By Valentina Tintori The Blanton’s collection is one of the oldest, largest and most comprehensive collections of Latin American art in the country. The collection features over 2,000 artworks from South and Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean. More than 600 artists are represented in the collection. The collection is in charge of curator Ursula Davila-Villa and includes works [...]
By Lindsay Pollock In her new column, Lindsay Pollock examines how prices at auction can remain high despite the downturn From issue 213, May 2010 Published online 28 Apr 10 (market) The reign of Alberto Giacometti’s emaciated Walking Man I as the world’s priciest trophy at auction is likely to be short-lived. The six-foot tall bronze, which [...]
Leandro Erlich was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1973. At age 20, he won a grant from the Antorchas Foundation to take an advanced sculpture and installation workshop under the direction of Luis F. Benedit and Pablo Suárez. Between 1998 and 1999 he took part in the Core Program, an artist-in-residence program in Houston, [...]
Carlos Cruz Diez: The Embodied Experience of Color March 20 – June 20, 2010 Related events and programs: Members Preview: Carlos Cruz Diez: The Embodied Experience of Color Thursday, March 18, 2010 Conversation between Carlos Cruz Diez and Rina Carvajal, exhibition curator, 6:30pm (doors open 6pm) Hors d’oeuvres and donation bar, 7-9pm Exclusively for MAM members Exhibition [...]
Miler Lagos’ sculptural works and interventions invite the viewer to reconsider an object’s material properties. By rendering paper and sculpting foam, Lagos produces objects which appear to be made of solid wood or cast bronze. While his works initially seem to be revisiting disputes between the original and its copy, his choices of material or [...]
Organisers aim to ecourage new collectors in Mexico and let the fair grow with the local art market By Ruth Lopez | Web only in http://www.theartnewspaper.com Published online 21 Apr 10 (market) Zonamaco, in its seventh edition, appears to have hit its stride. About 31,000 visitors came to see 96 galleries from 20 countries at [...]
From April 29 to May 2! It is with great satisfaction that we´ll celebrate in 2010 the sixth anniversary of SP-Arte, São Paulo International Art Fair. From April 29 till May 2, the Biennial Pavilion will be transformed once again into the biggest meeting point of arts in Latin America with the participation of 70 [...]
By Valentina Tintori At Arteamericas Art Fair 2010, emerging talents shared space alongside acclaimed artist such as Salvador Dali, Manolo Valdés and León Ferrari. The eighth edition of Arteamericas opened its doors last March at the Miami Beach Convention Center. In general the event offered emerging contemporary and conceptual art. Through their proposals, artists earned [...]
By JAMES K. MCAULEY, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER 2010 The Harvard Art Museum has appointed Mary Schneider Enriquez ’81, an expert in Latin American art, to serve as an associate curator of modern and contemporary art, the museum announced on Friday. Schneider Enriquez, who has served as a Latin American art adviser to the museum since 2001, [...]
As he prepares to open a new gallery in London, dealer Iwan Wirth tells us how the recession has affected his business. By Charlotte Burns | From issue 210, February 2010 Published online 27 Jan 10 (market) THE ART NEWSPAPER online. Iwan Wirth, 39, is one of the three founders of Hauser & Wirth which has [...]