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Until March 10^th, at Buenos Aires Museum Modern Art,Nicolás Mastracchio’ssolo show Pulso is presented. With artworks hanging from the ceiling, the Argentine artist creates an ecosystem where the viewer turns his entire body to space.

Until December 10^th, at TEORéTica space, Ejercicios de Autonomía (Autonomy Exercises) collective exhibition of Costa Rican artists Priscilla Monge and Victoria Cabezas is presented. Under the curatorship of Miguel Ángel López the works of each one are opposed in a constant symbolic confrontation.

To close its 2018 program, Galería Leme presents an individual exhibition by Mauro Piva (Rio de Janeiro, 1977). Bringing together the most recent productions of the Brazilian artist, the space of the gallery is intervened by six paintings, eight sculptures and a large scale site-specific installation.

Until December 2^nd at the Jumex Museum in Mexico Los robots no lloran,(Robots don’t cry)  unprecedented exhibition produced by Mexican artist Pedro Reyes is presented. As a "puppet artwork", the play is a dialogue performed by puppets representing contemporary public figures such as Noam Chomsky, Karl Marx, Elon Mus, Ayn Ran and Donald Trump.

Tony Bechara, El Museo del Barrio's esteemed Chair Emeritus of the Board of Trustees, has made a gift of one million dollars to support the museum's growing curatorial and education programs, as well as its endowment.

At the Bombas Gens Centre d’Art in Valencia, inaugurates tomorrow a solo show by the Norwegian artist Anna-Eva Bergman (1909-1987). Under the curatorship of Nuria Enguita and Christine Lamonthe, Fom North to South, Rythmswill be open to the public until May 2019 in the Spanish cultural center.

Until January 13^th at Estancia FEMSA and Casa Luis Barragán an individual exhibition of the renowned Danish artist Danh Vo (Bà Rịa, Vietnam, 1975) is presented. Constructed by pieces and interventions created especially for this venue, Jardín con palomas al vuelo (Garden with pigeons) explores the architecture and the life of the objects and people who have inhabited Casa Luis Barragán a long it’s history.

I Don’t Wanna Wait for Our Lives to Be Over marks the first solo museum exhibition in the United States for Manuel Solano. Working across mediums, Solano explores issues of identity and its formation by drawing from their personal life, memories, and popular culture. The exhibition will be open until April 14^th.

For the second year in a row, the Fundo Las Cabras gardens(Requínoa, Chile) will host the Thirteen Gardens Art Encounte. With the participation of more than forty Latin American artists, including Alejandro Quiroga, Paula de Solminihac, Álvaro Muñoz Fátima Pecci, Catalina Andonie, Ignacio Gumucio, Esperanza Rojo, Hugo Leonello, Antonia Daiber, Bastián Arce and Amanda Hansen, the meeting will begin in November 10 and will remain until the 18th of the same month.

Until November 13th at Espacio El Dorado (Bogotá, Colombia), international collective exhibition Unidad Mínima (Minimum Unit) is exhibited. The exposition is formed by a wide range of Latin American artists and spaces from the region -UV Estudios (Buenos Aires), Sagrada Mercancía (Santiago de Chile), KM 0.2 (San Juan de Puerto Rico) and Espacio El Dorado-.

Under president of the Botín Visual Arts Advisory Committee Foundation Vicente Todolí's curatorship, Cristina Iglesias: Interspaces is exhibited as a large-scale individual exhibition of one of the most recognized Spanish artists on the international scene. Including her most recent works, the sample condenses a large part of Iglesias' career.

From an extreme dialogue with the physical space of the Museo MAR (Mar del Plata, Argentina), Cristián Segura presents three large scale photography and a documentary short film that illustrate the site-specific performance carried out during 2017 in the museum. X-Museum has been produced by the Tandil artist for the museum’s special request so to be exhibited for a whole year (from December 15^th, 2017, to December 15^th, 2018).

Con la promesa de traer productos importados al costo de origen, Moreno montó Miami Direct, una empresa fantasma dedicada a estafar a fotógrafos y quedarse con su dinero.

Until January 16, 2019, the KW Institute for Contemporary Art holds a large-scale retrospective of the world-renowned Colombian artist Beatriz González (Bucaramanga, 1938). The space located in Berlin exhibits more than sixty years of production housing 120 works of the Colombian artist during 1965-2017 period.

Yesterday at ROLF ART Gallery (Buenos Aires, Argentina) inaugurated Una memoria Tosca (A Rough Memory), RES individual exhibition with the collaboration of Guillermo Galíndez and Osvaldo Ruiz. Referring to the Cordobazo events on May 29, 1969, RES work questions the drained intervals of memory and memory in related to insurrectionary events.

The 11th Hiroshima Art Prize, awarded by the Japanese city since 1989, has selected the Chilean artist, architect and filmmaker Alfredo Jaar as the winner of 2019. Every three years, the award is given to an artist who has contributed throughout his career with peace construction.

At the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), the collective exhibition In the Open or in Stealth curated by Raqs Media Collective proposes a space for temporary exploration where the future is constituted from diverse histories and geographies. Established this dialogue, the exhibition presents a series of possibilities, relationships and interconnected paths.

The XIII FEMSA Biennial- We Have Never Been Contemporary held in Zacatecas, Mexico, opened on October 25^th with a novelty: a model of collaborative work among all cultural institutions in the state of Zacatecas. In this way, the Biennial establishes a dialogue from local towards the global cultural context.

The Art Museum of the Americas (OAS AMA) and the Permanent Mission of Peru to the OAS present Amazogramas an individual exhibition by the Peruvian photographer Roberto Huarcaya. Under the curatorship of Alejandro Castellote, large-scale works exhibition of Huarcaya opens on November 15^th and will remain in the museum until January 27^th.

Until November 24, at the Museum of Visual Arts (Bogotá, Colombia) exhibits Ánima(l), a thougth on human-animal relations, a collective exhibition that emerged from the research-creation project held at the School of Arts of Utadeo Poéticas de lo cotidiano, estéticas de la vida (Everyday Poetics, Life Aesthetics) which involved teachers, students and graduates of the School, along with other guests.

The Mercosul Biennial of Visual Arts Foundation announced the Argentine curator Andrea Giunta as the chief curator of the exhibition that will be held at the Art Museum of Rio Grande do Sul and Santander Cultural (Porto Alegre, Brazil) on April 9^th to July 5^th, 2020. With a critical eye, the election of Giunta involves the links between art, feminism and emancipation exploration.

On November 2^nd Tres (Three) colective exhibition by Julio Alan Lepez, Paz Bardi and Santiago Erausquin, is held at the new Espacio Ftalo, located in Gorriti 3864 Street (Buenos Aires, Argentina), beein this the first collective exhibition of paintings in the space. Originated as an interdisciplinary project for the visualization of contemporary works, mainly figurative, Ftal opens its doors for third times in the year.

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At Azkuna Zentroa art space, in Bilbao (Spain), tomorrow inaugurates an extensive solo exhibition by Angela de la Cruz (Coruña, 1965). Taking its name from the Homeless (1996) artworks, the exhibition takes a journey through 1996-2018 production period, illustrating, thus, Spanish artist diversity of styles and themes.

At Galería del Paseo Punta del Este (Uruguay), opened on Saturday, October 13^th, Los Pájaros (The Birds) photo exhibition of Vicky Aguirre, current director of photography of the Kirchner Cultural Center (CCK) culture magazine, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Understanding that walks has a historical connection to the practice of thinking, the artist invites people to activate conversation and another way of perceiving the city and the world. 

The55Project is delighted to presents Ivan Grilo as the first solo project of the 2018/19 season, “Escribe una carta de amor” (Write a love letter) in collaboration with Mana Contemporary Miami and Downtown Miami. 

Ivan Grilo: Art that presents loving and political themes to Downtown Miami. Understanding that walks has a historical connection to the practice of thinking, the artist invites people to activate conversation and another way of perceiving the city and the world. The55Project is delighted to presents Ivan Grilo as the first solo project of the 2018/19 season, “Escribe una carta de amor” (Write a love letter) in collaboration with Mana Contemporary Miami and Downtown Miami. The project initially will use poetic sentences to activate subjective spaces in Downtown Miami creating the possibility of public interaction, promoting new possibilities for political and social discussion while activating conversation beyond the artist's native Brazilian territory, expanding while allowing borders to dissipate. For this installation Grillo has created a set of bronze sculptures in his signature style all bearing poetic phrases. The text comes from a fictitious love letter, which can be read as a political manifesto. Or, conversely, the phrases arise from a fictitious political manifesto that can be read as a love letter. In a gesture of inclusion for the diverse communities in Miami, the text appears alternatively in Portuguese, Spanish, Haitian Creole and English allowing each demographic to engage and be integrated on their own terms. "I am very interested in this ambiguity of phrases, which permeate politics and affection. In addition to this, there is the idea of presenting a work far from the space of the white cube, that allows to reach people completely alien to the art, but never alien to the politics or to the love.” - Ivan Grilo. “Ivan's artwork not only represents Brazilian art, it brings a very true and sensitive narrative of the current political moment of the country.”- Flavia Macuco Pecego, from The55project. “Escribe una carta de amor, (Write a Love letter) is a series of sculptures formed by phrases that will be only discovered by the people that walk-through Flagler Street. This gives continuity to a tradition that took place with the surrealists in Paris and that also comes from the situationists and the notion of a psychogeography as the intertwined space between territory and the experience. Additionally, the cartography of this walk will be traced by the surprising encounter with these bronze plaques, which have written on poetic phrases in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Creole with the idea of marking other mental paths to those that discover them, between all the other or The program will start with an artist talk followed by a walk, October 24, 25 and 27 @ 4:30pm at the point that was the first place of Aluna Art Foundation. The conversation will explore Ivan Grilo’s works, career, perspectives and the creative process involved in the creation of public art projects. Conversations will be free to the public including non-ticket holders. The talks will be offered in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. For further information about the artist and the project, please visit The55Project.com or send us an email to: info@the55project.com DETAILED PROGRAM English/Spanish: Thursday, October 25, 2018 – 4:30pm (Talk starts 5pm) with Adriana Herrera, Curator and Art Critic Friday, October 26, 2018 - 4:30pm (Talk starts 5pm) with Adriana Herrera, Curator and Art Critic Portuguese: Saturday, October 27, 2018 - 4:30pm (Talk starts 5pm) with Jennifer Inácio, Assistant Curator of PAMM. Location: Aluna Art Foundation 172 West Flagler Street | Miami, FL NOTES TO EDITORS About Artist Grilo was born in 1986 in Brazil, he lives and works in Itatiba, near Sao Paulo. At the age of 31, he has already featured his works in important public collections including Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte do Rio, and Guggenheim Museum in NYC among others. In 2016, he was awarded the Foco Bradesco ArtRio Prize. Incorporating photography and installation, his work focuses primarily on his Brazilian heritage and notions of collective memory. The use of objects, videos and other media from a wide variety of topics strengthens and broadens the message, as well as structuring an internal coherence in the work. The process of creation, as well as the making of each work, needs attention to detail, specific knowledge and research of each chosen subject and materials. About The55Project Connects people through art, social programs, and education. The project truly believes that empowering, educating and uniting people changes lives. The55Project inspires people to do their best for others, demonstrated through events/visual arts projects, which take place annually between October and May. Brazilian artists, Social Projects founders, Cultural Leaders and Educators will work together to create Art Exhibitions, Special Events, Mural Paintings, Silent Auctions, Residencies, Art Talks and Seminars. The idea was born out of a partnership between two Brazilians, Maria Fulfaro and Flávia Macuco Pecego, both with more than ten years of expertise in the art industry and marketing. For more information: the55project.com About Partners Founded in 2011, Mana Contemporary is one of the largest and most innovative contemporary art organizations in the United States. Through its integrated architectural design, Mana offers exceptional services, spaces, and programming for the greater creative community. All projects and programs are curated by Ysabel Pinol. For more information: manacontemporary.com About Presenting Sponsor Piquet Law Firm, is a presenting sponsor of The55Project and has a long record of actively enables audiences to participate and contribute in contemporary art through its partnerships with leading cultural organizations such as Director of the Board of the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce of Florida, President of the Miami Advisory Counsel of the BrazilFoundation, Member of the Rotary Club of Coral Gables, Member of the Lawyers of Distinction, Member of the Kids in Distress Young Professional’s Group, and Member of the Counsel of the Lide USA1. They have extensive experience assisting clients Latin America clients, who have established or are willing to establish business or residence in the United States.

This afternoon, within the framework of Escuela Abierta (Open School) program developed by FLORA, the Portuguese artist Ana Vidigal will hold a talk about her work -mainly focused on painting, collage and plastic arts-. The call is free, but with prior registration.

For the first time in China, a large-scale retrospective of Louise Bourgeois prolific artworks will be held. Curated by Philip Larratt-Smith, The Eternal Thread explores the Franco-American artist –gone two years ago-  work with an inauguration in November 3^rd  at the Long Museum of Shanghai.

Since October 17^th at the National Museum of Arts Reina Sofía (Madrid), Hospicio de utopías fallidas (Hospice of Failed Utopias) retrospective of Luis Camnitzer, is exhibited. Under the curatorship of Octavio Zaya, the exhibition aims to provide an integral look over the German-Uruguayan artist, essayist, composer and pedagogue artworks.

On October 6^th at Galería Leme, in São Paulo (Brazil), inaugurated "⌾" -symbol that refers to the sun- a collective exhibition commissioned by Catarina Duncan (Rio de Janeiro 1993), constituted through the work of seventeen artists who use symbology as a language. The work will remain in the gallery until November 3^rd.

The exhibition aims to build, through all it artworks, an imaginary where the symbology is overlapped with the traditional language to explain and criticize political issues. Also, establish relationships between the human and empirical and the hidden and unknown.

The symbol that bears the name of the exhibition - "⌾" - explained curator Catarina Duncan, is an appropriation of an icon used by a diversity of cultures to represent the sun and the manifestation of the divine. "Brazil is going through a very delicate moment and I like to see this show as a way of resistance, although it was not the intention of the curator," said Tatiana Gonçales in conversation with Arte Al Día and added: "Catarina opted for a more transversal research on multidisciplinary artists: Mahku - Artists Movement Huni Kuin (Brazilian indigenous ethnicity), Abdias Nascimento (revolutionary, politician, poet, etc), Camila Mota (Teatro Oficina’s actress), etc. "

Catarina Duncan plays with the contradictions that manifest the interpretation of the same symbol, in this case the Sun. On the one hand, for some this is an immense source of light that brings life and allows the perception of things. On the other hand, the same symbol can be interpreted as a circle or a point: synonyms of perfection (a third level of meaning that emerges from one of the many interpretations). In this sense, it was  Cabelo’s artwork Ovo Bomba (2018) which gave rise to the name and central axis of the entire exhibition.

Regarding the symbols, Carl G. Jung wrote: "What we call a symbol is a term, a name

or image that may be familiar to us in daily life, though it has special connotations beyond its obvious and

conventional meaning. It implies something vague, unknown or hidden to us."

Artists: Abdias Nascimento, Aline Motta, Antonio Pichillá, Cabelo, Camila Mota, Christian Lenhardt, Dan Coopey, Frederico Filippi, Ismael David, MAHKU - Movimento dos Artistas Huni Kuin, Mariana de Matos, Moisés Patrício, Mônica Ventura, Raphael Escobar, Rodrigo Well, Vania Medeiros, Vivian Caccuri.