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MALBA inaugurates México moderno: Vanguardia y revolución, a broad panorama on the development of the different modernist aesthetic proposals that took place in Mexico during the first half of the 20th century. From November 3, 2017 to February 19, 2018

The Contemporary Art Museum of Buenos Aires - Fundación Aldo Rubino presents Eduardo Mac Entyre. Sutilezas de la línea, exhibition curated by Cristina Rossi that will allow you to follow the transformations of the line in her non-figurative work between October 28 and March 11, 2018. 

ESTE ARTE celebrates its fourth edition from January 7th to 9th in Punta del Este, the most exclusive spa in South America, in which nearly 30 contemporary and emerging art galleries display their works.

Through the exhibition "Martin Chambi and his contemporaries. Portraits of an Andean culture at the beginning of the 20th century, "the Juan Mulder Collection will be part of Foto México festival, which opens on Saturday, October 28, 2017 and will remain on display until February 18, 2018.

The Museum of Modern Art in Buenos Aires presents the exhibition Untitled by the Bolivian artist Elba Bairon curated by Sofia Dourron.

For this seventeenth post—the final one of three Photo Essays—I will present a series of images in the form of a photo essay that impressed me during my visits to museums during the inaugural week September 11–17.

McMullen Museum presents The Abstract Cabinet, an exhibition of Spanish-Argentinian artist Esteban Lisa (1895-1983) curated by Elizabeth Thompson, from September 16 to December 10 in the Monan Gallery.

Chile’s International Contemporary Art Fair shall take place from October 11th through the 15th at the CV Galería building, located at a strategic point in eastern Santiago: the triangle between Alonso de Córdova, Américo Vespucio and Avenida Kennedy. The fair shall consist of 4 sections: “Main”, “Focus”, “Planta” and “Nave de Ediciones”. In all, over 50 national and international galleries and art spaces shall take part in the Fair.

For this sixteenth post, I will present a series of images in the form of a photo essay that impressed me during my visits to museums during the inaugural week September 11–17.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) announces Valeska Soares: Any Moment Now—a major, mid-career survey of work by artist, Valeska Soares. On view through December 31, 2017, the exhibition is part of the Getty’s initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles.

With Zeitgeist, The French-Argentine artist intends to democratize art and at the same time to generate some kind of altruism.

Among many other artists, it is worth mentioning the presence of Christian Boltanski at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; Pedro Cabrita Reis, Bernardí Roig and Marie Orensanz in the public space; Mariana Tellería, Iván Argote and Tatiana Trouvé at the MUNTREF Centro de Arte Contemporáneo; Shirley Paez Leme, Angelika Markul and Charly Nijensohn at the Centro Cultural Kirchner; and Vik Muniz and Guillermo Kuitca at the Brazilian Embassy. Several collections will be displayed, including those of the Contemporary Art Museum of Geneva and the Museo Reina Sofía of Spain.

Handmade, which is Muniz’s fifth solo show at the Galería Elba Benítez, forms part of the Apertura Madrid Gallery Weekend 2017 organized by Arte_Madrid.

From this post, the fifteenth, I will publish a series of images in the form of photo essays that impressed me during my visits to museums during the inaugural week September 11-17

The Chilean artist Gonzalo Pedraza presents his first solo exhibition in Buenos Aires, titled "Collection of Images", it is a relational project around the collecting and ways of seeing that can be visited in the Cronopios Room of the Recoleta Cultural Center.

Casa Hoffmann announces the closing of its collective exhibition Infranómadas curated by Santiago Rueda, with participating artists from Brazil, Colombia, France, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay.

The Department of Art of the UTDT, together with the Secretariat of Federal Integration and International Cooperation of the Ministry of Culture of the Nation, are pleased to present a conference on the Cuban artist Tania Bruguera on art, education and politics next Monday 25 of September, 11.30am - Classroom SV2 Campus Alcorta.

The Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires, under the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, announces the inauguration of Sergio Avello: young multipurpose professional, to be held next Wednesday, September 20 at 7:00 pm in Av San Juan 350 with a party musicised by DJs Dr. Trincado, Oliverio and Ruben Zerrizuela, until 23:00.

The official launch of the XIV edition of the Biennial of Cuenca: "Living Structures: Rituals without Myths in Contemporary Art" was held on Thursday, August 24 at the Bienal's headquarters (Bolívar 13-89 and Estévez de Toral) a thesis proposed by the Venezuelan curator Jesus Fuenmayor, who makes an exposition of his conceptual proposal. In the same way, the Venezuelan artist and professor Yucef Merhi was presented, which has a charge of the pedagogical curatorship of the next edition that will take place in November 2018.

With this 14^th posting, Playing with Fire: Paintings by Carlos Almaraz, is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles, taking place from September 2017 through January 2018 at more than 70 cultural institutions across Southern California. Pacific Standard Time is an initiative of the Getty. The presenting sponsor is Bank of America. 

The Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, governed by the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires, presents the exhibition: Liliana Maresca: El ojo avizor. Obras 1982 – 1994 [Liliana Maresca: The Keen Eye. Artworks 1982 – 1994].

Gachi Prieto announces the openning of "Vertigo", individual exhibition of Lorena Marchetti, curated by Javier Villa, on Friday, September 1 from 7 pm. In the new space of the gallery, Uriarte 1373, Palermo, Buenos Aires.

This 13^th posting presents the exhibition La Raza at the Autry Museum of the American West in Griffith Park, featuring the photographic archive of La Raza, the Los Angeles newspaper central to the Chicano Rights Movement in the 1960s and 1970s. W. Richard West, Jr., President and CEO of the Autry announced: “It is especially momentous to present this photographic archive—one that continues to resonate today—as part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, further underscoring the influence of the Chicano Movement and its artists on the cultural and societal fabric of the American West.”

The LACMA of Los Angeles presents the multidisciplinary exhibition A universal history of infamy for which commissioned the Argentine artists Zinny-Maidagan, part of the staff of Henrique Faria Buenos Aires and New York, the intervention of the facade of the institution.

Josefina Guilisasti presents Resilient, an installation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, continuing  with her research into time and material based objects,  within the context of the exhibition A Universal History of Infamy, curated by Jose Luis Blondet.

Victoria Miro is delighted to announce an exhibition of new paintings by US Detroit-based artist Hernan Bas inspired by the lore and romanticism of life at Cambridge.

As part of the France-Colombia 2017 program, the two French contemporary art centers of La Villa du Parc and La Halle des Bouchers are pleased to host the first solo shows in France of two major artists from Colombia’s art scene, Danilo Dueñas in Annemasse and Juan Fernando Herrán in Vienne.

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Buenos Aires (MACBA) and the Center for Artistic Research (CIA) present its Jornadas de la Nueva Critica, which will take place from August 24 to 27 in the museum.

The Hammer Museum announced the appointment of Allegra Pesenti as Associate Director and Senior Curator of the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts.

Figari Museum in Montevideo presents Jesualdo: The word Mágica, a collective exhibition of eleven contemporary artist’s reflection on education based on the pedagogical work of Jesualdo.