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The Chiloé Museum of Modern Art presents its 37th edition featuring photographs, paintings, sculptures, installations, performances, videos, and digital cinema in the exhibition Espectral (Spectral), which invites viewers to explore what stirs unease: the mysterious, the ethereal, and the unknown.

Visión y presencia, the cycle of performances by women artists organized by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, reaches its fourth edition with a renewed program where, once again, the Latin American presence will play a very prominent role. As in previous editions, ten will be the creative proposals that will be staged in different spaces of the Madrid museum and that will be linked to the concept of their proposals, notably revolving around feminism, traditions, colonialism, immigration or ecology.

Visión y presencia, the cycle of performances by women artists organized by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, reaches its fourth edition with a renewed program where, once again, the Latin American presence will play a very prominent role. As in previous editions, ten will be the creative proposals that will be staged in different spaces of the Madrid museum and that will be linked to the concept of their proposals, notably revolving around feminism, traditions, colonialism, immigration or ecology.

Canary Islands-based Mexican Gloria Godinez (Mexico City, Mexico, 1979) will be in charge of opening the cycle with Rojo descolonial en la pintura de Vincent van Gogh (Decolonial red in Vincent van Gogh's painting). The cycle will have a performative action every month, successively (except for July and August), and performances by Elisa Miralles, Yola Balanga, Cuba's Susana Pilar, Costa Rica's Eugenia S. Rudin, Paraguay's Eugenia Rudin and Elisa Miralles are scheduled. Rudin, Paraguay's Jessica Diaz, Chile's Laura Santander, Teresa Correa, Uruguay's Valentina Cardellino and Andrea Ghuisolfi, and O.R.G.I.A. along with three lectures by Brazilian curator Renata Ribeiro, Alma Cardoso and Diana Cuellar.

The Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AECID) has collaborated in the preparation of the program, as well as the Spanish Cultural Centers in Montevideo, Paraguay and Costa Rica and, for the first time, the Atlantic Center of Modern Art-CAAM of Gran Canaria.

Visión y presencia will be held from January 22 to December 10, 2025 at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Paseo del Prado, 8, Madrid (Spain).

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima (MAC Lima) presents La poesía es una invasión (Poetry is an invasion), a retrospective celebrating the 25-year career of José Aburto Zolezzi, a pioneer in experimental electronic literature.

The Museum of Modern Art of Bogota (MAMBO) presents ReparaRenacer (RepairReborn), the first institutional exhibition in Colombia by Franco-Algerian artist Kader Attia. This exhibition highlights Attia’s work around the concept of repair, a central theme in his art that explores both physical and mental repair through various artistic techniques.

Norway’s museum presents the group exhibition Everything Is So Alive! a show that offers a hopeful exploration of the possibilities for cohabiting the ruins of a world moving into collapse.

Tensta konsthall has opened its doors to Imagine an After, a collective exhibition bringing together prominent international artists to explore how to envision a future in the aftermath of conflicts, displacement, and loss. In a world shaped by constant change and challenges, the exhibition invites reflection on the transformations that can emerge in moments of crisis and crossroads.

Milan hosts an extraordinary exhibition marking the bicentenary of Peru’s independence, the 150th anniversary of Italy-Peru diplomatic ties, and the bicentenary of Antonio Raimondi, a Milanese explorer who greatly contributed to the country. Organized with the Consulate General of Peru, the display at MUDEC’s Agora highlights key moments in its liberation through museum artifacts.

The incipient collection of MARCO of Vigo -under construction, but with enough funds to delimit its influence and incidence-, makes its debut in the delimitation of its radius of action with the first exhibition built exclusively with its own funds. For the occasion, the outline that unites Una imagen de sí builds on the general idea that will guide the near future: that Galician art dialogues with the outside world, mainly Latin America, and draws a relational history.

From February 1 to August 3, 2025, Museo Jumex presents Gabriel Orozco: Politécnico Nacional (Gabriel Orozco: National Polytechnic), the artist's first museum exhibition in Mexico since 2006; this survey explores key themes in the practice of the Mexican artist, who has constantly challenged what art can be and how it can be made. 

Fundación Proa presents Los incas. Más allá de un imperio (The Incas: Beyond an Empire) in Buenos Aires, showcasing a unique selection of ceramics, textiles, stone objects, metals, and paintings that offer a fresh perspective on one of the most fascinating civilizations of pre-Hispanic America. This exhibition invites visitors to debunk myths and rediscover over four centuries of Andean culture.

The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) presented Beyond Representation, an innovative exploration of Caribbean art that challenges traditional boundaries and creates new narratives. This ongoing digital research project and performance series is curated by Iberia Pérez González and hosted by the museum’s Caribbean Cultural Institute (CCI). It features an intergenerational group of artists who use the body and performative practices to critically engage with social, political, and cultural realities in the Caribbean and its diasporas.

The CCCB (Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona) dedicates a wide, meticulous and interesting exhibition that takes us into the natural and cultural heritage of the Amazon, with special emphasis on the art and thought of the cities and indigenous communities of the region. Amazonia. The Ancestral Future brings to the table a detailed vision of artistic practices and Amazonian culture through the work of an extensive list of artists who produce around their thinking and relationship with nature.

Cuban artist Zilia Sánchez, known for her multidimensional paintings that challenge Minimalism with abstract, erotic forms, has died at the age 98. Her death was confirmed by the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico and Galerie Lelong & Co., which has represented the artist since 2013.

An engaging panel discussion will examine the groundbreaking work of Argentine artist Luis Fernando Benedit. Organized as part of the exhibition Luis Fernando Benedit: Invisible Labyrinths, this event brings together distinguished scholars and curators to reflect on Benedit’s significant contributions to Conceptualism, cybernetics, and ecological art. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 18, 2025, at 2:00 PM EST at ISLAA’s Tribeca location.

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.

The result of the selection proposed to represent Circuitos de Artes Plásticas 2024, one of the main emerging art projects of the Community of Madrid, has had in this edition a Latin American protagonist in the curatorial work of Isabella Lenzi (São Paulo, Brazil, 1986). The show, named Caja de resonancia (Resonance Box) for the occasion, reviews, through the ten winning works of this annual call, some of the recurring themes and matrixes in the under-35 generation of artists linked to Madrid.

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.

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.

CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean – and Pinta, an international platform for promoting Latin American art through fairs and artistic circuits across the region, have formalized a strategic alliance aimed at strengthening and promoting Latin American and Ibero-American art worldwide. This collaboration will culminate in a prominent Art Week to be held in Panama City in May 2025, a new initiative designed to position regional culture on the global stage.

The sculpture Mariposa de la vida (Butterfly of life), created by the Uruguayan sculptor Pablo Atchugarry, was recently delivered to the Municipality of Maldonado; made of stainless steel, the work is 11.8 meters high and weighs approximately 30 tons.

In its 14th anniversary, Leila Tschopp is the winning artist of the 2024 EFG Latin America Art Award in partnership with ArtNexus. The announcement was made at Pinta Miami.

The exhibition Contar Rutinas (Counting Routines) dedicated by the Cerezales Antonino and Cinia Foundation to the work of Ana Amorim (São Paulo, Brazil, 1956) includes a selection of actions and performative works and installations that reflect the activity of the Brazilian artist from the 1980s to the present. The architecture of this exhibition is marked by the artist's daily conceptual and performative routines, reflecting their influence in the results of monumental dimensions.

Art at Americas Society will present Beatriz Cortez x rafa esparza: Earth and Cosmos on January 29, 2025, an exhibition showcasing the collaboration of two artists exploring ancient cultures of the Americas; this approach highlights the dialogues and exchanges between artists and their peers, which deeply shape and enrich their creative processes.

The São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) presents the exhibition Serigrafistas Queer: Liberdade para as sensibilidades (Freedom for sensibilities) from December 13 to March 16, 2025. It addresses themes such as the struggle for reproductive rights, bodily autonomy, the political approach to the HIV crisis, and the celebration of diverse affections and identities.

Pinta Miami celebrated its 2024 edition from December 5th to 8th, 2024 with more than 16,500 visitors, 45 galleries and 14 countries present. The fair at The Hangar, Coconut Grove led to good sales –where over 90% of the galleries reported sales– and enthusiastic overall attendance providing a true exchange between private, public spheres and opportunities for artists and galleries.

Contemplando es como fuimos cambiando (Contemplating is how we changed) is the exhibition, the first one in Spain promoted by an institution, that the CICC Tabakalera in San Sebastian is dedicating to Gabriel Chaile (San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, 1985), one of the most prominent names in contemporary Latin American sculpture. This proposal is intended to take an extensive look at his work, from his beginnings to his latest works produced in Lisbon, and which is recognizable by his monumental adobe, clay and metal pieces that reflect the morphology of the pre-Columbian ceramics of his native region.

ALTTRA Foundation organizes in three spaces in Palma, on the island of Mallorca, an exhibition that addresses the theme of insularity and its role and idiosyncrasy in a globalized world through several works by Cildo Meireles (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1948). The works chosen, corresponding to five different periods of the artistic production of one of the referents of Brazilian neo-conceptualism, trace a journey through some of the themes and investigations that the artist has developed throughout his life, from fortune and chance to the perception of the physically invisible but perceptible, such as sound, or the relationship between space and its use.

Arte al Día takes a look at the curatorial selection that highlights works by Ibero-American galleries in the NEXT, RADAR and Main sections of Pinta Miami. The curatorial team for the 2024 edition of the fair is integrated by Irene Gelfman -global curator of Pinta and co-curator of FORO and Special Project-, Giuliana Vidarte -curator of NEXT and co-curator of FORO and Special Project- and Angelica Arbelaez -curator of RADAR.

Pinta Miami brings together artists who explore the identity, memory and cultural diversity of Ibero-America. In this 2024 edition, several proposals seek to redefine the Latinx notion from unique and transformative perspectives.

The Cisneros Institute is launching its first publication Momentum: Art & Ecology in Contemporary Latin America, a book that investigates how Latin American artists engage with their environments, addressing themes such as innovative relationships with the nonhuman, land disputes, colonial legacies, and visions for the future.