Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this article, the critic discusses the lack of Mexican innovation in the area of religious art: "we have erected veritable monuments to constructive technique—but not to faith—such as El Altillo [The Heights] or the Medalla Milagrosa [ [...]

A short article in which the critic Raúl Flores Guerrero tries to mediate a dispute among journalists set off by José Luis Cuevas, who has taken a position against muralism. It is a brouhaha that has been already going on for a few months. Flores [...]

According to the art critic Raúl Flores Guerrero, the current stagnation and crisis of Mexican painting, was mainly due to three factors. The first factor was the lack of adequate preparation of the new generation, the second one was due to the [...]

This article by Raúl Flores Guerrero provides a thumbnail sketch of Nacho López’s training as a photographer. It mentions that he was born in Tampico (in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas). Flores Guerrero explains that, while still an amateur, Ló [...]

Flores Guerrero believed that as an artist Frida Kahlo had been honest with herself and with her era. Her subjective expression in painting was a natural process that mirrored her innermost life as well as an awareness of her body. As an exponent of [...]