Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this article, Ernesto Ramallo writes about the Bienal Americana de Arte held in Cordoba, Argentina. He traces the history of the event, from its origins in 1958—as the Primer Salón de Artes Visuales Contemporáneas, organized by [...]

This article published in the Boletín de Artes Visuales summarized the exhibition Exposición de arte suramericano de hoy that was presented in the United States by José Gómez Sicre at the Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas (Texas [...]

This essay by Mario Soro was one of the chapters in the catalogue for the exhibition Chile 100 años (Chile 100 Years) covering the second period, 1950–73, titled “Entre modernidad y utopía” (Between Modernity and [...]

Miguel Rojas Mix writes about Rodolfo Opazo’s painting, discussing the artist’s teratological world in which his imagination creates anthropomorphic beings. The author notes that Opazo’s painting combines dreams, an indirect way to [...]

The author offers a critical, manifesto-style review of the situation in the field of Latin American art and, especially, culture. Alberto Pérez describes himself as an “American,” “Hispanic American,” “Indian [...]

Milan Ivelic and Gaspar Galaz developed this questionnaire to be used in their conversations with Mario Carreño, Carmen Aldunate, Rodolfo Opazo, and Ricardo Yrarrázaval about their painting and what they were working on at that time ( [...]