeniable. Yet its presence in the market and in the legitimizing structures of contemporary art continues to occupy a peripheral position.

Álvaro Barrington and Jota Mombaça present architectural installations in the Netherlands that address the event's central theme.

The exhibition brings together works by Wifredo Lam, Amelia Peláez, and Mario Carreño, preserved by private collectors for more than 80 years.

Curated by Irene Gelfman, this year's edition brings together the many faces of contemporary photography in Buenos Aires.

After a decade in the Miami Design District, the institution shifts its focus toward collaborations with museums, universities, and cultural organizations worldwide.

The gift by Diana and Moises Berezdivin brings works by Allora & Calzadilla, Rafael Ferrer, Damián Ortega, Chemi Rosado-Seijo, and Rosângela Rennó, among others, to the Washington museum.

The Colombian artist's exhibition at CRAC Alsace constructs a universe in perpetual transformation, where the reuse of materials, the hybridization of disciplines, and underlying tensions invite viewers to reflect on the social, economic, and symbolic structures that shape our experience of the world.

Interview with Nuria Enguita, Artistic Director, MAC/CCB – Museum of Contemporary Art and Architecture Centre (Museu de Arte Contemporânea e Centro de Arquitetura), Lisbon.

Curated by Katherine Chacón, Movement in Suspended Time activates a surface that evokes the loom as originary matrix, transposing onto the picture plane the tension between artisanal tradition and abstract modernity.

Astrup Fearnley Museet presents 150 works by the Colombian artist, who passed away in January 2026. An exhibition she helped plan herself, spanning six decades of everyday images, political violence, and a palette all her own.

A new exhibition at Americas Society reclaims the work of a painter who defied muralism and held her own in dialogue with American Abstract Expressionism and European Informalism.

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.

Cristiano Lenhardt was selected for his series of works born from his encounter with the environmental tragedy of the 2024 floods in southern Brazil.

Argentine by origin, the curator and former Director of the Visual Arts Department of the Artists in Berlin Program (DAAD) — a residency that connects creatives from around the world with Germany's cultural scene — has spent years building bridges between Latin American art scenes and the major centers of Western art.

Curated by Diane Lima, the exhibition brings together Adriana Varejão and Rosana Paulino for the first time to rewrite the wounds of colonialism.

What is a Culturally Specific Institution? Director of El Museo del Barrio for over eight years, Patrick Charpenel reflects on the role of museums in the United States, the visibility of Latinx communities, and the challenges of thinking about art beyond fixed categories and market logics.

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.

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.

The Brazilian museum presents works by Santiago Yahuarcani and Oscar Muñoz, exploring ancestral knowledge and the fragility of images in Latin America.

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.

Jorge Volpi, after one year as Artistic Director of Contemporánea Condeduque, reflects on programming through a multidisciplinary narrative and how it fosters dialogue while giving Latin American art a central role in Madrid’s cultural scene.

The Jan Mulder Collection showcases the intersections between Latin American tradition and global developments in the field. 

Throughout the year, the British gallery will host exhibitions featuring the works of Chico da Silva, Juli Isídrez, and Francisco Tún.

In a context marked by the debate on immigration in the United States, Joan Jiménez Suero (Perú) has been recognized by the Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA) for a proposal that reflects on the identity, memory, and resistance of the Latin diaspora.

The exhibition in Chicago brings together 36 Latin American artists who, through more than 40 works, challenge colonial narratives through critical, community-based, and resistance-oriented practices.

Today, those who walk through the galleries of the Museum of Modern Art or the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York encounter a welcome surprise: canvases of undeniable visual strength hanging alongside figures such as Rothko or Tàpies. These are works by Sarah Grilo, recently acquired by these institutions. Nearly two decades after her passing, the artist has finally assumed the place of honor her career deserved.

The collaboration between the two institutions will promote cultural platforms, professional exchanges, and spaces for dialogue aimed at advancing Latin American art and its international projection.

ARCOmadrid 2026 appears to reinforce its position in the global art market by consolidating a distinctive identity in contrast to the major internationalized art fairs, with Latin America as its anchor. Its capacity to generate cultural and market narratives from this positioning has been key to understanding its current role and evaluating the potential risks of its model.

We propose an overview of Latin American art presented at ARCO through ten proposals that illustrate and outline current tendencies, where critical and experimental perspectives, nature, materiality and organic processes shape different languages through which to address key themes.