Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This text by Colombian critic Juan de Oviedo is a review of the 1933 exhibition of Colombian painter Efraím Martínez held in the main hall of the Capitolio Nacional. De Oviedo starts out praising Martínez’s work which, he states, has improved [...]

In this article, Luis Vidales Jaramillo discusses the historical and sociological importance of the portrait artist and caricaturist Ricardo Rendón and the universality of his work. Vidales reflects on the eternal nature of genuine works of art. He [...]

In this article, the visual artist Carlos Mérida discusses the work of the photographer María Santibáñez, describing her approach to the studio portrait and explaining why her photographs were so admirable. Referring to their formal [...]