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The National Gallery of Art announced the appointment of Natalia Ángeles Vieyra as the new associate curator of Latinx art. She will assume the position on June 30. Vieyra will play a key role in the museum's work. She will join a team of seven curators in the department of modern and contemporary art dedicated to 20th- and 21st-century art.

To Live Forever (For a While) is the exhibition at JUMEX featuring the work of iconic British artist Damien Hirst. The exhibition will offer a complete overview of the artist's work between 1986 and 2019, with 57 works including installations, sculptures and paintings.

Kunsthalle Wien presents artists Rene Matić (b.1997, Peterborough, UK) and Oscar Murillo (b. 1986, La Paila, Colombia) together for the first time at the exhibition JAZZ.

Delfina Foundation presented de montañas submarinas el fuego hace islas (from the underwater mountains fire makes islands), an exhibition exploring the intersection of imagination and emancipation.

Open Call for the position of Director at Auto Italia, a non-profit contemporary art institution at London, UK, dedicated to researching, producing and exhibiting work on the intersections of queer studies and social change. Deadline to apply: March 4^th, 2024.

Based on futuristic tales, Guadaloup Vilar created an entire universe where life and art are supported by death. Completely functional to organic and cohesive development, Guadaloup’s artworks and installations reshape the notion of expiration.

Installations, death and futurism coexist in this solo exhibition by the spatial artist Guadaloup Vilar. The Argentine artist presents her works and installations at the Greatorex Street space in London during September and October, within the framework of the Frieze fair.

The 12th edition of Liverpool Biennial ‘uMoya: The sacred Return of Lost Things’ addresses the history and temperament of the city of Liverpool and is a call for ancestral and indigenous forms of knowledge, wisdom and healing. In the isiZulu language, ‘uMoya’ means spirit, breath, air, climate and wind.

Tomás Saraceno launched in Serpentine South Gallery a living collaborative and multi-species exhibition that delves into how different life forms, technologies and energy systems are connected in the climate emergency.

ARKEN Museum of Modern Art opens the first major Leonora Carrington exhibition in Scandinavia. The artist was one of Surrealism’s key figures, rebelling against power hierarchies and conventions with a magical universe filled with humor, witchcraft and spirit.

Tate Modern and Hyundai Motor announced that Chilean artist and poet Cecilia Vicuña will create the next annual Hyundai Commission. Vicuña (b.1948) is perhaps best known for her radical textile sculptures, combining natural materials and traditional crafts. A prolific multi-disciplinary artist, Vicuña explores the pressing concerns of ecology, community, and social justice. Her new site-specific work for the Turbine Hall will inaugurate on October 11^th  2022.

Commissioned by Liverpool Biennial with support from Amalia Amoedo and Érica Roberts, Bianchi’s works and immersive installation create a locus where the organic is estranged and the industrial is anthromorphic.  

The ACT Programme (Art Career Transformation), founded by Francesca Bellini-Joseph, is an online platform that offers programmes focused on artistic careers. ACT Meets is a series of periodical get-together sessions where the community meets to share ideas, knowledge and questions about the professional aspects of artistic practices. This Thursday, June 17^th, join for a fascinating conversation with Los Angeles-based artist Gala Porras-Kim and London-based curator Sabel Gavaldon about using the art ecosystem’s intricate networks of stakeholders for bringing her projects to life.