Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

The critic, José Hernán Aguilar, reveals a confrontation in the Colombian art world, whose interests square off around the definition of “contemporary art,” using it as a warhorse. The writer asserts that “conservative” critics, artists and [...]

This curatorial essay for the VII Salón Atenas [7th Atenas Salon] is, to some extent an evaluation of the program created by Eduardo Serrano. The curator and art critic claims that an examination of the various editions of the Salon provides an [...]

Art critic Marta Traba assesses the work on exhibition at the Salón de Arte Moderno [Salon of Modern Art] that took place at the Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango of the Banco de la República de Colombia. Traba claims that this event was the best [...]

In the catalogue for the first edition of the Salón Atenas exhibitions, Eduardo Serrano Rueda explains the project’s goal of supporting local emerging artists and promoting their work. After stating the rules that were developed to ensure the open [...]

The controversy stirred up by the decision to organize the VII Salón Atenas around the themes of young, experimental art, and Conceptualism is addressed in the introduction to the catalogue for the exhibition VIII Salón Atenas written by the art [...]