Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In 1943, an exhibition consisting of twenty-two Argentinean artists organized by the Argentinean art critic Jorge Romero Brest and sponsored by the Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes de la Argentina [National Commission of Fine Arts of Argentina] [...]

In the framework of celebrations marking the first century of Uruguayan Independence (1930− 1931), the Comisión Nacional del Centenario favored an exhibition consisting of modern Argentinean artists from Buenos Aires [...]

David Alfaro Siqueiros expresses harsh opinions about the works exhibited at the XXIII Salón de Bellas Artes [23rd Salon of Fine Arts], in Buenos Aires, taking into account its social background. The first prize was awarded to Lino Enea Spilimbergo [...]

Leonardo Estarico critiques the seven artists (Antonio Berni, Lino Enea Spilimbergo, Horacio Butler, Ramón Goméz Cornet, Héctor Basaldúa, Aquiles Badi, and Emilio Pettoruti) who exhibited at Amigos del Arte [Friends of Art [...]

Anti-Semitic critique of modern art that takes into account the exhibition of the Seven Painters at Amigos del Arte [Friends of Art] (Buenos Aires, 1935). In his judgement, the author stresses the abnormality and deformity of avant-garde art, in [...]

Julio Rinaldini criticizes the exhibition of modern artists in Amigos del Arte [Friends of Art] and maintains that it conceals a disturbing situation under a pleasant tone: modern painting is not liberty without control, he states. The critic defends [...]

This essay by the Spanish writer Guillermo de Torre presents an interesting comparison between avant-garde literature and painting in Argentina. The writer describes the new painters with precise commentaries on the visual arts, as well as touching [...]

This critique emphasizes the search for Modern art undertaken by the artists at an exhibition mounted at the Asociación de los Amigos del Arte [Friends of Art Association] circa 1930); they were Antonio Berni, Lino Enea Spilimbergo,Horacio Butler [...]

David Alfaro Siqueiros critiques the paintings of the 23rd Fine Arts Salon (Buenos Aires) as works imitative of past European painting. The artist defines the event as a colonial art show, with gullible themes and devoid of technique, as well as with [...]

The artist Demetrio Urruchúa writes an art critique of the National Salon, an annual show of Argentinean art. He believes it to be an expression of art’s decadence. Among his commentaries, he emphasizes his negative view of the work of Lino Enea [...]

Julio Rinaldini criticizes the leaflet with the manifesto of the Seven Artists (Antonio Berni, Lino Enea Spilimbergo, Horacio Butler, Ramón Goméz Cornet, Héctor Basaldúa, Aquiles Badi, and Emilio Pettoruti) who participated in the exhibition at [...]

The checklist of the retrospective exhibition of modern artists at Amigos del Arte [Friends of Art] in 1935. Those who participated, with important works created since the 1920s, were Aquiles Badi, Héctor Basaldúa, Antonio Berni, Horacio Butler, [...]