In 1960 and a few months after having created the Centro de Arte del Instituto Torcuato Di Tella (ITDT) [Art Center of the Torcuato Di Tella Institute]—directed by a Council made up of Lionello Venturi, Ricardo Camino, Guido Di Tella and Jorge Romero Brest— the ITDT Prize was made possible. The purpose of this center was to cooperate in the diffusion and promotion of the visual arts and to keep in contact with other centers connected with production at both a national and an international level. Within this context, the Premio ITDT [ITDT Prize] was created to provide an opportunity for young Argentinean artists to enrich their experience abroad; nevertheless, its creation did not just allow for the awarding of the grant-prize, but it also spurred the circulation of international art in the local arena, becoming an important reference point for the visual arts renaissance of the time. This prize was awarded to national or international artists, with some variation depending on the year in question, until 1967. Beginning that year, it changed its name and became Experiencias Visuales [Visual Practices], and then just Experiencias [Practices] in 1968 and 1969. In 1963, Romero Brest resigned from the directorate of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes [National Museum of Fine Arts] and accepted a position as director of the ITDT Visual Arts Center. In that same year, the ITDT Prize had both a national and an international nature, and the jurors were Jorge Romero Brest, Jacques Lassaigne, and William Sandberg.
This source thoroughly documents data concerning the 1963 Torcuato Di Tella National and International Prize; particularly concerning the international artists who were invited: Pierre Alechinsky, Janaz Bernik, Fritz Hundertwasser, Asger Jorn, R. B. Kijat, Maryan, Achille Perilla, Larry Rivers, Antonio Saura, K.R.H. Sonderborg. In turn, the Argentinean artists selected for the National Prize were: Roberto Aizenberg, Osvaldo Borda, Aníbal Carreño, Ernesto Deira, [Luis] Felipe Noé, Rogelio Polesello, Rubén Santantonín, Antonio Seguí, Silvia Torras, and Jorge de la Vega. Three artists had been previously selected for the National Prize: Mario Pucciarelli, Clorindo Testa, and Rómulo Macció.
