Posted by Valentina Tintori May 31,2010 A new generation of Latin American artists are ensuring that works from the region are attracting international buyers in increasing numbers. Up until thirty years ago the majority of works coming out of the region were purchased by wealthy Latin American families who would often build their collections up [...]
First Pinta’s London Art Show will opens its doors from 3 through 6 June 2010, at Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Following the three preceding shows, which established the prestige of Pinta New York, Pinta London participates in the process of globalization of modern and contemporary Latin American art through a program that includes around fifty [...]
By STAN PARCHIN April 2, 2010 The Harvard Art Museum announced today the appointment of Mary Schneider Enriquez as Houghton Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, effective April 5, 2010. She has been the museum’s Latin American art advisor since 2002. Education and Experience Mary Schneider Enriquez received her A.B. (1981) and A.M. (1987) from [...]
NEW YORK – The work entitled “Sur Les Traces” by Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) set a new record for the Cuban artist when it sold for $1.42 million at an auction of Latin American art at Sotheby’s in New York. Up to now the record for the Cuban surrealist was the $1.32 million paid in 1997 [...]
By Maria Brito New York Art critics, curators, gallerists and just plain fans can spend hours writing about this brilliant Brazilian artist who lives in Brooklyn and whose name is Vik Muniz. I love Vik, collect him, and truly believe that he is one of the greatest contemporary artists of the 21st century. “Mass” -Created [...]
May 8 – December 5, 2010 From almost the first time that I met Pearl and Stanley Goodman, I thought about the possibility of exhibiting their collection at the Museum of Art. Pearl and Stanley are among the first Museum supporters that I was introduced to when I came to Fort Lauderdale to discuss taking [...]
Latin American art is the combined artistic expressions of South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico, as well as Latin American living in other regions. The art has roots in many different indigenous cultures that inhabited the Americas before the European colonization in the 16th century. The indigenous cultures each developed sophisticated artistic disciplines, highly influenced [...]
By Lindsay Pollock Frida Kahlo’s 1938 Survivor cruised past a $150,000 low estimate tonight at Christie’s, selling for $1.2 million during a Latin American painting sale. The buyer was an unnamed private collector, bidding from the salesroom, according to Christie’s. A dealer who attended the sale told Art Market Views that the buyer was a female Mexican [...]
Big Bids Expected From Brazil, Chile By KELLY CROW Newly wealthy Latin Americans emerged as art-world power players during the recession, buoying prices for Mexican icons like Diego Rivera even as prices sank in other corners of the globe. This week, New York’s chief auction houses, Sotheby’s and Christie’s International, will test this market again with [...]
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is strategically positioned to be an international leader in Latin American art. Since 1927, the museum has presented 52 exhibitions of Latin American art, 29 in the past 20 years. The museum´s collection includes more than 1,400 modern and contemporary Latin American works and more than 2,500 Pre-Columbian objects. [...]