Horacio García-Rossi (1929) is an artist linked to Kinetic art who was born in Argentina and made his artistic career in Paris, where he established himself in 1959. He also belonged to the Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel [Experimental Visual Arts Research Group].
The Galería Rubbers was inaugurated by Natalio Jorge Povarché in Buenos Aires in 1957. Since then, it has maintained its activities under the direction of its founder.
Jorge Romero Brest (1905-1989) was a professor, critic, and promoter of the visual arts in Argentina. During the regime of Juan Domingo Perón (1895-1974) he was relieved of his academic duties and became the director of Ver y estimar [To See and Ponder] magazine. Later on, the de facto government that overthrew Perón on September 16, 1955, which called itself the Revolución Libertadora, named Romero Brest the administrator of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes [The National Museum of Fine Arts] of Buenos Aires. In 1956 he became the director of the Museum, a post he held until 1963. During the 1960s, he directed the Centro de Artes Visuales del Instituto Torcuato Di Tella [Torcuato Di Tella Institute’s Center for Visual Arts]. The Ver y estimar [To See and Ponder] editorial project was undertaken with the support of his students as an offshoot of the art history classes that Brest taught after being removed from his position as professor during the Peronist regime.
