Notes related to Museos
“TEN THOUSAND TIMES WE WERE FAMILY” AT THE MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES
The Argentine artist's Guadalupe Miles book, edited by Julieta Escardó, documents her bond with the Wichí Santa Victoria II community.
ROCKS, CEMENT AND THREADS: THE INVISIBLE FORCES OF MATTER AT MAC SANTIAGO
Emilio Fuentes Traverso imagines, in his new exhibition in Chile, possible encounters between the natural, the anthropic and the cosmic through sculptures in unstable equilibrium that compress millions of years of transformation into suspended objects.
THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER AS ARTISTIC MATERIAL: IVÁN ARGOTE AT MAMM
The Colombian artist presents Sentir tu peso, a participatory installation on the terrace of the Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, his first appearance in the city.
FROM RELIGIOUS ICONS TO FLUORESCENT ICONS: DAN FLAVIN AND LIGHT AS EXPERIENCE AT MALBA
Luz, color y espacio, the exhibition presented by the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires in collaboration with Dia Art Foundation, offers an experience in which color and space envelop the viewer. It will be open to the public through August 17.
NURIA ENGUITA: “MUSEUMS DO NOT SPEAK FROM A NEUTRAL POSITION, BUT FROM A CONTEXT THAT SHOULD BE MADE VISIBLE”
Interview with Nuria Enguita, Artistic Director, MAC/CCB – Museum of Contemporary Art and Architecture Centre (Museu de Arte Contemporânea e Centro de Arquitetura), Lisbon.
WHAT DO THE PAPERS THROWN INTO THE STREET TELL US? JORGE MACCHI EXHIBITS AT MUSEO SÍVORI
In RETOUR the Argentine artist builds a cartography of the city from discarded papers bearing writings that were never meant to be read; on view through August 9, 2026, at Museo Sívori, Buenos Aires.
ON THE POLITICS OF SPACE AND GENDER DYNAMICS: PHOTOGRAPHY AT MoMA
The exhibition will feature a groundbreaking feminist work by late German artist Marianne Wex alongside works by seven contemporary artists.
GABRIEL CHAILE UNFOLDS HIS ARCHAEOLOGY OF MIGRATION IN LONDON
The Argentine artist connects memory and identity in a large-scale installation commissioned by Whitechapel Gallery, where adobe sculptures and collected objects examine the experience of displacement through a contemporary archaeological lens.
A GLIMPSE INTO FERNANDO MAZA'S SURREAL WORLD AT THE MAR MUSEUM
With more than 50 paintings and watercolors, the exhibition offers a journey through the metaphysical universe of the painter, marking the beginning of a national tour that will continue in Córdoba and Mendoza.
BOTERO RETURNS TO SEOUL WITH HIS LARGEST RETROSPECTIVE IN ASIA
More than 112 works by the Colombian master — several never shown before — arrive at the Hangaram Art Museum in an exhibition on view through August 30, 2026.
A CONVERSATION AROUND POLITICS, AFFECTION AND LISTENING WITH SOL HENARO
Director of the Museo Universitario del Chopo, Sol Henaro reflects on her role, the tensions within the institution, and the construction of communities from a curatorial perspective.
PATRICK CHARPENEL: “CULTURALLY SPECIFIC INSTITUTIONS ARE BREAKING AN INCREASINGLY HOMOGENEOUS PATTERN”
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.
A PIONEERING EXHIBITION AT THE MAC IN BARRANCO
The show presents six decades of artistic and cultural work by Francesco Mariotti and María Luy, two artists who have intertwined technology, collectivity, nature, and social commitment in their work.
REINA SOFÍA LAUNCHES OPEN CALL FOR HEAD OF EXHIBITIONS
The museum is seeking a professional to lead the planning and coordination of its exhibition program, with applications open until May 5.
WAYS OF REMEMBERING: YAHUARCANI AND MUÑOZ AT MASP
The Brazilian museum presents works by Santiago Yahuarcani and Oscar Muñoz, exploring ancestral knowledge and the fragility of images in Latin America.
THE IMMA SHOWCASES THE DEEP REFLECTION OF CECILIA VICUÑA
The exhibition presented at the Irish institution showcases an artist who reflects on the interrelation between humanity and nature and advocates listening as a path toward transformation through memory and connection.
MEMORY, MOURNING AND REBELLION: BETTINI AT DA2
The first retrospective in Spain of Gabriela Bettini reflects on absence and the politics of forgetting through images that challenge official history.
HUMANS, MACHINES, AND POSSIBLE FUTURES: THE LAST 100 YEARS AT NEW MUSEUM
The exhibition features more than 15 new commissions by artists such as Ryan Gander, Camille Henrot, Jamian Juliano-Villani, Wangechi Mutu, Hito Steyerl, Alice Wang, and Santiago Yahuarcani, among others.
MARCELO BRODSKY IN WIESBADEN: MEMORY AS AN ACTIVE PRACTICE
The Kunsthaus Wiesbaden presents an exhibition surveying the work of the Argentine artist, where photography, archive, and activism intertwine to reflect on the traces of violence and human rights.
ART AGAINST COLLAPSE: 193 ARTISTS IMAGINE ALTERNATIVE FUTURES
Into the Time Horizon, at the Nevada Museum of Art, unfolds as one of the most expansive surveys of environmental art in the United States, combining critical diagnosis with concrete proposals in the face of the climate crisis.
A CONTEMPORARY QUIPU TRAVERSES CASTELLO DI RIVOLI
The Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña unfolds an intervention connecting ancestral practices, ecology, and shared memory.
MASP: CONTESTED NARRATIVES BETWEEN REPLICA AND WEAVING
Two parallel exhibitions revisit dominant narratives through practices that interrogate archive, materiality, and community in Latin America.
WHAT IS FERNANDA LAGUNA’S HEART MADE OF? OF REBEL TENDERNESS
Malba presents the most comprehensive survey of the Argentine artist’s work, featuring nearly 200 paintings, drawings, collages, embroideries, sculptures, installations, and videos; an exhibition that invites making without fear.
BIOGRAPHICAL GEOLOGY: GISELA COLÓN PRESENTS HER FIRST RETROSPECTIVE IN PUERTO RICO
The Puerto Rican–American artist explores the relationship between geology, memory, and vital energy in an exhibition spanning more than three decades of work.
RAFAEL TAMAYO AND THE MUSEUM AS A PLACE OF ENCOUNTER
With a background shaped by humanities and a trajectory in cultural practice, Rafael Tamayo promotes a model of the museum that is conceived in relation to its social context. Director of the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín, he will take part in the FORO of Pinta Panamá, where he will engage in discussions on how institutions construct narratives, community, and debate in the region.
THE HISTORY OF ART FROM BOGOTÁ AT MAP
The Colombian gallery presents a reconsideration of visual traditions, reactivating them through a contemporary lens; works by Carlos Castro Arias, Fernando Uhía, Raúl Cristancho, Javier Vanegas, Juan Carlos Delgado, and Miler Lagos will be on view.
THE VALUE OF SOVEREIGNTY IN MR. BROWN'S GARDEN, EXHIBITION AT THE INTEROCEANIC CANAL MUSEUM
The photographic exhibition of the American Tova Katzman leads the viewer to question the limits that mark the territory we inhabit.
THE BIOMUSEO, SCIENCE AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE FIRST LEVEL
On the Amador Causeway, right at the entrance to the Panama Canal of the Pacific Ocean, the Museum of Biodiversity takes place, with a structure that does not go unnoticed both for its shapes and for its color. It is an avant-garde building that coexists with the natural environment.
CULTIVATING A VIRTUAL GARDEN: LEO CASTAÑEDA'S NEW INTERACTIVE DIGITAL WORK
Inspired by the Amazon rainforest and the Florida Everglades, the project commissioned for the 2026 Whitney Biennial invites players to explore the interconnections between natural ecosystems and technological systems.

