Notes related to Latin America
A GATHERING ON THE FUTURE OF AMAZONIA
Architectures and Ecologies of Amazonia will take place at the University of Pennsylvania—an international, interdisciplinary symposium and exhibition that highlights the agencies that have shaped and continue to be shaped by the great region.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION AND AMAZON AT CASA DE AMERICA
Casa de América, in Madrid, hosts Convergences / Divergences. Two Aesthetics in Dialogue, a complete exhibition curated by Ariel Jimenez in which Ye'kwana craftsmanship, a community of the Venezuelan Amazon rainforest, and modern and contemporary geometric abstraction, represented by more than a hundred works from the Juan Carlos Maldonado Collection, are in dialogue. The exhibition delves into the relationship between the different aesthetics developed contemporarily by both groups and, above all, highlights the reference to modern art movements and their partial debt to the techniques and motifs of the peoples of the Amazon.
“A FANTASTIC BESTIARY” AT MAM CHILOÉ
The Chiloé Museum of Modern Art presents its 37th edition featuring photographs, paintings, sculptures, installations, performances, videos, and digital cinema in the exhibition Espectral (Spectral), which invites viewers to explore what stirs unease: the mysterious, the ethereal, and the unknown.
CAF AND PINTA JOIN FORCES TO PROMOTE LATIN AMERICAN ART
CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean – and Pinta, an international platform for promoting Latin American art through fairs and artistic circuits across the region, have formalized a strategic alliance aimed at strengthening and promoting Latin American and Ibero-American art worldwide. This collaboration will culminate in a prominent Art Week to be held in Panama City in May 2025, a new initiative designed to position regional culture on the global stage.
CRAFTING MODERNITY AT MoMA: DESIGN IN LATIN AMERICA, 1940-1980
The Museum of Modern Art presents Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940–1980, the first exhibition by a major American museum to examine modern design in the region on a broad scale.
SURREALISM IN LATIN AMERICA AT 4TH FIFCYL
Latin American surrealist photography will have a predominant place in the 4th edition of the Castilla y León International Photography Festival, to be held from April 17 in Palencia, Spain.
