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In the Air: the 17th Paiz Art Biennial.
Almost a year ago, the curatorial team of the 17th Paiz Art Biennial embarked on a process that would eventually confirm the winds of change which had begun to blow in the previous edition, and which materialized in the Guatemalan show that closed recently.
BAVIC ‘08
The 6th edition of the Visual Arts Biennial of the Central American Isthmus, taking place from November 13, 2008 through February 20, 2009 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, offered a heterogeneous horizon of creative freedom through the presentation of 72 works by 36 artists.
6th Nicaraguan Visual Arts Biennial
The 6th Visual Arts Biennial of Nicaragua, inaugurated the past November at the Rubén Darío Theater in Managua, exhibited a selection of works by 17 artists encompassing all disciplines and ranging from intimist drawings (Emilia Membreño) through a video that excerpted and called into question images from a local television program (Gema Hernández), to installations made from waste materials brought from the largest dump in the city (Edwin Mauricio Mejía). The show, which comprised 25 works, confirmed that, as the Belgian critic Thierry de Duve stated, “at present it is technically possible and institutionally legitimate to make art out of anything and everything”.
The Whitney Biennial 2008
The curators of the Whitney Biennial—the show that everyone loves to hate and hates to love—have a thankless task. Attempting to gauge the tenor of the times in a single exhibition, even if it putatively surveys the art of only a single country, is a quixotic mission.
CIFO’s Exhibition The Places Of Latin American Abstraction in Spain
The Es Baluard. Museu d'art modern i contemporani de Palma will be the first institution in Spain to present the valued collection Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) of Miami
Talk and Exposition of the Ceramic Tile
Because of the 4th celebration of the International Triennial of the Tile Cerámico, the School of Fine Arts in Santiago and the Ministry of Culture presented a talk tilted: El Tile en la arquitectura,(The Tile in architecture).
The Seventh MERCOSUR Biennial
It is a well-known fact that for some time now, biennials have been multiplying themselves; they have proliferated here and there and each new edition appears to justify itself as a platform bound to be involved in the complex perspectives which contemporary art discusses, and which are increasingly distant from the innovations restricted solely to the field of production.
Hugo Lugo in the Art Center in Monterrey
Hugo Lugo presents his first individual exhibition in a museum space. La superficie del precipicio (The Surface of the Precipice) in the Art Center in Monterrey.
Carlos Cruz-Diez: The Pioneer Character of his Chromatic Explorations at MAM
Miami Art Museum presents Carlos Cruz-Diez: The Embodied Experience of Color. The exhibition, curated by Rina Carvajal, marks the artist's first show to focus solely on sensory chromatic environments and interactive projects.
Enrique Metinides in the Andy Warhol Museum
Maimed in Mexico: The Early Car Crash Photographs of Enrique Metinides, which is on display now through April 18 at the Andy Warhol Museum,
Agustin Lazo. Cenizas Quedan, a Retrospective Look on the Initiator of Surrealism in Mexico
Agustin Lazo.Cenizas quedan,(Ashes are left behind) a retrospective exposition of the Mexican painter Agustin Lazo (1896-1971)
Memorial, from Luis Camnitzer at Alexander Gray Associates
Alexander Gray Associates announced Memorial, the second solo exhibition with the renowned critic and conceptual artist, Luis Camnitzer.
Symposium at the Newark Museum Explores Continental Abstraction
The major exhibition at the Newark Museum, Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s–50s, will support the international symposium Dialogues in South and North American Abstraction
New Headquarters of the Museum of Modern Art in Medellin, Colombia
The Museum of Modern Art of Medellin (Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín MAMM), opened its new headquarters to the public this last November.
CIRCA: Caribbean Epicenter for Contemporary Art
The phenomenon of the big art fairs that in the last decade changed the rules of the market, and gave an unusual attention to collectors, influenced the rise of CIRCA International Art Fair in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
El Museo del Barrio praised Julián Zugazagoitia´s Work Before Leaving the Institution
Tony Bechara, Chairman of the Board of El Museo del Barrio, announced today that the museum’s Director and CEO, Julián Zugazagoitia, will be leaving the institution this summer
Alexandre Arrechea and Sofia Maldonado in Times Square
For the first time in history, two Latin American artists are simultaneously chosen for the public art programs that have been developing since 2005, Art Times Square.
The Museo de Arte de Lima Will Reopen After Renovation
The Museo de Arte de Lima - MALI is soon to reopen in April 7th, after the conclusion of an ambitious renovation project.
Camilo Ontiveros Wins $22,000 Illy Prize at 2010 ARCO Madrid
Camilo Ontiveros, whose work is represented by Steve Turner Contemporary, was awarded the 2010 illy Prize at ARCOMadrid.
Leon Ferrari Prized by the Critics in ARCO 2010
In the frame of Arco 2010, the Spanish Art Critic Association (AECA) has unanimously presented the Best Living International Artist to Leon Ferrari
Matadero Brings the Vanguard of Los Angeles to ARCO
Among the activities done for Matadero Madrid for the International Contemporary Art Fair ARCO Madrid 2010, there are some of the most unconventional projects of the city of Los Angeles.
Adriano Pedrosa and Jens Hoffmann appointed curators of the 12th international Istanbul Biennial
The 12th International Istanbul Biennial, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, is set for September 17– November 13 2011
Art Madrid presents Latin American artists in Spain
With the purpose of commemorating the Bicentenaries of the independences of the Iberoamerican republics, Art Madrid is presenting the exhibition Residents: Latin-American Artists
Marta Minujin: MINUCODEs in Americas Society
Marta Minujín: MINUCODEs revisits an earlier project by Argentinian artist Marta Minujín, held in 1968 at the Americas Society
Mario García Torres in the Museum Reina Sofía
The Museum Reina Sofía presents the work of Mario García Torres, shown for the first time at a Spanish institution.
Joaquín Torres-García at The San Diego Museum of Art
The San Diego Museum of Art announces the groundbreaking exhibition, “ Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood”
Regina José Galindo en el MNAC de Rumania
The National Museum of Contemporary Art ( MNAC), of Bucarest presents the exhibition "Urgent Issues"
Art x Food / Food for Haiti
In a humble gesture of solidarity, a group of artists will donate their works to be exchanged for food
Carlos Estévez´s First Retrospective (1992 – 2009)
Since the last November, the University at Buffalo Art Gallery is presenting "Carlos Estevez: Images of Thought," an exhibition that features 31 works by the Cuban-born artist,
First lecture in De la Cruz Contemporary Art Space
De la Cruz Contemporary Art Space will inaugurate in Miami the lectures series about its collection this Thursday February 4
Luis Cruz Azaceta in the NOMA
The phrase “Swimming to Havana” proposes the impossible. Whimsical and irreverent, it suggests both a joke and an act of desperation.
