Notes related to Museos
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.
MAC PANAMÁ LAUNCHES AN INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION
The museum seeks to reaffirm its leadership as a cultural institution and its commitment to a more sustainable, inclusive, and creative future for the country and the region. Application deadline: March 29, 2026.
THE MONUMENTALITY OF THREAD: OLGA DE AMARAL AT MALBA
The museum presents the artist’s trajectory in relation to her contexts, documenting her artistic networks, her interventions in architecture, and her pioneering role in the development of textile practice in the Americas.
OFELIA ESPARZA SINCE 1945: MEXICAN TRADITIONS IN CALIFORNIA
The American museum shows a major retrospective of the Chicana artist’s work—an oeuvre that “embodies the power of art to preserve memory and culture.”
OCEAN AND MEMORY, MAC PANAMÁ PRESENTS TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS
An ocean-centered research project and a historical retrospective dedicated to Trixie Briceño shape MAC Panamá’s current program.
LA CHOLA POBLETE PRESENTS HER FIRST SOLO SHOW IN BRAZIL
With references to Baroque, Pop Art, Andean cosmology, music, fashion, and political protest, the exhibition at MASP encourages reflection on gender, colonialism, and the Chola identity.
ATHENS PHOTO FESTIVAL LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL FOR 2026
Over 80 artists will be selected to exhibit at Benaki Museum / Pireos 138. Deadline: 9 March.
FIVE VIBRANT EXHIBITIONS OF LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS TO VISIT IN THE U.S. IN 2026
The North American country presents a strong presence of Latin American art on its agenda this year, highlighting both historical and contemporary figures.
MALI PRESENTS ITS 2026 SUMMER AUCTION AND FESTIVE GALA
With the aim of safeguarding and promoting Peru’s artistic heritage, the museum unveils a catalogue that brings together both historical and contemporary works.
WATER AS A CRITICAL OPERATOR: DÁVALOS AT THE MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO OF SANTO DOMINGO
Mario Dávalos' retrospective challenges inherited notions of the static landscape; working across multiple disciplines, it rethinks the histories of bodies and cultural representation.

