Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This newsletter announces the opening of an exhibition of works by the North American artist Douglas Davis, who will present his silkscreen prints and videotapes at the CAYC in Buenos Aires. The newsletter includes an essay by David Ross, an academic [...]

This newsletter, which is written in English, announces the opening of a new edition of Hacia un perfil del arte latinoamericano, the exhibition the CAYC presented at the International Exhibition at the Vleeshal in Middelburg, Netherlands, in [...]

This newsletter announces the opening of El arte en posición crítica: práctica y teoría, the exhibition organized in August 1975 by the well-known international critic Pierre Restany, who was visiting Buenos Aires as a [...]

This unnumbered page announces an exhibition of works by the North American artist Eleanor Antin to be presented at the CAYC in Buenos Aires in February 1975. The article includes a copy of an image taken from her work 100 Boots (1971) and a brief [...]

This document, written in English, announces the opening of Catastrophe Art, a group exhibition of works by Japanese artists organized by Yutaka Matsuzawa, a pioneer of Conceptual art in Japan, and presented at the CAYC. The newsletter includes a [...]

In this newsletter, the CAYC announces the opening of Arte en cambio II, with works by the Grupo de los Trece at this second edition of the event at the center on September 20, 1974. The article provides a list of participating artists and photos of [...]

This newsletter includes a copy of a work by the Argentinean graphic artist Mirtha Dermisache, published here to promote Arte en cambio II, an exhibition of her works that will soon open at the CAYC.        & [...]

As part of its coverage of the CAYC’s experimental art projects, this newsletter announces a showing of films by the Argentinean artists Carlos Jerusalinsky and Horacio Vallereggio during the Festival CAYC de Cine Experimental. The article [...]

This newsletter mentions the exhibition of works by the German artist Horst Tress at the CAYC headquarters. The article includes reproductions of some of the works in the exhibition [...]

The initial reports on the concept of “arte de sistemas” in Argentina were based on its pairing with non-artistic techniques and computer technology. Continuing with the exploration of the connections between art and technology that the [...]

This article announces a presentation of works by Haroldo González at the CAYC. González was a multimedia artist; he was also part of the Conceptual movement, and produced mail art and some remarkable drawings. The newsletter includes a [...]

This edition of the CAYC’s newsletter announces the presentation of Ojo de señuelo. 24 rasgos para una representación, an installation by the Argentinean artist Mercedes Esteves, at the center’s premises in Buenos Aires. [...]

Seeking to promote contemporary Japanese art, this newsletter announces the opening of an exhibition of works by Reiko Ohata and Tetsuro Sawada at the CAYC. These two artists will present tapestries and oil paintings, respectively. The article [...]

This newsletter announces the dates for the “Festival de formatos no comerciales” (Noncommercial Format Festival) to be held at the CAYC and provides a list of the films included in the “B Series,” which were produced by [...]

This newsletter announces the dates for the “Festival de formatos no comerciales” (Noncommercial Format Festival) to be held at the CAYC and provides a list of the films in the “A Series,” which were shot by international [...]

This newsletter includes a copy of the letter from the Hungarian artist Endre Tót, which is described as an “audiovisual letter.” He questions traditional genres (for example, wondering where painting began) and challenges the [...]

This newsletter announces the opening of Anteproyectos, an exhibition of works by Horacio Zabala at the CAYC, in May 1973. This was Zabala’s first one-man show as a member of the Grupo de los Trece. The exhibition filled the center’s [...]

This newsletter announces a screening of two short films by the Argentinean filmmaker Bernardo Borenholtz. The two films are by members of the Frente Nacional de Liberación para el Cine and have won awards at international festivals.   [...]

This newsletter article announces a presentation of works by the Uruguayan artist Jorge Caraballo at the CAYC, an exhibition that was clearly in line with the combative stance the center had adopted at a time of heightened international tensions. [...]

This newsletter, published in April 1973, announces the opening of Violencia, an exhibition of works by Juan Carlos Romero at the CAYC. The article in the newsletter includes a reproduction of one of the artist’s works—which may have been [...]

This newsletter announces the first exhibition organized by the CAYC in 1973: Trans-Art 1, Demostración de Ideas, which included works by the Australian artists Peter Kennedy and Mike Parr. These two men cofounded Inhibodress, an alternative [...]

Listado de obras de artistas argentinos e internacionales participantes de la exhibición Hacia un perfil del arte latinoamericano, inaugurada el 22 de junio de 1972 en la sede del CAYC. Trátase de la primera presentación en [...]

This newsletter announces the opening of 121 grabados checoslovacos, the exhibition jointly organized with the Narodni Galerie (Popular Gallery) in Prague and presented at the CAYC’s premises. The exhibition provides a brief overview of [...]

This newsletter article includes a text by the artist and street performer Luis Pazos and the work he showed at the exhibition Fotografía Tridimensional In his work, Pazos sought to break away from photography’s inherent two-dimensional [...]

As part of its coverage of Tipología del espacio. Paisaje como idea, the exhibition of works by the Argentinean artist Osvaldo Romberg, this newsletter includes a copy of the introductory text that appeared in the exhibition catalogue. This [...]

An article in this newsletter announces the opening of an exhibition of works by Joe Tilson, the London artist who is known for his use of several printing technologies in his experimental printmaking work. The exhibition will open at the CAYC on [...]

This article announces the opening of an exhibition of works by the Japanese artist Tsuyoshi Yayanagi at the CAYC. The exhibition was organized with the support of the Japanese embassy in Argentina and the Japanese Cultural Society (KBS). The artist [...]

This newsletter announces Dennis Oppenheim’s visit to Buenos Aires. The North American multimedia artist is in town to take part in the closing of Arte de Sistemas, the exhibition at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (now Moderno). The [...]

This newsletter invites the reader to see the exhibited and projected works of Dennis Oppenheim at Arte de Sistemas, the exhibition organized by the CAYC at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (now Moderno). During the course of the exhibition [...]

This article introduces Alain Kirili, one of the artists who was invited by the CAYC to show his graphic-photographic work at Arte de Sistemas, the exhibition organized by the center at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires in July 1971. The [...]

This newsletter announces that Argentina and the United States have plans for a joint art action to take place sometime in the future. The subject of this exchange will be the use of fire as an aesthetic medium. Hugo de Soto and Geny Dignac will take [...]

Regarding the opening of Arte de Sistemas, the exhibition announced in GT-54, this later newsletter clarifies that the event was postponed to July 19 because of delays in shipments from overseas. The newsletter announces that on that day there will [...]

This article announces the opening of Arte de Sistemas, the exhibition presented at Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires. Participating artists are listed by country and there is a brief description of the concept of “arte de sistemas.” [...]

The first half of this newsletter is devoted to an invitation to an informal chat with Susana Torre about architecture and design in New York City (where the presenter was living) and about what was going on at her place of employment, MoMA (Museum [...]

This is a list of the artists and scientists who took part in Arte y Cibernética, the exhibition that was on display at the CAYC premises from December 29, 1970, to February 7, 1971. Pursuing its exploration of the link between art and [...]

An article in this newsletter announces the opening of an exhibition of eighty-five photographs by Rubén Núñez at the CAYC. The images, which range from subjects out of prehistory to the present day, were taken during the [...]

This text announces the opening, on December 29, 1970, of a new edition of Arte y Cibernética, which will feature works by the Argentinean artists who took part in the earlier exhibition presented under the same title at the Galería [...]

This text announces the Buenos Aires opening of the exhibition of Conceptual art works organized by the artist, activist, and critic Lucy Lippard and Jorge Glusberg. The opening took place on December 4, 1970, at the CAYC premises and the exhibition [...]

This short newspaper article announces that Carlos Cruz-Diez has been awarded the prize at the III Bienal Americana de Arte, the event sponsored by IKA (Industrias Kaiser Argentinas) in the city of Córdoba, Argentina. The article reports on [...]

This is a newspaper article that reviews the opening of the III Bienal Americana de Arte in the city of Cordoba, Argentina. The article reports that the Grand Prize was awarded to the Venezuelan Kinetic artist Carlos Cruz-Diez. It describes the [...]

This exhibition essay discusses three interrelated artistic works by Raquel Rabinovich: the Pabhavikas series, the Emergences series, and the Riverbed Library series. It details how she brings together the creative and perceptive mindset of her [...]

This text by Guillermo Whitelow celebrates the power of visionary ideas—specifically, Gyula Kosice’s The Hydrospatial City [La ciudad hidroespacial]. The author compares The Hydrospatial City to the Tower of Babel as a genuine attempt “to reach [...]

This small catalogue of Gyula Kosice’s exhibition The Hydrospatial City [La ciudad hidroespacial] at the Planetarium of the City of Buenos Aires [Planetario de la Ciudad de Buenas Aires] in September 1979 contains an introductory text by the [...]