Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This newsletter announces a screening of La gente del desierto (The Desert People), a film by David Lamelas, at the CAYC. The article includes a brief bio of the Argentinean artist, a description of his film’s subject matter, and a still.  [...]

This newsletter published photographs of some of Franz Erhard Walther’s art actions and a brief bio as part of the campaign to promote his exhibition at the CAYC. The German artist had an international career and kept in touch with the center [...]

These newsletters published the review of the Argentinean artist Leopoldo Maler’s work that was included in the catalogue that the CAYC produced on the occasion of the Grupo de los Trece’s presentation at the XIV São Paulo Biennial [...]

These newsletters published a review of the work of Vicente Marotta, who was featured in the catalogue produced by the CAYC following the success of the Grupo de los Trece, which won a prize at the XIV São Paulo Biennial in 1977. The text [...]

As part of the campaign to promote the Grupo de los Trece’s participation in the XIV São Paulo Biennial (1977) this newsletter published the essay that was written by Jorge Glusberg and included in the catalogue produced by the CAYC. The [...]

This newsletter promotes the Grupo de los Trece’s participation in the XIV São Paulo Biennial scheduled to open on October 1, 1977. The newsletter includes the essay, written by the director Jorge Glusberg, that appeared in the catalogue [...]

This newsletter published an invitation to interested parties who wished to submit proposals to take part in Contemporánea 77, an exhibition that would focus on interior architectural design. The article specifies the terms of the [...]

This newsletter is illustrated with an image taken from a video installation produced by Muriel Olesen, a member of the experimental group Ecart. Olesen, along with Gérald Minkoff, became a key figure in the field of Conceptual art in [...]

The image and article by the Swiss artist Gérald Minkoff that appear in this newsletter had been shown previously to Argentinean audiences at other CAYC events. Minkoff was a promoter of experimental and/or Conceptual art in his native [...]

This newsletter published a reproduction of the work Juego del pato by the Argentinean architect and visual and Conceptual artist Luis Fernando Benedit, a member of the Grupo de los Trece who sometimes represented the center. This was done as part of [...]

As part of the campaign to promote the solo exhibition of works by the architect and artist Clorindo Testa—which was scheduled to open on September 9, 1977, at the CAYC—this newsletter published a reproduction of a sketch from La peste en [...]

This newsletter announces the exhibition of works by a Brazilian artist at the CAYC in Buenos Aires in August 1977. The environmentalist Regina Vater’s exhibition was co-sponsored by the cultural department at the Brazilian Embassy in Argentina [...]

The CAYC hosted Ulises Carrión’s exhibition. This newsletter published a photograph of the artist, a page from one of his many artists’ books, and a text he wrote about the organization of the event.      & [...]

This newsletter announces Ulises Carrión’s exhibition at the CAYC in Buenos Aires. The article includes a brief bio of the Mexican artist, who lived in Amsterdam, and a list of the actions he will present.      & [...]

As part of the campaign to promote the opening of Víctor Grippo’s solo show at the CAYC in August 1977, this newsletter published photographs of some of his works, as follows: Analogía I (1970–71), Analogía IV (ca. [...]

This newsletter announces Contemporánea 76, the exhibition devoted to interior architecture design. The article provides a list of winners of the competition held as part of the exhibition, each of whom received a prize inspired by the work of [...]

This newsletter includes a reproduction of a work by Mirta Tocci. The Argentinean artist’s work was published here to promote América Latina 76 (Latin America 76), the exhibition organized by the CAYC at the Fundació Joan Mir& [...]

This newsletter includes a reproduction of a work by the Brazilian artist Mario Ishikawa. Mail art was popular in Brazil, where it was used as a means of resistance against the authoritarianism and repression that were imposed following the military [...]

This newsletter announces Vanguardia belga, the exhibition presented at the CAYC in February 1976, described here as an art exchange at a global level. The article includes a reproduction of a work from Projects in Black by “Hubert Van Es,& [...]

This newsletter reports that the exhibition Arquitectos de Buenos Aires will open at the CAYC in October 1976 prior to being presented at the Internationaal Cultureel Centrum in Antwerp. The article includes a list of the participating architects and [...]

As part of the campaign to promote the solo exhibition of works by Victor Grippo at the CAYC, this newsletter published a brief review of his work written by the director Jorge Glusberg. The article notes the themes that the Argentinean artist [...]

This newsletter includes reproductions of a couple of works—Furnarius rufus and 50+50=100—by Luis Fernando Benedit. The object is to announce the solo exhibition of works by this artist and architect, a member of the Grupo de los Trece, [...]

This newsletter announces the CAYC’s schedule of  activities for May, June, and July 1977. The article provides a list of exhibitions, roundtable discussions, and courses offered to the public at the Escuela de Altos Estudios in Buenos [...]

This newsletter announces two roundtable discussions to be held on the occasion of the exhibition Imágenes y signos in the National Exhibition Rooms at Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Relations in June 1977. The article provides a list [...]

On the occasion of the Argentinean artist and architect Jacques Bedel’s solo exhibition at the CAYC in Buenos Aires, this newsletter published reproductions of some works from his series Ciudades del Plata.        [...]

This newsletter reports on the solo show of works by Jacques Bedel, a member of the Grupo de los Trece, at the CAYC in Buenos Aires. The article includes a copy of the Argentinean artist’s bio and images of some of the works in his series El [...]

This newsletter includes a work by Tomek Kawiak (“Kava”), a member of the Polish avant-garde who took part in the CAYC’s activities in Europe and South America in the 1970s and a noted sculptor, performer, painter, and draftsman. [...]

This newsletter, written in English, announces the exhibition 20 latin american artists, which was jointly organized by the CAYC and the Centre d’art et communication in Vaduz, the capital of the Principality of Liechtenstein. The article [...]

La gacetilla reproduce fotografía y currículum del artista Norberto Cresta, con motivo de difundir su exposición individual a inaugurarse el 28 de abril de 1977 en las salas del CAYC en Buenos Aires. Se destaca su producció [...]

This newsletter published images and a written work by the Swiss artist Gérald Minkoff, “ego l’éloge” (I, praise). Apart from its semantic meaning, the title is a palindrome that only makes sense in French.  [...]

This newsletter published images and a written work by the Swiss artist Gérald Minkoff, “ego l’éloge” (I, praise). Apart from its semantic meaning, the title is a palindrome that only makes sense in French [...]

Following Michael Gitlin’s exhibition in New York, this newsletter announces that the CAYC has invited the South African artist to show his work at its center in Buenos Aires on January 10, 1977. The newsletter includes a picture of his [...]

This newsletter announces an exhibition of works by Michael Gitlin at the CAYC on January 10, 1977. The article includes a brief bio of the South African artist and a picture of the OK Harris gallery in New York City where he had previously shown his [...]

This newsletter announces the opening of 20 artistas brasileños, the exhibition presented at the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bahía Blanca (Province of Buenos Aires), in September 1976. The event enjoyed the support of the Brazilian Embassy [...]

This newsletter, written in English, announces the presentation of the Encuentro Internacional Abierto de Video (International Open Encounter on Video). This sixth edition of the event was organized by the CAYC at the Museo de Arte Contemporá [...]

This newsletter announces Contemporánea 76, the exhibition devoted to interior architecture design. The article reports on the terms of a competition that includes a prize inspired by the work of Le Corbusier, and the exhibition’s later [...]

This newsletter includes a reproduction of a work by the Chilean artist Guillermo Deisler, from the series Escrituras. In the 1960s, producing and mailing postcards became an effective way to circulate critical material to counter what was being [...]

This newsletter published some images from the series Circulação Postal (Postal Circulation) by Gastão de Magalhães, another of the Brazilian experimental artists who worked with the CAYC on several occasions.    [...]

This newsletter published a reproduction of a work by the artist Armando Durante to announce América Latina 76 (Latin America 76), the exhibition organized by the CAYC at the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, Spain. The newsletter [...]

This English-language newsletter announces the fifth edition of the Encuentros Internacionales Abiertos de Video organized by the CAYC in Belgium, at the Internationaal Cultureel Centrum (ICC) in Antwerp. It includes a brief review of the history of [...]

This English-language newsletter provides a list of one hundred international artists who have confirmed their participation in the fifth edition of the Encuentros Internacionales Abiertos de Video organized by the CAYC. The event is scheduled to [...]

As part of the experimental film series sponsored by the CAYC, this newsletter (written in English) announces the fourth Encuentro Internacional Abierto de Video organized by the CAYC at its premises in Buenos Aires. The newsletter includes a list of [...]

This newsletter carries the text of a review, written in French by Hugo Verlomme, that had appeared the previous year in the Paris newspaper Le Quotidien. This was part of the campaign to promote Arte de Sistemas en Latinoamérica, the [...]

This newsletter includes a succinct reproduction of a drawing by Klaus Groh, in which the city of Buenos Aires is shown as an undisputed center. The Polish-German artist was one of the foreigners who most closely identified with the CAYC’s [...]

This newsletter is inspired by the urgency of a telegram. It reports that the Argentinean artists who were selected to represent the CAYC at Peace 75 – UNO 30, the exhibition held in the city of Slovenj Gradec (in what was formerly Yugoslavia [...]

This newsletter published a text written by Armando Durante to promote his solo show, an event scheduled to open on November 28 at the CAYC. In addition to this text by the Argentinean artist, the newsletter also published a reproduction of the still [...]

This newsletter includes a reproduction of an image from the work Acción/situación: Hoy (1975–76) by Antoni Muntadas. It is part of the first solo show of works by the Spanish Conceptual artist to be presented in Buenos Aires. The [...]

This newsletter announces the opening of an exhibition of works by Antoni Muntadas at the CAYC. This was the Spanish visual artist’s first solo show in Buenos Aires. The article provides a list of the videotapes to be presented at the [...]

This newsletter introduces the exhibition of works by Bill Vazan at the CAYC’s premises in Buenos Aires. The article includes two of the Canadian artist’s photographs that document the scope of his project Worldline (1969–71). There [...]