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HARRIS-BABOU AND NAVA WINNERS OF 2020 JORGE M. PÉREZ AWARD
The $25,000 award, which seeks to offer creative and professional support for artists, was given to these two young artists.
MEXICO, THROUGH THE EYES OF PHOTOGRAPHER GRACIELA ITURBIDE
Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico explores a rich tapestry of cultural, ritual, tradition and modernity through the artist’s lyrical photography.
CECILIA ALEMANI NAMED CURATOR OF VENICE BIENNALE 2021
The Italian Alemani, Chief Curator of New York’s Highline Art, will be the fifth woman to curate the world’s most important art biennale for its 59th edition.
MIGRATIONS AND MEANING(S) IN ART AT THE MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART
An exhibition that explores the debates around migration through photographs, prints, video, animation, and sculpture.
CILDO MEIRELES: INDIVIDUAL EXPO IN RIO DE JANEIRO
In November, the renowned Brazilian artist will exhibit in his hometown after more than ten years, at the Mul.ti.plo Espaço Arte. Check out the details.
SOMA SUMMER 2020: SOCIAL JUSTICE
SOMA Summer is an eight-week program for international artists, curators, critics, and art historians in Mexico City.
CARLOS MOTTA: WE THE ENEMY, IN CALIFORNIA
The Institute of the Arts and Sciences (IAS) and the Mary Porter Senson Art Gallery at UC Santa Cruz present Carlos Motta: We The Enemy, the West Coast premiere solo exhibition by the internationally acclaimed Colombian artist. From January 23 to March 14, 2020.
MUSAC COLLECTION: FIVE ITINERARIES WITH A VIEWPOINT
A new exhibition at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, in commemoration of its 15th anniversary.
WINNERS OF THE NATIONAL PRIZE TO ARTISTIC TRAJECTORY ARE EXHIBITED IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (BUENOS AIRES)
Graciela Carnevale, Elda Cerrato, Sara Facio, Eduardo Gil, Narcisa Hirsch, Marta Minujín, Luis Felipe Noé and Eduardo Serón are the distinguished artists awarded the National Prize to Artistic Trajectory 2019. Some of their works, from different disciplines, will be exhibited and will become part of the museum's collection.
MASP ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION 0F 296 ARTWORKS BY WOMEN ARTISTS IN 2019
The museum acquired 296 works by women artists, in line with a 2019 dedicated to female art.
DANIEL BARCLAY IN LIMA: THE PRESENTNESS OF THE PAST
Daniel Barclay, São Paulo-based Peruvian artist, presents his first individual exhibition at the Vigil Gonzales gallery in Lima. Nuevo Loreto draws parallels between the end of Italian fascism and the Bolsonaro phenomenon in Brazil. Power, the symbols and art as a political tool.
EDUARDO NAVARRO: SOLO EXHIBITION AT GASWORKS LONDON
The London-based Gasworks contemporary art organization announced its Winter/Spring exhibitions for 2020, which will include Eduardo Navarro and Lauren Gault.
THE ARCO FOUNDATION AWARDS THE "A" PRIZES FOR COLLECTORS
The ARCO Foundation, promoted by IFEMA, has awarded the “A” Prizes for Collecting, which this year has recognized six collections: Daniel and Mirella Levinas Collection; María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation; Susana and Ricardo Steinbruch Collection; Otazu Foundation Collection; Engel Collection, and Erling Kagge Collection.
OLAFUR ELIASSON AT THE GUGGENHEIM BILBAO
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao will present, between February 14 and June 21 2020, and in collaboration with the Tate Modern, the exhibition Olafur Eliasson: in real life, a journey through the trajectory of Olafur Eliasson (1967), one of The most prominent artists of our time.
THOUGH IT’S DARK, STILL I SING: 34th BIENAL DE SÃO PAULO
Titled Faz escuro mas eu canto (Though it’s dark, still I sing), the 34th Bienal de São Paulo starts in February 2020 with solo shows and performances. Activity inaugurates with solo shows by artists Ximena Garrido-Lecca, Clara Ianni and Deana Lawson, and performances by Neo Muyanga, León Ferrari and Hélio Oiticica.
FIRST EDITION OF LA TERTULIA MUSEUM AWARD GOES TO MARÍA JOSÉ ARJONA
Recognized for her career as a performance artist, the Colombian artist will make a new large-scale work for the hall of this renowned museum in Cali, at the end of 2020.
CRISTINA IGLESIAS AWARDED THE 2020 ROYAL ACADEMY ARCHITECTURE PRIZE
The Royal Academy of Arts in London announced that Spanish artist Cristina Iglesias (San Sebastian, 1956) has been awarded this year’s prize, honoring her inspiring contribution to the culture of architecture.
LINA BO BARDI: HABITAT
On January 31st, the exhibition of the architect, designer, curator and writer Lina Bo Bardi opens at Jumex (Mexico City). It will be a review of the work of this renowned Italo-Brazilian, icon of modernism.
NEW EXHIBITONS AT MUSEU DE ARTE DE SÃO PAULO (MASP)
From December 2019, Gertrude Goldschmidt (1912-1994), known as Gego, receives her first solo show in Brazil. The exhibition titled Gego: The Emancipated Lines will be on display until March 1st, 2020. Along with leonor antunes: joints, voids and gaps, they both close the curatorial cycle titled Women’s Histories, Feminist Histories.
EVERYTHING SET FOR ARCOmadrid 2020
The 39th edition of this traditional contemporary art fair will be held at the end of the coming February, with the presence of 203 galleries.
FAMILIA EDITIONS: THE BOOK AS AN ART OBJECT
The new independent press, specialized in Brazilian contemporary art, continues to grow and presents itself at Pinta Miami.
La UNQ lanza un Diploma de Posgrado en Gestión de Proyectos Culturales
A través de la modalidad a distancia, La Universidad Nacional de Quilmes lanza un nuevo Diploma de Posgrado en Gestión de Proyectos Culturales destinado a artistas y agentes del ámbito de la cultura en todo el país.
FAENA FESTIVAL MIAMI: THE LAST SUPPER
Another edition of the Faena Festival: The Last Supper will be held during this year’s Miami Art Week (December 2-8). Curated by Zoe Lukov, it proposes a fusion between art and food.
CRISTINA LUCAS: ART AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN NORWAY
Through specially commissioned sculptures and a film, the Spanish artist draws attention to climate change from faraway Svalbard, during the second edition of Artica Listens.
AMALIA PICA AT THE ANDALUCIAN CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART
The Argentinean artist, who calls London her home, will hold her first big exposition in Spain. With a selection of some of her most well-known works, she reflects on themes like censorship and her country’s traumatic past, celebration and protest, and listening and silence.
SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ PRESENTS PARÁBOLAS IN MIAMI
The exhibition Parábolas, by Mexican artist Sergio Hernández (Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, 1957) inaugurates on November 22nd at the Durban Segnini Gallery in Miami. For the first time in 20 years, the renowned plastic artist will display in the United States a rich collection of recent works.
DORIS SALCEDO RECEIVES THE NOMURA ART AWARD
The Colombian artist, renowned for her work on victims of civil conflict in her home country, received the first edition of the Nomura award, the world’s most lucrative contemporary art prize.
"SINAPSIS" IN WASHINGTON
Argentine artist Cotty Oxenford presents the Sinapsis series at Argentina's embassy in Washington.
"EMERGENCY ROOM" TWELVE YEARS LATER
Twelve years after the Emergency Room exhibition, the MoMA PS1 summons writers, specialists and donants to create a catalog that analyzes the ways in which some of the most critical issues today -the climate crisis, armed conflicts and xenophobia, among others- were addressed then.
MoMA IS RENEWED AND WITH LATIN AMERICAN ART AS ONE OF ITS PROTAGONISTS
The Museum of Modern Art in New York celebrates its reopening and dedicates a room to Latin American art. Conceived by the Curator of Latin American Art of the museum, Inés Katzenstein, Sur moderno brings together more than one hundred artworks of abstract and concrete art from the region.
IVÁN NAVARRO WILL GET TOTAL REPRESENTATION BY THE TEMPLON GALLERY
Galerie Templón French art gallery announced that it will represent the Chilean artist Iván Navarro (Santiago, Chile, 1972) in America and Europe.
