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_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.

New York & Miami Emerging Artists Collide at ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami
Affectionately known as New York's sixth borough, Miami Beach has long beckoned New York artists an collectors seeking fresh perspectives and revitalization.

Pablo León de la Barra Appointed Guggenheim UBS MAP Curator, Latin America
Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, announced that distinguished independent curator Pablo León de la Barra has been selected as Guggenheim UBS MAP Curator, Latin America.

Atelier Morales at Palazzo Bembo during the 55 Venice Biennale
The Paris based duo Atelier Morales is representing Cuba with the Project “ Tribute to Monet”, as part of the collateral exhibition “ Personal Structures”, at the Palazzo Bembo, during the 55 Venice Biennale. This ongoing global art project initiated in 2002, includes more than 70 invited artists from over two dozen countries.

Patricia Villalobos at the CAVC/MUA, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
The Centro de Artes Visuales Contemporáneo CAVC/MUA in Tegucigalpa, Honduras presents “memeplex@ N14°06'17" W87°11'59 " by Patricia Villalobos Echeverría, a site-specific installation in Sala MAC with multiple sculptural elements that invade the walls referencing collision, transformation, contamination and subversion.

Scadalous León (1920-2013)
The great Argentine artist León Ferrari has passed away at the age of 92. He boasted an international artistic trajectory featuring a production that goes across time, re-signifying itself through different instances of social denouncement.

Regina José Galindo and Edgardo Aragón among the Finalists of the Aimia | AGO Photography Prize 2013
The Aimia | AGO Photography Prize, Canada's leading contemporary photography award, announced the long list of 14 finalists from around the world, submitted by a group of eight international nominators including the Guatemalan Regina José Galindo and the Mexican Edgardo Aragon.

Leandro Erlich Commissioned by the Barbican, London
Internationally known for his captivating, three-dimensional visual illusions, Argentine artist Leandro Erlich has been commissioned by the Barbican, to create a new installation in the Dalston district of London, England.

Bonnie Clearwater will lead the NSU's Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale | Florida, into an era of transformation
Nova Southeastern University's (NSU) President and CEO, George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., announced the appointment of Bonnie Clearwater, M.A., as the new Director of NSU's Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale. She will begin leading the Nova Southeastern University’s Museum of Art “into an era of unprecedented transformation and growth” on September 3, 2013.

Adriana Varejão
Adriana Varejão’s passionate and generous oeuvre opened Malba-Fundación Costantini’s 2013 exhibitions season after having previously been shown at the Museum of Modern Art in Sao Paulo and the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro. The retrospective exhibition “Adriana Varejão.

Fugalternativa presents Salvadorean Artists in Miami
Vanishing and Convergence Points: Salvadorean Artists in Perspective, an exhibition presented by Fugalternativa at Biscayne Art House, reflects the diversity and strength of the country’s artistic practices, originated in a peripheral zone in relation to the hegemonic centers, from which the idea of what is characterized as “global” is constructed.

The Brazilian César Meneghetti at the Kenyan Pavilion in the 55th Biennale di Venezia
For the 55th International Art Exhibition la Biennale di Venezia, the Pavilion of the Republic of Kenya and its curators (Sandro Orlandi and Paola Poponi), have chosen the Island of San Servolo for the Italo-Brazilian artist César Meneghetti's Special Project “I/O _IO È UN ALTRO”, (Y/O_ Yo es otro) curated by Simonetta Lux and Alessandro Zuccari, and commissioned by Antonio Arévalo in partnership with the Community of Sant’Egidio's Laboratori d’Arte.

New Colombian exhibition at the IDB, Washington
"The Marvelous Real: Colombia through the Eyes of its Artists," the new exhibition at the Cultural Center of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), curated by Felix Angel, is a visual route that, through sampling, explores the evolution of art in Colombia from Pre-Hispanic times through the artworks of several of its most important artists.

François Bucher rediscovers the archaeologist Daniel Ruzo at the 55th Biennale di Venezia
François Bucher (b. 1972) is the artist chosen to represent Colombia at the Latin American Pavilion -IILA of the 55th Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte- la Biennale di Venezia, at the invitation of the curator Alfons Hug, who presents the exhibition "The Atlas of the Empire".