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_“Paulo Bruscky—Art is Our Last Hope”_, at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
The Bronx Museum of Arts is Presenting “Paulo Bruscky—Art is Our Last Hope”, the first solo exhibition of work the Brazilian artist, who has played a critical role in bringing major artistic movements—including Fluxus, mail art, and performance art—to Brazil from the time he began working in Recife in the aftermath of the military coup of 1964.
María Inés Rodríguez Appointed Director of CAPC, Bordeaux, France
María Inés Rodríguez Fernández has been appointed to the position of director of CAPC contemporary art museum of Bordeaux by a jury presided by Mayor Alain Juppé, and composed of international experts in contemporary art and officials from the French ministry of culture and of the City of Bordeaux.
Yayoi Kusama. A Journey to the Interior of Madness
Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Obsession, the first in-depth survey of the work of one of the most original and inventive artists of the postwar period to be presented in Latin America, was organized by Malba – Fundación Costantini.
Focus on Cuba: Three Exhibitions Open At Frost Art Museum, Miami
Exhibitions offering historical and contemporary perspectives on the art and artists of Cuba open at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU. Featured will be “Humberto Castro’s Tracing Antilles”; “Eternal Cuba: The Darlene M. & Jorge M. Pérez Collection at FIU”; and “From Africa to the Americas”.
Gonzalo Lebrija´s “Who Knows Where the Time Goes” at Faggionato Gallery, London
Compelling and refined conceptual works by the Mexican artist Gonzalo Lebrija offer a perspective on our modern age, critical of a society that no longer believes in Myths, Gods or Monsters and yet remains fearful, isolated and restless.
International Seminar LATIN OFF LATIN organized by CCE, Miami, Saludarte and Ideobox Art Space
Ideobox Artspace and Saludarte Foundation are pleased to announce the International Seminar LATIN OFF LATIN [Collecting Latin American Art Outside Latin America] .
Blanton Museum Presents First U.S. Career Survey of Brazilian Artist Waltercio Caldas
Brazilian artist Waltercio Caldas challenges not only the way we look at his objects in the moment but also our perspectives on art more generally.
MAPR, Puerto Rico, presents “Fallout” by Gamaliel Rodríguez
The Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR) presents the exhibition Fallout by Puerto Rican artist Gamaliel Rodríguez until December 15, 2013 at the R.J. Reynolds Gallery.
An exhibition regarding Perspectives on Self and Other in Art and Human Rights at The University of Dayton
A multimedia art-exhibition held by the University of Dayton's Department of Visual Arts presents an international roster of participating artists including Isabel Avila, Juan Si Gonzalez, Merve Kayan, Sheryl Oring, and Issa Randall.
María José Arjona’s performance in a warehouse Bogotá, Colombia: _But I am the tiger_
Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.
Mira Schendel at the Tate Modern
Tate Modern is presenting the first international full-scale survey of the work of Mira Schendel (1919–1988) until 19 January 2014. Schendel is one of Latin America's most important and prolific post-war artists. Alongside her contemporaries Lygia Clark and Helio Oiticica, Schendel reinvented the language of European Modernism in Brazil.
Adrián Villar Rojas: _The Ruins of Time_
"The end of the world will be, above all, a space to think,” says Adrián Villar Rojas (Rosario, Argentina, 1980). At first sight, his work appears to be a natural consequence of present-day art.
Rivane Neuenschwander receives the 2013 Yanghyun Prize
Eunyoung Choi, Yanghyun Foundation’s Chief Director is pleased to announce the Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander as the recipient of the 2013 Yanghyun Prize. Neuenschwander has been selected by the jury panel consisting of Fumio Nanjo, Director of Mori Art Museum, and Philippe Vergne, Director of Dia Art Foundation.
_Dreams of Restitution_ by Javier Bernal-Arévalo at Flora: ars + natura, Bogota
Javier Bernal-Arévalo, winner of the National Artistic Residence granted by the Colombian Ministry for Culture, stayed during six weeks at the Deuxsoleils House (Honda, Colombia), headquarter for residences of Flora: ars+natura.
NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale commemorates “The Indigo Room”, a collaborative project by Duval-Carrie
Ten years ago, Haitian-born, South Florida artist Edouard Duval-Carrié joined with students and teachers from Fort Lauderdale’s Dillard High School in a unique collaboration that resulted in the creation of The Indigo Room.
Alberto Baraya at the Frost Art Museum, Miami
The Colombian artist Alberto Baraya is presenting the exhibition “Naturalism/Artificiality: Expeditions, and Research of the Herbarium of Artificial Plants!, curated by Francine Birbragher at The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami.
Ronald Morán explores impunity in an almost invisible installation featured at Espacio Erre, Guatemala
The light and intangible weight of guilt, the art project that Ronald Morán is presenting at Espacio ERRE in Guatemala, is an exploration that inquires into the potential of the “dematerialization” of the object as a strategy to reveal, by contrast, harsh and silenced aspects of the socio-political reality, versus their implication in the collective imaginary.
ArtCenter/South Florida’s Call for New Studio Program for Resident Artists
Located in the heart of South Beach on Lincoln Road, the area’s popular pedestrian mall, ArtCenter South Florida’s Studio Residency Program houses 38 subsidized workspaces for visual artists. Studio spaces range from 175 to 900 square feet and residencies may vary from six months to two years.
_Phylogeny of generosity_ an exhibition around this virtue in Prinzessinnengarten, Berlin
The Office of Aesthetic Occupation and Helena Producciones have teamed up to initiate a provoking event which explores the development of forms and kinds of generosity in the beginning of the 21st century at the Prinzessinnengarten: a community garden/ socially engaged space located in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany.
_Surrealists Before Surrealism_ at the Juan March Foundation, Madrid
The Juan March Fundation inaugurates the exhibition Surrealistas antes del surrealismo. La fantasía y lo fantástico en la estampa, el dibujo y la fotografía (Surrealists Before Surrealismo. The Fantasy and the Fantastic in the Stamp, the Drawing and the Photography) on October 4th.
EXPO CHICAGO ANNOUNCES PARTICIPATING GALLERIES FOR THE SECOND EXPOSITION, SEPT. 19 – 22, 2013
Leading International Dealers to Exhibit at Navy Pier’s Festival Hall
Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects Returns to Design the Exposition
ARCO madrid announces its curatorial team for #SoloProjects Focus Latin America
ARCOmadrid announces that Magali Arriola, Marcio Harum, Sharon Lerner and Tobias Ostrander have been named as the curatorial team for #SoloProjects Focus Latin America at ARCOmadrid 2014.
Chile Awards the National Art Prize to Alfredo Jaar
Chile awarded the National Art Prize to Alfredo Jaar (b.1956; Santiago, Chile). “This prize –explains the art critic, curator and poet Antonio Arévalo- was born during the government of President Pedro Aguirre Cerda in 1940 and consists of both prize money, and a pension for life.
_Cenotes_. A Site Specific Intervention by Magdalena Atria at Matadero Madrid / Abierto X Obras
Matadero Madrid inaugurated “ Cenotes”, a site specific intervention by the Chilean artist Magdalena Atria at Abierto x Obras.
Liliana Porter's First Solo Exhibition at MALBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
"The Man with the Ax and Other Brief Situations" (El hombre con el hacha y otras situaciones breves) is Liliana Porter's (Buenos Aires, 1941) first solo exhibition at the Malba- Fundación Costantini (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires), Argentina. It is a site-specific installation created specially for the artist for the Malba's third wing.
Designer Manuel Estrada´s exhibition at AIGA, New York
AIGA, the professional association for design, is hosting the exhibition, “Estrada: Sailing Through Design,” on view through October 11, 2013 at the AIGA National Design Center in New York.
Mario García Torres at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, NuMu, in Guatemala
On the occasion of the exhibition of works by the Mexican artist Mario García Torres (Mexico, 1975) at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, NuMu, we are reproducing the text written by the exhibition curator, María Inés Rodríguez.
Álvarez Bravo´s First Solo Show at the Wittliff Collections, Texas State University
For the first time in the Wittliff Collections´ history, there is a solo exhibition of prints by Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002), one of the founders of modern photography.
Letter from curator José Roca on the creation of FlORA ars + natura in Colombia
The Colombian curator José Roca, current Estrellita Brodsky Adjunct Curator of Latin American Art at Tate Modern, London, has written an open letter to define the spirit that inspired him to create in Colombia, together with his wife, Adriana, the Flora ars + natura art space, located in the San Felipe neighborhood in Bogotá, as a link between the local and the international scene, and including a residency space in the town of Honda, on the banks of the Magdalena River, which will host artists-in-residence.
