Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In 1934, the La Sala de Arte [Art Hall] of the Departamento de Bellas Artes [Fine Arts Department] under the Secretaría de Educación Pública [SEP, Ministry of Public Education] issued an invitation to submit work for its first group exhibition of [...]

In this article, the painter Gabriel Fernández Ledesma traces the history of European funerary traditions during the colonial period. He explores “The Triumph of Death” and its portrayal on playing cards and in the theater, discussing its [...]

This article explains how photographers work in the streets around the Basilica of the Villa de Guadalupe, in Mexico City. The writer describes cameras that were adapted to function as photographic laboratories. He mentions the pleasure of painting [...]