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"Arte [is not equal to] Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000 explores performative art actions created by over 300 artists and collaborative groups from throughout the Americas - including Latinos in the United States, as well as artists working in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Mexico, and Central and South America. Overviews of 11 regions provide in-depth contextual examinations, while a chronological timeline presents,...
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"El Museo del Barrio presents ESTAMOS BIEN - LA TRIENAL 20/21, the museum's first national large-scale survey of Latinx contemporary art featuring more than 40 artists from across the United States and Puerto Rico. Originally planned for Fall 2020, the show has been reconceived and expanded as a yearlong initiative, the exhibition debuts summer 2020 with online projects followed by an onsite exhibition in Las Galerías (Galleries) opening Spring...
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The tradition of portraiture in Latin America is astonishingly long and rich. For over 2,000 years, portraits have been used to preserve the memory of the deceased, bolster the social standing of the aristocracy, mark the deeds of the mighty, advance the careers of politicians, record rites of passage, and mock symbols of the status quo. This beautiful and wide-ranging book-the first to explore the tradition of portraiture in Latin America from pre-Columbian...
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"The Paris-born, Venezuelan artist Marisol (b. 1930) burst onto the 1960s New York art scene with large figural sculptures in a wild amalgam of mixed media. Often satirical, Marisol's art is inspired by sources as diverse as Pre-Columbian art, folk art, Cubism, and Surrealism. For the past several decades, however, Marisol has shunned the spotlight and her artwork has been overlooked as a result. Accompanying the first retrospective of Marisol's work...