Notes related to Museums

HULDA GUZMÁN AT MASP: A CONTEMPORARY LOOK AT LANDSCAPE
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) presents Hulda Guzmán: Miracle Fruits, the first solo museum exhibition of Dominican artist.

DA-LI-LA: THE MALLEABILITY OF THE FIXED
From White Plaster to Colorful Textiles, Dalila Puzzovio (1942, Buenos Aires) has always known how to appreciate broken bodies and dress the living. While some destroy, others build is the title of one of her photographs—a phrase that runs through her remarkable artistic career.

CÚMULUS: TEN YEARS OF ECOLOGY AND COLLABORATION IN PANAMA
The Panarte gallery at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama hosts Cúmulus: 10+ Years of Estudio Nuboso, an exhibition celebrating over a decade of collaborative practices at the crossroads of art, science, and ecology.

TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART OF BUENOS AIRES
Valentina Quintero: A Day in the Life, the first institutional exhibition in Buenos Aires of the young artist from Mendoza, and Jorge Miño: The Fourth Wall, a proposal that redefines the relationship between photography and space, are exhibited at the Museo Moderno under the curatorship of Raúl Flores.

THE STORY OF MAC PANAMÁ: WORKS, MEMORIES, AND AFFECTIONS
In the heart of Casco Antiguo, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama (MAC) embarks on a new chapter with the opening of its Sala Satélite, a space dedicated to showcasing projects developed from its Permanent Collection. The inaugural exhibition, 60+1 el pequeño gran museo de Ancón (60+1 The Little Big Museum of Ancón), serves as a tribute, a reflection, and an exploration of the museum’s history.

A HUMANISTIC VIEW OF HOW THE WORLD IS INHABITED AT KUNSTHAUS HAMBURG
The group show Over Land and Sea, curated by Anna Nowak, tells of the migrant history of humanity, its present and future. In a tension between the tangible and the mythical, the animate and the industrial world, the works on display point to the vulnerability of human beings and, simultaneously, their inherent ability to change and transform.

THE ENERGETICALLY CHARGED EXHIBITION OF NEW YORK
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.

BRUNO ZEPPILLI: IMAGES OF A SILENCED HISTORY
The Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI) presents Transformaciones visuales, an exhibition dedicated to the work of Peruvian artist Bruno Zeppilli. The show offers a provocative reading of how certain images persist in Peru’s collective memory.

MATTER AND ALCHEMY: 70 YEARS OF PERUVIAN ART AT MAC LIMA
MAC Lima has inaugurated Contemporáneo 1. Materia :: Alchemy :: Device :: Flow, an exhibition poised to become a landmark for contemporary art in Peru. The show, the first in a series of biennial exhibitions based on the museum's collection, brings together the work of over 100 local contemporary artists.

FIVE DECADES IN SPIRAL BY MAGALI LARA AT THE MUAC
Through the idea of an endless spiral, this exhibition at the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC) unfolds as a reverse retrospective of artist Magali Lara (Mexico City, 1956), beginning with two murals created especially for the show and tracing back to her earliest drawings from the 1980s and 1970s.

KUITCA 86: THE VESTIGES OF MATTER
The sincere fiction crafted by the Argentine artist captivates and steals the voice of those who come to see it. Honest and raw, it reveals the indelible traces of history.

FAMILY STORIES: THE GASTAÑETA CARRILLO DE ALBORNOZ COLLECTION AT MALI
The exhibition, which opened on November 28, 2024, presents for the first time a family collection of great significance to Peruvian history, consisting of portraits, religious paintings, and various objects. These pieces allow for an exploration of different aspects of life in the viceregal court of Lima during the 18th century.

SOTO, NEGRET AND CHIRINO LEAD THE REOPENING OF THE REINA SOFÍA TERRACES AS AN EXHIBITION SPACE
The terraces of the Nouvel Building at the Reina Sofía Museum are being transformed into a new exhibition space. Under the title A Different Order: Utopian Geometry and Kinetic Art, the space will showcase two sculptural works by Jesús Rafael Soto and Edgar Negret, along with a third piece by Martín Chirino.

GRAFFITI AT MUSEION
The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Bolzano-Bozen presented a pioneering exhibition on the relationship between graffiti and contemporary art. Curated by Leonie Radine and Ned Vena, the show will be the first in an Italian museum to explore the history of spray paint in art.

FRYE ART MUSEUM WELCOMES TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS
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.

VIVIAN SUTER IN SWEDEN, “LEVITY, FORTUITOUSNESS AND OPENNESS”
The exhibition I Am Godzilla at Moderna Museet Malmö is the Argentinan artist's first in Sweden, showcasing over 350 works, both new and older, many of which are being presented for the very first time.

MAC LIMA LAUNCHES ITS CYCLE OF TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS
The renowned artist Moico Yaker returns to the exhibition halls with a solo show after six years to present Conversaciones en el zoológico (Conversations at the Zoo), while Rafael Pascuale explores the relationship between the body and fragility in Espejos de una humanidad perdida (Mirrors of a Lost Humanity).

THE INTERGALACTIC PRODUCTION OF GYULA KOSICE AT THE PAMM
One hundred years after his birth, the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) celebrates the career of the Argentine experimental artist, sculptor, poet and theorist.

FILM ON PAPER: BETWEEN FICTION AND PHOTOGRAPHY
Observing through George Friedmann’s lens allows one to grasp the power of photography and the charm of artistic fusion. Eso que llaman amor (That Which They Call Love) highlights the beauty of what is carefully constructed yet retains the fragility of the unexpected.

JULIO LE PARC LAUNCHES VIRTUAL MUSEUM: AN IMMERSIVE CONTEMPORARY ART EXPERIENCE
The Argentine artist has introduced the Julio Le Parc Virtual Labyrinthus Museum, an enveloping digital space that invites the public to explore more than 500 works, including previously unseen pieces created especially for this platform.

INDIO SOLARI PRESENTS BRUTTO AT THE MAR MUSEUM
The visual art exhibition brings together a selection of works created through digital media, exploring experiences, imaginary worlds, and the artist’s personal wanderings.

THE CENTRAL AMERICAN ART INSTITUTE (ICAC) OF THE REINA SOFIA MUSEUM IS BORN
Madrid's Reina Sofia Museum, in collaboration with the Reina Sofia Museum Foundation, reinforces its growing involvement and strategy for the dissemination and study of Latin American contemporary art with the creation of the Cáder Institute of Central American Art (ICAC), dedicated to the research and dissemination of Central American art.

THE MARVELLOUS WORLD OF CELINA ECEIZA
Within the walls of the Museum of Modern Art, dreams, stories, and ideas brought by Ofrenda still linger. Yet, even more present are the thoughts left suspended in the air by the audience.

GEOMETRY AND RUPTURE: ARDEN QUIN AT THE MACA
The Atchugarry Museum of Contemporary Art (MACA) presents the exhibition Carmelo Arden Quin: In the Fabric of Constructive Art, curated by renowned historian and scholar Cristina Rossi.

THE MODERNITY OF TARSILA DO AMARAL TAKES OVER THE GUGGENHEIM IN BILBAO
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao hosts a retrospective exhibition of Tarsila do Amaral (Capivari, Brazil, 1886 - São Paulo, Brazil, 1973) focused on her conception and renovation of painting, as well as on her recognition as one of the key and most representative figures of the entry of avant-garde and modernizing pictorial languages in Latin America. A central name in Brazilian modernism, her style was consecrated as her own identity, a product of her desires and experiences, evoking both indigenous themes and the modernizing processes of a Brazil that was undergoing a constant transformation.

SUMMER 2025 AT MACA: ATCHUGARRY, BALDESSARI AND CARO
The Atchugarry Museum of Contemporary Art (MACA) invites you to experience an unforgettable summer with the opening of three exhibitions celebrating the talent of different figures in global art. Starting next January 4, visitors will be able to delve into the creative worlds of Pablo Atchugarry, John Baldessari, and Anthony Caro through showcases offering a unique perspective on their artistic legacies.

A COMPLETE OVERVIEW AT LILIANA PORTER
Museo Casa de la Moneda, in Madrid, celebrates in an exhibition the career of Liliana Porter (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1941) through several conceptual key points of it, designing a necessary route to cover, in a succinct but very representative way, one of the most relevant productions of the last decades of conceptual art.

THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM PRESENTS BREAKING THE MOLD: BROOKLYN MUSEUM AT 200
On view February 28, 2025, through February 22, 2026, the sweeping exhibition, presented in three parts, marks the Museum’s anniversary year by exploring the collection’s rich history and evolution.

NAMING NATURES EXPLORES THE COLONIAL LEGACY OF NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS
The Naming Natures: Natural History and Colonial Legacy art-science exhibition, supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, takes a critical look at natural history collections from colonial settings, combining scientific, historical, and museographic approaches.

THE MUSEUM LA TERTULIA LAUNCHES A NATIONAL CALL: VISIÓN DE CIUDAD
The Museum La Tertulia invites artists and creators, both Colombian and foreign residents in Colombia, to participate in the Visión de Ciudad (City Vision) call. This competition aims to integrate art, science, and technology into the creation of a sculptural project for the city of Cali. Deadline to apply: January 10, 2025.