Notes related to Conceptual Art
ALEXANDER APÓSTOL: POSTURE AND GEOMETRY IN THE ERA OF TROPICAL AUTOCRACY
The exhibition of the multimedia conceptual artist Alexander Apóstol opened at the PROA21 space. Curated by the theorist and historian Cuauhtemoc Medina, it brings together works produced between 2009 and 2018 closely linked to the Venezuelan reality, his country of origin.
ART, ART AND MORE ART! MARTA MINUJÍN AT THE PINACOTECA OF SÃO PAULO
The exhibition Marta Minujín: Vive at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo is the first panoramic exhibition in Brazil of one of the most important Latin American artists of her generation.
GALA PORRAS-KIM: A REFLECTION ON THE MEANING OF OBJECTS
Entre lapsos de historias (Between lapses of stories) is Gala Porras-Kim's exhibition at MUAC that investigates cultural artifacts and the relationship they maintain with their original functions.
CHRISTINE SUN KIM. A SUCCESSION OF ECHO TRAPS
La Casa Encendida de Fundación Montemadrid presents the work of artist Christine Sun Kim, winner of the Prix International d'Art Contemporain (PIAC) 2022, from the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco.
LADY LIBERTY: A BONNIE LAUTENBERG RETROSPECTIVE AT JEWISH MUSEUM OF FLORIDA
The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU opens Art Basel season in Miami Beach with the premiere of Lady Liberty: A Bonnie Lautenberg Retrospective, celebrating powerful images of women from two decades of work from the artist.
SUEÑOS ILUSTRADOS BY ÁLVARO BARRIOS: A COMBINATION OF ARTISTIC LANGUAGES
Fundación Canaria para el Desarrollo de la Pintura (FCDP) presents for the first time, an exhibition by the Colombian artist Álvaro Barros in the Canary Islands. Barros' work is a fusion of different expressions and traditional modern art techniques placed at the service of conceptual art.
BEYOND THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE: LATIN-AMERICAN ARTISTS CONNECTING ART, SOUND AND SOCIETY
The Lowe Art Museum presents BEYOND THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE, a project curated by the Aluna Curatorial Collective that brings together a group of 19 Latin American artist working with sound art and its social intersections.
THE INSEPARABILITY OF ART AND POLITICAL ACTION – LEÓN FERRARI AT THE POMPIDOU
The Centre Pompidou hosts for the first time the sculptures, collages, artist's books, drawings and assemblages by the artist León Ferrari (1920-2013), considered one of the most influential in Latin America.
MEAT: NOTES ON SACRIFICE, POWER AND DESIRE
In 2010, the American singer, actress and producer Lady Gaga (New York, 1986) scandalized the audience at the MTV Awards by appearing at the gala in a dress made of beef, designed by Franc Fernández and styled by Nicola Formichetti. The press at the time reviewed the controversy triggered by the extravagant outfit, which for some was offensive and for others a declaration of creative freedom.
ART, A HARD BONE TO CHEW
Regarding Artist in Residence, an exhibition by Fernando “Coco” Bedoya (Borja, 1952), at the Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (ICPNA) in Miraflores, Lima, Peru. Curated by Max Hernández Calvo, the exhibition is open until June 4, 2022.
JUMEX MUSEUM EXHIBITS URS FISCHER: LOVERS
Internationally recognized for creating works that are thoughtful, bewildering, and playful, Urs Fischer works across sculpture, photography, drawing, painting, and publishing, employing a variety of materials and processes that resist easy classification.
IGNASI ABALLÍ EXHIBITS AT THE MEADOWS MUSEUM IN DALLAS
The Meadows Museum, SMU, presents an exhibition by the Spanish conceptual artist Ignasi Aballí (b. 1958), ahead of his solo presentation at the Spanish Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale.
ARTURO CUENCA MEMORIAL AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE CUBAN DIASPORA
The memorial of the Cuban artist Arturo Cuenca Sigarreta (1955-2021), held on the same September 21 as his birth, in the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora, was a symbolic event, surely the first of many that, after his early death, will finally allow the artistic institutions to recognize the visionary character in the work of this unruly and complex creator, who, like few others, embodied a way of criticizing power, both institutional and political, that did not compromise with convenience.
COSMOCOSA EXHIBITS CONCEPTUAL ART BY EMILIANO MILIYO AND EDUARDO COSTA
The Buenos Aires gallery presents in Miliyo / Costa a bold selection of works by these artists separated by 30 years: Emiliano Miliyo (b.1970) and Eduardo Costa (b.1940).
IN REAL TIME. THE RAFAEL TOUS COLLECTION OF CONCEPTUAL ART
The Rafael Tous Collection, donated to MACBA (Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona) just one year ago, is the portrait of a moment and specific artistic practices. A passionate collector linked to the textile world, Rafael Tous opted for conceptual art as a set of plural practices that prioritized the idea and the process over the object. Without speculative intention and in an intuitive way, Tous set up a collection that brings together the attitudes and experimental works of a group of artists with whom, in many cases, he established bonds of friendship, in addition to accompanying them in their artistic growth. Exhibition curated by: Antònia Maria Perelló, curator and head of the MACBA Collection, and Claudia Segura, curator of exhibitions and Collection.