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Leonora Carrington Passing on the Global Press
Important papers from the entire world covered the death of Leonora Carrington, but the recognition that they give –as usual with the great Latin American masters- is restricted.
MOCA Call Artists for Optic Nerve XIII Showcase
The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA) is seeking film and video submissions for the 13th edition of Optic Nerve, the museum's popular film and video showcase for emerging artists.
ArteBA 2011 in its 20th Anniversary
From 19 to May 23 it develops the twentieth edition of ArteBA Contemporary Art Fair, which has been consolidated in this period as one of the most important exhibition platforms in Latin America.
Base-Paint: Exhibition-Auction for Haiti.
The event Base Paint: The Auction at IdeoBox Artspace will open to the public on Wednesday, May 25. This innovative Exhibition-Auction sponsored by Saludarte Foundation, Manos del Sur Foundation, the Step by Step Foundation and Ideobox Artspace.
Spain Pavilion in the 54th Venice Biennale
The piece L’Inadeguato, Lo Inadecuado, The Inadequate of the artist Dora Garcia will be presented in the Spain Pavilion, commissioned by Katya García-Antón, in the next edition of Venice Biennale.
The Galerie Beyeler is Closing:
In accordance with the testamentary wishes of Ernst and Hildy Beyeler, the Galerie Beyeler at Baumleingasse 9 in Basel is closing. Its holdings will be sold at auction by Christie’s International on 21 and 22 June 2011 in London.
Felipe Zuñiga creates Laboratorio Experimental de Óptica
The haudenschildGarage commissioned visual artist Felipe Zuñiga González to create a program for the students of Guillermo Prieto Elementary School.
MADA: Art, community, and social compromise
Anyone who takes a look at the effervescent art landscape in Miami is confused by the endless number of galleries, the rampant eclecticism, the uneven number of proposals and-more than anything- the lack of a serious systematization that plagues the galleries and the cultural institutions of the city.
Roberto Jacoby at the Reina Sofía Museum, Madrid
Roberto Jacoby’s (Buenos Aires, 1944) work is characterized by a constant transit from the borderlines of artistic production.
Cuban Visions at the Metropolitan Pavilion
Cuban Visions, one of the largest and more complete exhibitions of contemporary Cuban art to ever show in New York City, opening May 27 at Metropolitan Pavilion as part of city-wide spring celebration ofCuban culture, alongside the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Si Cuba Festival.
[NAME] Publications invites to a workshop with Viking Funeral
[NAME] Publications invites to participate in a free workshop in the space of Artseen in Miami, with Viking Funeral, who is up next in [NAME]’s Miami Artists Series.
Neon Rumbles of War
On April 1st, Y Gallery opened its new space at the Lower East Side with Signs of the Time, a show by Tom Fruin, curated by gallery director, Cecilia Jurado.
El Ranchito /Matadero Madrid - Calling for Residences and Work Spaces for Artists
Matadero Madrid, through its project El Ranchito, is promoting a new open call aimed at facilitating the creation of collaborative networks and fostering artistic production by providing residencies for artists and making work spaces available.
Brazilian artist Fernanda Gomes at OPA
The Brazilian artist Fernanda Gomes will present at OPA an exhibition conceived specifically for this occasion.
TERCERUNQUINTO Exhibits Otros Fueros
Tercerunquinto was created in 1998 in Monterrey, Mexico and it is composed of Julio Castro, Gabriel Cazares, and Rolando Flores.
Mexican Contemporary Art Scene in Peeping Tom's Digest #2: Mexico
Dedicated to the Mexican contemporary art scene, this second issue of Peeping Tom's Digest presents 50 artists and art initiatives through articles and interviews conducted by some of the most prominent Mexican art figure.
Sao Paulo Biennial Foundation Names Luis Pérez-Oramas as Curator for its 30th Edition
Luis Pérez-Oramas, The Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York has been named as chief curator for the 30th São Paulo International Biennial. He joined the museum in 2003 as adjunct curator of drawings and assumed his current post in 2006.
FOUNDATION : Juan March
The Juan March Foundation inaugurated in its Madrid headquarters the exhibition “Cold America. Latin American geometric abstraction (1934-1973)”, in order to map, in a fast and systematic way, the complex history of geometric abstraction in Latin America.
The Museum of Fine Art, Houston
Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Space and Time features more than 150 works from the artist’s wide-ranging career, selected from the Cruz-Diez Foundation Collection at the MFAH, and from major private and public collections around the world.
Fundación Botín Launches a Call
Fundación Botín, a Spanish institution created in 1964, launches a call for a new edition of the Visual Arts Grants and the Art Workshop, to be directed by Paul Graham.
Annette Messager at the Antiguo Colegio de San Idelfonso
Beginning in May, and until the end of August 2011, the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso is presenting the first great retrospective to be exhibited in Mexico City.
Symposium at MOCA, Miami
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), North Miami is hosting a three-day international symposium titled New Methods / Nuevos Métodos from May 4 - 6, 2011.
Pablo Helguera Won the First Edition of the International Award for Participatory Art
Pablo Helguera (Mexico City, 1971) has won the first edition of the International Award for Participatory Art.
SOMA
SOMA made its appearance as “ a school of experimental art” during that last January of the 2000s decade, when Mexican art became international.
CCEMiami Presents its Lineup for Arteamericas 2011
A carefully selected roster of artists from Spain and Latin America with mediums that range from a custom made glass installation to photography and sculpture.
Motion of a Nation
Gallery V.M.21 Arte Contemporanea is glad to host the works of thirty international and Italian artists, carefully selected by Antonio Arévalo.
The Good, the Bad and the Neon
In a cab home after a marathon day of art fairs, seminars, cocktails, dinner, and more cocktails, a good friend of mine shared a saying of her grandfather.
Entre Siempre y Jamás (Between Always and Never), the Exhibition of the Latin American Pavilion
Entre siempre y jamás (Between Always and Never) will be the title of the exhibition at The Latin American Pavilion organized by the Italo-Latin American Institute, IILA, for the 54th International Biennale di Venezia.
Lighting Sculpture Installation by Grimanesa Amorós
Uros House, a site-specific, lighting sculpture installation by artist Grimanesa Amorós, was part of the Times Square Alliance’s Public Art Program/Armory Show exhibition.
The Getty Center and MOLAA Organize an International Symposium About Latin American Art in the 21st Century
An international group of scholars, curators, museum directors and artists will discuss new approaches to the study and presentation of Latin American art in the 21st century
The End of History…and The Return of History Painting at the MMKA in the Netherlands
The curator Paco Barragan presents the exhibition End of History… and the Return of History Painting at the Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (MMKA) in Arnhem, The Netherlands.
